State of the Second
By Gun Owners of America
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Episodes: 138
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"State of the Second isn’t your typical 2A podcast—it’s a backstage pass into the firearms industry.
Hosted by Kailey Nieman and John Fahrner, we sit down with the real people behind the brands, builds, and big ideas shaping the gun world. From shop owners to social media legends, each episode dives into how they got started, what keeps them going, and what it really takes to make it in the firearms industry, plus the battles they face along the way. If you’ve ever wondered how to break into the industry or what it’s like behind the scenes, this is your front-row seat."
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They Left a Live AR on YouTube for 24 Hours. Here's What Happened. (ft. NineLine)
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Jul 09, 2026 |
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The Rifle the Industry Was Too Scared to Build (ft. One Horse)
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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The Coolest Job in the Firearms Industry (ft. caliber.row)
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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How a Single Patch Built a Whole Business (ft. Patch Ops)
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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How New Jersey Tries to Destroy Gun Owners (ft. Tony Simon)
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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The Gun That Could Change Recoil Forever (ft. Rock Island Armory)
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May 21, 2026 |
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The Harrell Approach: Practical, Not Trendy (ft. Roy Harrell)
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May 13, 2026 |
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The Mom Who Reinvented Concealed Carry (ft. Anna Taylor)
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May 06, 2026 |
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What High-Level Training Really Gives You (ft. Farewell Firearms)
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Educate, Not Legislate: The Teal Shirt Strategy Explained (ft. Dianna Muller)
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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The Real Purpose of the Second Amendment (ft. Atrius Development)
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Why The Gundies Keep Growing (And Why They Keep Doing It)
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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First Woman on the USA Overall Team (ft. Jalise Williams)
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Tiny Footprint, Big Rifle Performance (ft. Reap Weaponries)
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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A Stylish Purse That’s Level 3A Ballistic (ft. urbnchc)
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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How he took a “Non-Gun” Audience to Guns (ft. Johnny Q)
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Off-Body Carry Done Right (ft. Cakes Concealed Carry)
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Pistols Are Convenience. Rifles End Fights. (ft. Clint Smith)
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Dana White Got THIS Rifle (ft. Stellar Arms)
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Your Content Sucks, Here’s Why (ft. Ben Stacy)
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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How Women Actually Carry (ft. Adelina Mae)
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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The Truth About Ammo Hoarding Vs Preparedness (ft. AmmoSquared)
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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This Issue Affects More Than Just Law Enforcement (ft. Task Force 70 Foundation)
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Why The Basics Matter Most, Even After 30 Years of Shooting (ft. Gabby Franco)
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Dry Fire That Actually Works (ft. Laser Ammo)
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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The Quietest Suppressor Ever? PTR’s PIP Tech Explained (ft. PTR)
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Derya’s Blueprint for Growth (ft. Derya USA)
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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This Is Exactly Why Governments Fear an Armed People (ft.PewPewJew)
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Can You Trust Paid Gun Reviews? (ft. Tactical Advisor)
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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How 3D Printing is Revolutionizing Firearm Design (ft. Angstdat Arms)
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Why Goat Guns Are More Than Just Mini Models (ft. Goat Guns)
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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The Privacy Starter Pack (That Actually Works) (ft. Mark37.com)
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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The $20 Prep Everyone Overlooks (ft. Magic Prepper)
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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The Story Behind America’s Most Patriotic Bourbon (ft. 2A Bourbon)
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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What Really Kills Reliability: Friction, Springs, and Ejection Patterns (ft. Mitchell Defense)
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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What Nobody Tells You About Micro Compacts (ft. CANIK)
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Building the Citizen Defense Industry the Government Fears (ft. T-Rex Arms)
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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This Organization Is Doing What the Government Won’t (ft. SOWW)
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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What If Ammo Worked Like Bitcoin? (ft. Bullet Vault)
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Why Training Is an Investment in Your Life (ft. Tre’Von Barber)
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Gun Content Creator Exposes ATF Overreach (ft. Desk Pop)
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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The Military Chose THIS Scope (ft. Vortex Optics)
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Why the World Is Watching American Gun Culture (ft. GunnyGal)
