Show Files are up on the 2020 Podcast Page
We had a fun .22 rimfire discussion on the many types of .22 ammo,
including a good comparison of the WRF versus WMR magnums
Also a listener called to talk about a H M Quackenbush Rifle that was his Grandfathers!
Show files are up on the 2020 Podcast Page!
By Todd Starnes Published May 15, 2020 at 7:17pm
There’s really nothing worse than neighbors ratting out neighbors. But that’s what Democrats are urging citizens to do across the country. And more often than not innocent Americans are getting caught in the cross-hairs.
Sheila Perez Smith tells “The Todd Starnes Show” that she was stunned when the police showed up at her home near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Smith’s 7-year-old son had just completed a Zoom class from the den of their home when she received an urgent email from her son’s first-grade teacher.
It just so happened that the little boy had recently been gifted a toy gun, and the child had placed his “new favorite thing” on the table next to the computer.
“Another parent had been very uncomfortable by the fact that the gun had been in view of the Zoom call,” Mrs. Smith said on my radio show. “It’s such an innocent thing that someone used to make a judgment and an accusation.”
A few hours after they received the email, there was a knock at the front door. It was the police.
“The police officer came to our door right after breakfast and asked us to step outside of our home as a result of the Zoom call,” she told me.
Mrs. Smith’s husband tried to explain to the officer that there were no guns in the house – other than the toy gun their son had received.
“He essentially lectured us on child safety and the fact that our children are too young to interact with any guns and weapons,” she said.
The officer said it did not matter that it was a toy gun, and he continued to lecture the couple.
“I said, this is a toy. No one is unsafe in our home. Everyone is safe and well and healthy,” she said. “They took it very seriously, as if there was some sort of chance we had weapons in the home.”
Mrs. Smith said her children were terrified by the police visit.
“They were scared their parents were going to go to jail that day for something that was completely untrue,” she said.
The family was not cited, and there were no follow-up visits from authorities, but they were definitely shaken by the ordeal.
“What really troubled me was the fact that someone made a claim, an accusation with zero facts,” she said. “It was completely bogus, and it left our kids really scared.”
Life is returning to normal for the Smith family, but they have made one important decision regarding education.
“We opted out of Zoom calls,” she said.
The German government perfected the process of snitching on neighbors during the 1920s and ’30s – leading up to World World II. It’s horrifying to imagine that such tendencies might exist in modern-day America.
Show files are up on the 2020 Podcast page!
To help combat the boredom of isolation!
Trigger Talk Article May 2020: Now What?
The last time we talked life was much simpler, we could pick any gun/big box store we wanted to go to and buy the gun or ammo we desired. Now we are homebound, and limited in our choices for purchasing firearms, ammo, or reloading supplies.
What to do, WHAT TO DO?
First relax, there is no need to panic regarding any firearm purchases or equipment you may need. The Federal Government has decided that gun stores fall into the “Essential Services” category. Now we may have individual Governor’s (like Gretchen Whitmer) that disagree initially, but they WILL lose that battle in court.
Many WAAM listeners and in particular TriggerTalk Radio listeners are likely already prepared for this situation. We have been talking for years about the need to have adequate supplies and tools on hand to handle most any situation.
So what do you do now?
It is a good time to clean and lubricate all your firearms. Perhaps you have neglected your long guns or pistols for a long time. Take the guns out of the safe or closet or wherever they are safely stored and get to know them again. Take them apart, clean them thoroughly and lubricate them with a good gun oil. If the gun is one that you only use occasionally make sure that you use an oil that is a good preservative that will prevent any corrosion!
If you carry a gun regularly take a close look at its operating mechanism. I recently took apart one of my carry guns and I was amazed at the amount of lint and dust that had accumulated in the many nooks and crannies of that gun. I don’t think a reference to Belly Button Lint is essential but it is certainly appropriate.
How about your ammunition? Make an effort to ensure that your ammo is stored in a clean and dry environment. I have seen ammo and guns that were stored in areas that were subjected to extreme temperature swings and they often have corrosion and damage from condensation related to the temperature changes.
If you don’t have much in the way of ammo reserves you can still order ammo online from providers such as Midwayusa.com, Brownells.com and luckygunner.com although they may have shortages of the more popular calibers.
You can also seek out of many online firearms training videos that you can watch. The
Tom Gresham First Person Defender series is a good place to start and they have many videos over several season that depict real/actual self defense situations for you to watch, re-watch and learn about proper self defense techniques.
With many ranges and gun clubs closed you may be looking for places to shoot. One of the possibilities is to switch to air guns while we are stuck at home. Many quality airguns in both long gun and handgun offerings are available to tide over your “itchy trigger finger”. Most of these are available on-line an because they are not technically firearms they can be shipped directly to your door.
