Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 339: The “So Much News That We Needed Reinforcements” Round Table

  

A round table usually only happens when we don't have enough segments for the weekly show, but that's not the case for this episode. Too much has happened over the past week, and so Erin and Weer'd are joined by David and Oddball to discuss it all.

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Show Notes 

• VanDerStok ruling is out. It's a loss, ATF rule upheld.
• Federal Judge Becomes First to Uphold a Stun Gun Ban Since 2016 Supreme Court Case
• D.A. Bragg Calls On 3D-Printing Companies To Address Proliferation Of Illegal Firearms
• Senator Marshall Reintroduces SHORT Act to Roll Back Biden-Era Anti-Gun Rule
• US Justice Department considers merging DEA, ATF in major shakeup, memo says
• U.S. Department of Justice Announces Second Amendment Pattern-or-Practice Investigation into California’s Los Angeles County
• Executive Order: MAKING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SAFE AND BEAUTIFUL
• Colorado lawmakers send Jared Polis bill that would ban manufacture, drastically limit sale of many semiautomatic guns
• Understanding Massachusetts Assault-Style Firearms Law
• Ninja Swords To Be Banned In The UK From August In Honour Of Murdered Teen Ronan Kanda
• Homeowner Fatally Shoots 3 Teens Who Fired At Him In Robbery Attempt
• (NSFW) Florida Cop Wins Gunfight Against Armored Suspect
• Everytown Labs Announces Launch of EveryShot, AI-Powered Tool to Track Gun Violence
• National Gun-Control Group Lays Off Most Staff
• Ordinance Lab is Done
• Off the Ranch End
• Last Episode of Demolition Ranch
• Diversity Hires
• The Sanders
• CMP to start production of new M1 Garands

Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 338: The 9th Circuit Giveth, and the 9th Circuit Taketh Away

  

In This Episode

• Erin and Weer’d discuss:
  • Henry Repeating Arms joining the many gun companies who have fled anti-gun states;
  • the 9th Circuit's ruling that Hawaii's handgun purchase permit and police inspection is unconstitutional;
  • the 9th Circuit's ruling that California's magazine ban is constitutional, and one  pro-gun judge's amazing dissent;
  • the DOJ moving to make it easier for some people to restore their firearms rights.
• Lara Smith of the Liberal Gun Club talks about how a Senator in Minnesota is trying to weaponize the mental health system;
• and Myles talks about grail guns.

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Show Notes 

Main Topic

• Gun maker closes up shop in N.J., taking 146 jobs with it to the Midwest
• Trump Administration Moves to Revive Process for Restoring Some Convicts’ Gun Rights
• Hawaii Handgun Purchase Limit, Inspection Requirements Ruled Unconstitutional
• En Banc Ninth Circuit Upholds California Ammo Magazine Ban
• Dissent video in 23-55805 Duncan v. Bonta

Lara Smith

• Liberal Gun Club
• Minnesota bill labels Trump derangement syndrome as mental illness
• Minnesota lawmaker who introduced ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ bill resigns after soliciting a minor charge

Southpaw Corner

• Old Marine Reunited with his M1 Garand after 71 years
• Weer’d Beard- Family History
• Karabiner-S: The East German Unicorn SKS
• North Vietnamese SKS
• 9x19 Skorpion on the Range
• Shooting the Czech vz61 Skorpion: Machine Pistol or PDW?
• Guide to Colt Snake Guns

Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 337: Florida is the Australia of America

  

In This Episode

• Erin and Weer’d discuss:
  • Florida's governor calling for the repeal of post-Parkland gun laws...
  • ...but the Florida Supreme Court has upheld those laws' ban on adults under 21 from buying firearms.
  • and Australia, unhappy with the results of their gun bans, is now seeking to ban machetes.
• David tells us the best way to police your brass;
• Myles continues the review of his Henry Lever Action Supreme Rifle.

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Show Notes 

Main Topic

• DeSantis wants Legislature to ‘reevaluate’ gun safety laws passed after Parkland
• Eleventh Circuit Upholds Florida Under-21 Gun Sales Ban
• First Machete Ban In Australia
• Victorian government under fire over machete ban as search continues for killers | 9 News Australia

Gun Lovers and Other Strangers

• Nut Wizzard
• Brass Catchers
• Brass Retriever - Brownells
• Tactical Brass Recovery
• Sunk Cost Fallacy
• Brownells - AR-15/M16 Brass-SAVR Brass Catcher
• Brena Bock Author Page
• David Bock Author Page
• Team And More

Southpaw Corner

• Henry Lever Action Supreme

Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 336: New Mexico, Old Mexico, Same Shenanigans

  

In This Episode

• Erin and Weer’d discuss:
  • Massachusetts taking its sweet time in renewing Weer'ds gun permit renewed, and it's well over the promised 60 days;
  • The best new gun publication in 2025 is … The New York Times?
  • SCOTUS hearing petitions regarding (the nation of) Mexico's lawsuit against Smith & Wesson;
  • and (the US state) New Mexico's Supreme Court decision about the governor's carry ban.
• John Richardson returns to talk about permitless carry returning to North Carolina;
• David explains the difference between Snap Caps and dummy rounds.