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Why Home Ranges Are the Future (ft. TCRT)
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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What It Takes to Become a Gunsmith in 2025 (ft. SDI)
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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But is it Actually as Good as Live Fire Training? (Ft. Mantis)
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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What the Firearms Industry Gets Wrong About Women. (ft. Tracy Lee)
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Meet the Founder who SOLVED Concealed Carry for Gym Shorts (ft. Arrowhead Tactical)
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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How WD-40 Can Ruin Your Gun! (ft. Otis Technology)
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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What Building Your Own AR Says About You…(ft. Brownells)
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Traveling Armed in America: Why is it so Complicated? (ft. Elite Tactical Systems)
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Would YOU Trust Your Life to This Mag? (ft. KCI USA)
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May 28, 2025 |
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How a Shot Show Rant Led to a Whole New Gun (ft. Faxon)
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May 21, 2025 |
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This Gen Z Entrepreneur Is Changing How the Marines Train (ft. Infinite Defense)
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May 14, 2025 |
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Hollywood Guns That Changed Gun Culture (ft. Gun Broker)
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May 08, 2025 |
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Disarming Americans One Law at a Time (ft. Krate Tactical)
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Would You Switch Your Coffee to Save Your Rights? (ft. Caliber Coffee)
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Self-Defense Myths That Will Get You Locked Up (ft. Armed Attorneys)
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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The Bro Culture Behind GoonTape (and why it works) (ft. GoonTape)
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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The Unfiltered HONEST Truth About the Firearms Community (ft. Whiskey & Windage)
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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This Marine Built a Better AR – And Got Banned from Advertising It (Ft. Devil Dog Concepts)
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Beginners Guide to Stacking Gold & Silver (ft. United Patriot Coin)
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Do Shooting Competitions Matter to Your Marketing? (ft. ANR Design)
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Why Big Gun Companies Are Cutting Corners & How to Fix It – Michael Cox
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Yeeting The Haters – The People Behind Hi-Point (ft Hi-Point Firearms)
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Hollywood's Closet Gun Owners, LEGAL Exploding Targets, & It's NOT Alec Baldwin's FAULT?!
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Why can't Optics Companies innovate? (ft. Gideon Optics)
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Why Does Palmetto State Armory Keep Winning?
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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ATF tries to Silence FREE SPEECH? (ft. AmmoLand)
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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What do Gold and Guns have in common?
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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This is Why We Don’t Trust Politicians (ft. @stones2ndsense)
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Carrying on Campus: Rights or Risks? (ft. Cheryl Todd)
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Are We Losing the Fight for Gun Rights? (ft. XTech)
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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The Inventor of Bump Stock Fights Back! (ft. Slide Fire)
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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The Truth Behind the Gundie Awards
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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What does the next 4 years look like for the suppressor market? (Ft. Rugged Suppressors)
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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EVERYTHING Wrong with the GUN Industry (Ft. The Gun Collective)
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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How To Make Gun Content NOT Suck! (ft. Tundra Tactical)
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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The Harsh Reality About Collecting Historical Guns (ft. C&Rsenal)
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Meme Lords and Machine Guns: A Conversation with Shawn Herrin from We Like Shooting
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Government Control vs. Personal Liberty: Why We Need to Fight! (ft. 12 Spies)
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Traveling with NFA Items, SUSH Act, Suppressor Myths, and OSHA Regulations.
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Humanizing Firearms: How Guns Out TV is Changing the Narrative
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Starting a Gun Company During a Pandemic (ft. Rost Martin) | EP 54
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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From Aircraft Mechanics to EDC Innovators: The Blue Alpha Story
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Automatically Restock Your Ammo With THIS! (ft. Ammo Squared)
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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The Truth about Turkish Made Guns (ft. SDS Imports) | EP 51
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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First Time Gun Owners Should Know This! (ft. Kelly Zachary)
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Knife Industry VS Gun Industry (ft. Smoky Mountain Knife Works)
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Is Your Phone Bill Fighting for Your Rights? (ft. Patriot Mobile)
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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The Ultimate Battle for our Rights (ft. Opie in the Smokies)
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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So You Want To Get Into The Gun Industry?