An airgun used with a proper backstop in a basement or a backyard allows you to practice fundamentals such as sight picture, breath and trigger control at a very low cost and without disturbing the neighbors.
First and foremost, “Don’t Fear” we will get through this with our guns and 2nd Amendment intact. We have seen a huge increase in firearms sales in the past two months. By most measures approximately 60% are new first time gun owners that have recently had their eyes opened as to the reason that we have been crowing about our gun rights for so long!
Stay Safe!
Dick Cupka
Show files are up on the 2020 Podcast Page!
We have been collecting film recommendations for us “Gun / History Guys” to watch during this home confinement!
We Were Soldiers
Quigley Down Under
To Hell and Back
Band of Brothers
Pacific
Saving Private Ryan
The Longest Day
Shooter – Point of Impact
The Enemy Below
Away All Boats
Full Metal Jacket
Dirty Harry
True Lies
Battle of the Bulge
Midway
Tora Tora Tora
Kelly’s Heroes
Under Siege
12 O’Clock High
633 Squadron
Strategic Air Command
The Bridges at Toko Ri
The Glen Miller Story
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Accountant
The Reliant
The Wild Geese
The Magnificent Seven
Patton
Predator original
Blackhawk down
The Punisher
Diehard
Sable River
Open Range
The Bias
T34
Sava
Mission of Honor
Red Tails
Highwaymen
Public Enemy
Winchester 73
The Shootist
Rooster Cogburn
Carbine Williams
The Rifleman
True Grit
Dogs of War
Silverado
Heat
Den of Thieves
Red Dawn
Sands of Iwo Jima
The Green Berets
Miller’s Crossing
Final countdown
Flight of the Intruder
Apocalypse Now
Platoon
3000 miles Graceland
Pork Chop hill
Firebase Gloria
Equilizer
The Professional
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Bonnie and Clyde
Calamity Jane
Annie Get Your Gun
The A-Team
Men of the fighting Lady
A guy named Joe
The Sabre Jet
Show files are up on the 2020 Podcast Page!
I am starting a list of fun Movies to watch for Gun Guys and also for just guys in General:
Enemy at the Gates
Full Metal Jacket
The Enemy Below
Away All Boats
Full Metal Jacket
Dirty Harry
True Lies
Battle of the Bulge
Midway
Tora Tora Tora
Kelly’s Heroes
We Were Soldiers
Quigley Down Under
To Hell and Back
Band of Brothers
Pacific
Saving Private Ryan
The Longest Day
Shooter – Point of Impact
Under Siege
The Accountant
The Reliant
The Wild Geese
The Magnificent Seven
Patton
Predator original
Blackhawk down
The Punisher
Diehard
Sable River
Open Range
The Bias
T34
Sava
Mission of Honor
Red Tails
Highwaymen
Public Enemy
Winchester 73
The Shootist
Rooster Cogburn
Carbine Williams
The Rifleman
True Grit
Dogs of War
Silverado
Heat
Den of Thieves
Red Dawn
Sands of Iwo Jima
The Green Berets
Word Search Puzzle with Firearms Inventors
For all those gun fans who are spending more time indoors these days, we here at Guns.com have been working on some puzzles with you in mind. In the second installment in our COVID-19 word search series, we concentrated on smart guys that coughed up successful pistols and revolvers over the past 150 years or so.
Those featured (last name only) include Robert Adams (patented the first successful double-action revolver in 1851), Fritz & Willibald Barthelmes (Walther pistols), Samuel Colt, Hugo Borchardt (C-93 pistol), John M. Browning, Pedro Careaga (Astra/Ruby), the Feederle brothers (C96 Mauser), George Fosbery (Webley-Fosbery revolver), Rudolf Frommer, Gaston Glock, Karel Krnka (M1904 pistol), Aimo Lahti, Venacncio Lopez (Campo Giro), Georg Luger, Ferdinand Mannlicher (M1894, M1901), Tullio Marengoni (Beretta M15, M17 and M35), František Myška (ČZ vz. 38), Kijirō Nambu, Josef Nickl (Vz. 24, CZ 27), Charles Petter (French Model 1935A), Abiel Revelli (Glisenti M1910), Andreas Schwarzlose (M1898, M1908 pistols), Earl Searle (Savage 1907), Alex Seidel (Mauser HSc), Horace Smith and Daniel Wesson (of Smith & Wesson) Fedor Tokarev (TT30/33), Carl & Fritz Walther, William Whiting (Webley 1912), and Piotr Wilniewczyc (FB Vis-35 Radom).
Of course, we missed a couple such as the Koucký brothers (sorry, CZ-75 fans), Nikolay Makarov, the Nagant brothers and Oscar Mossberg (Brownie), but the puzzle could only be so long– and we needed to save some for the next installment!