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Show Notes 

Main Topic

• How to Apply for a Massachusetts Firearms License 
• The best new gun publication in 2025 is … The New York Times
• Supreme Court seems likely to block Mexico’s $10 billion lawsuit against US gun makers
• More Anti-Math
• Fast and Furious Scandal: New Details Emerge on How the U.S. Government Armed Mexican Drug Cartels
• New Mexico Supreme Court makes ruling on governor’s ban on guns in some Albuquerque areas

John Richardson

• No Lawyers, Only Guns and Money
• Elect a new NRA
• Washington Gun Law: North Carolina's Dangerous Constitutional Carry Bill

Gun Lovers and Other Strangers

• Iliza Shlesinger: Plunge That Search Claw 
• The Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute
• A-Zoom
• A-Zoom Centerfire Snap Caps
• A-Zoom Orange Value Pack Snap Caps
• A-Zoom Rimfire Dummy Rounds
• Tipton Snap Caps
• 9mm Action Proving Dummy Round
• Fiocchi 12 Gauge Dummies
• Brass Wool Snap Caps 12 GA
• Pachmayr 22 LR Plastic Snap Caps
• Carlson's Rimfire Snap Caps .22 Long Rifle, Aluminum
• Chamber Swage
• Brownells Product Spotlight: Carlson's Rimfire Snap Caps
• Commercial Snap Caps
• DIY Snap Caps
• Brena Bock Author Page
• David Bock Author Page
• Team And More

Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 335: More 2A, Any Way We Can

  

In This Episode

• Erin and Weer’d discuss:
  • an attempted mass stabbing in Boston;
  • transgender people embracing the Second Amendment;
  • KE Arms winning their lawsuit against GWACS.
• Xander gives us his thoughts on red flag laws;
• and Myles tells us how spent the weekend training new shooters.

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Show Notes 

Main Topic

• The Pros and Cons of Using Elderberry (Sambucus nigra) for Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19
• Reading a Truly Cringey Tinder Profile - Zach Noe Towers - Stand-Up Featuring
• Off-duty Boston police officer shoots and kills armed man inside Chick-fil-A in Copley Square
• The trans Americans turning to guns for protection
• GWACS Loses Again In Lawsuit Versus KE Arms

Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 334: Beatings Will Continue Until the Second Amendment is Observed

  

In This Episode

• Erin and Weer’d discuss:
  • Operation Blazing Sword has joined with other 2A orgs to file a Petition for Certiorari in Antonyuk v. James;
  • Democrats expressing regret for electing David Hogg toe the DNC;
  • Kash Patel has been sworn in as FBI Director... and is also ATF Acting Director?
  • Maine's new firearm waiting period law being blocked by a Federal judge.
• Xander talks about how many guns you should have to support the Second Amendment;
• and David explains "rim jam" and how to avoid it.

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Show Notes 

Main Topic

• Operation Blazing Sword Petition for Certiorari Filed in Antonyuk v. James
• Dems Having Major Buyer's Remorse After David Hogg Starts Texting Them Outrageous Messages
• FBI Director Kash Patel to be named ATF chief
  • Video: Why We SHOULDN’T Abolish the ATF (…Yet)
• Federal judge blocks Maine's firearm waiting period

Gun Lovers and Other Strangers

• Ram Jam - Black Betty
• The Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute
• Rim (Firearms)
• 45 ACP
• 308 Winchester
• 25 ACP
• 32 ACP
• 38 Super
• 6.5 Japanese
• 22 Long Rifle
• 22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire
• 8 millimeter Lebel
• 7.62 by 54 R
• 303 British
• Lee Enfield
• Bloke on the Range: Why Lee-Enfield Rimjams Are Not A Big Deal
• Bloke on the Range: Some Modern .303 Rimjams
• Smith & Wesson Model 52
• Brena Bock Author Page
• David Bock Author Page
• Team And More

Petition for Certiorari Filed in Antonyuk v. James

 

A Case for Second Amendment Rights in Public Spaces

Operation Blazing Sword - Pink Pistols is proud to announce the filing of an Amicus Curiae brief in Antonyuk v. James, a petition for certiorari which asks the Supreme Court to examine the Second Circuit’s ruling in the case, which mostly upheld New York’s new “sensitive places” laws that ban carry in public places. We are joined in the brief by the Second Amendment Law Center, the Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association, the Hawaii Rifle Association, Gun Owners of California, the Second Amendment Defense and Education Coalition, Federal Firearms Licensees of Illinois, and the California Rifle & Pistol Association.

Our AC brief recounts the massive resistance to Bruen that has arisen in a handful of anti-gun states and compares New York’s law to similar efforts in other states, including California. The brief also uses places that serve alcohol, one of the law's designated “sensitive places,” as a case study to show how the Second Circuit botched the Bruen analysis in at least four different ways. Finally, we argue that the Second Circuit’s reasoning is flawed because it ignores the reality that everyone who carries in modern-day New York is extensively vetted before getting a permit. Before 1900, open carry was generally allowed for anyone, even former criminals, and so any comparison to historical “sensitive places” laws that does not account for this difference presents a skewed analysis. Having already made those with carry permits undergo an extensive vetting process to ensure they are not dangerous, New York shouldn't claim that it needs to ban carrying in most places for safety reasons.

While this may be an uphill climb, we are hopeful that the Supreme Court will make an exception here given the Second Circuit’s repeated insistence on flouting Bruen. In addition, the Petitioners may be helped out by the circuit split that has now developed. In its ruling, the Second Circuit did at least strike down the private property default “vampire rule”, under which those carrying must have permission before entering a private business open to the public; even the Second Circuit felt that went too far! However, this was not the case for the Ninth Circuit, which upheld Hawaii’s similar law in Wolford v. Lopez. We are hopeful that the Supreme Court will grant cert to Antonyuk, Wolford, or both, and urge the Court to do so to vindicate the right to carry.

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