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Teachers Conceal Carry in Schools?! (ft. @blackdiamond G&G)
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Carrying in the 21st Century (ft. Vertx)
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Building the Tradition of Guns (ft. Brownells)
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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KNOW THIS before carrying a Gun (ft. CCW Safe)
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Changing the Definition of Your Rights (ft. Guns & Gadgets)
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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EXPOSING the PETTINESS of the 2A Community (ft. 180SecondIdeas )
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Does 'Made in America' Still Matter? (ft. Cole-Tac)
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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This is the Best Way to Buy a Suppressor (ft. Silencer Central)
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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The Untold Story of Hollywood Gun Culture (ft. Ballistic Dummy Lab)
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May 29, 2024 |
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WHY Radical Firearm Legislation is DANGEROUS (ft. Liberty Doll)
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May 22, 2024 |
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You NEED This If You Carry A Firearm (ft. Right To Bear)
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May 15, 2024 |
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Does American Made still MATTER? (ft. WatchTower Firearms)
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May 08, 2024 |
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ATF Wants You to be an FFL (ft. TN Tactical)
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May 01, 2024 |
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Is Government Schooling is Poisoning YOUR Children? (ft. Warrior Poet Society)
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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AR’s are the New Adult Legos? (ft. Freedom Ordnance)
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Dispelling Hollywood's Mistruth about Suppressors with Mike Pappas
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Big Tech Suppressing 2A (ft. Otter Waiver)
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Taking photos of Guns turned Business? (ft. Kill Flash Photography)
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Humanizing the Firearm's Industry w/ Ari from PWS
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Building the Largest Gun Online Forum, Selling to Brownells & Online Growth w/AR15.com
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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The 2nd Amendment Protects the 13th Amendment (ft. Primary Arms)
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Surviving The Anti-Gun Crackdown After NYSRPA v. Bruen (ft. Night Fision)
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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The Second Amendment Isn’t About Hunting (ft. CZ-USA)
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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3D Printing Makes Gun Control Obsolete (ft. Print Shoot Repeat)
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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This Company Wants to REPEAL the NFA (ft. GSL Suppressors)
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Raising The Next Generation Of Gun Owners
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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The Origins of Palmetto State Armory, Bump Stocks and More! | #19 Jamin McCallum Palmetto State Armory
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Big Banks are watching your gun purchases?! | #18 2A Commerce
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Behind the Curtain at CMMG, Gun Culture & Navigating the ATF | #17 Mike O'Dell
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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Woman and Firearms Culture, Pregnant, Guns & Children and Firearms | #16 Rapid Fire Rachel
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Anti-Gunners Don’t Understand Predator Hunting | #15 Rix Optics
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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The ATF is Learning From Soviet Russia?! | #14 Alex Brodsky
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Why the Suppressor SHOULD NOT be apart of the NFA! | #13 Mike Baldasarre
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Behind the Scenes with the GOA Family (Dysfunction and all!) | #12 GOA Team
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Gun Rights Activist Definitions, Tyrannical Policies, and 1000% Excise Tax | #11 Ghost Tactical
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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NFA Laws, House Joint Resolution, and Unequal Restrictions | #10 Matador Arms
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Domestic Violence, Woman in the Gun Community & Due Process | #9 Kerry Slone, Executive Director at CrimeResearch.Org
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Zero Tolerance Policy, Loopholes, and Guns in Hollywood. | #8 EAA Corp
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Gun Confiscation & Youtube is making more Gun Owners? | #7 Clint Morgan
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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The ATF’S Two Faced Approach to Import/Export & Debunking Misconceptions About Turkish - Made Firearms | #6 SAR Firearms
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Giving a Voice to a Silent Majority | #5 Nine Line Apparel
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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How the Pistol Brace BAN Attacks Disabled Shooters | #4 - Battle Buddy 3Gun
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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ATF's War On Plastic, 1000% Gun Tax & Brace Ban | #3 - Century Arms
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Liberty Safe Turns its back on its Customers? | #2 - Secureit
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Origins of Eotech, Guns and Video Games | #1 - Eotech
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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What is the State of the Second Podcast? | #0
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Sep 08, 2023 |