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January 11th Show
Show files are up on the podcast page!
January 11th marks the one year anniversary of the weekly broadcast of TriggerTalk Radio. Prior to January 2013 I did a monthly segment on Matt Clark’s show “The Clarkcast”.
I would lik to thank Thayrone and Linda from WAAM Talk 1600 for the opportunity to share Saturday mornings with all of you.
This week we had several callers with topic ranging from buying an AR15 in the original M16, the difference between .223 Remington and 5.56 NATO, to finding magazines for older guns, building guns from a parts kit and refinishing minor corrosion in blued finishes.
By the way I have had great results using Brownell’s Oxpho Blue and Blue Wonder Gun Blue / Black for small and even large areas on firearms.
We also talked about using website search engines that do not store, track, or share any of your search information. Two that were suggested by listeners were:
You can find a complete listing of all search engines at:
January 4th 2014 Show: Happy New Year!
Show files are up on the Podcast Page.
Happy New Year!
For the past two weeks I did pre-recorded shows due to my family’s Holiday travel requirements. Having driven over 2200 miles last week I visited my Daughter and her family at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia and my folks in West Lafayette, IN. I returned on Sunday the 5th in a blinding snow storm, thank goodness for All Wheel Drive!
This coming weeks show will return to LIVE, so please plan to call in to tell other listeners and me about your Christmas Shooting Gifts!
On the January4th show I referenced a Top Ten New Year’s Gun Resolution list by gun writer Max Slowik. We talked about each one of his ideas and how they might apply to us.
Additionally I posted links to all the information for the Scholastic Pistol Program a few paragraphs down under the December 21st Show. Please take a few moments to look into this fine program.
Dick
‘LOOKS LIKE WEIMAR GERMANY’: THE VIRAL PHOTO OUT OF CONNECTICUT THAT’S GIVING SOME GUN OWNERS CHILLS
Gun Owners in Connecticut line up for registration of their “Modern Sporting Rifles” and magazines.
December 28th Show
Show files are up on the Podcast Page!
We discussed the passing of Kalashnikov and his journey to inventing the AK-47.
We also found out he invented a lawnmower too, I think maybe his true calling was firearms not lawn implements!
We also talked about a few neat ideas for Christmas gifts:
If the shooter in your life also enjoys listening to music from and Ipod or smartphone this may just be the thing for them! Are these the coolest Ear Buds ever? I am curious at to the TSA reaction if you had a pair of these dangling around your neck or in your ears!
Coolest Ear Buds on the Planet
Merry Christmas and Safe Shooting!
Dick
December 21st Show
Show files are up on the Podcast page!
SPP – SCP & Rimfire 2013-2014 – Oct 2013 (1)
SPP – Supplies to start a team with discounts – 08-26-13 (2) (1)
2014 SPP Athlete Consent & Waiver
2014 SPP College Team Registration (1)
2014 SPP Sportsmanship Contract
2014 SPP Volunteer Positions2014_spp_trg
Hosting a Local Match (8-21-13) (1)
Better late than never! I have added links for the items we discussed in the interview with Joe Cafarelli from the Scholastic Pistol Program.
Merry Christmas!
Dick
I came across this cartoon and it certainly is a new way to look at PETA.
December 14th Show
Show Files are up on the podcast page!
We had a fun show this week:
In the first segment we covered some of the ridiculous applications of law and rules from around the country.
TSA made the airways safer for all by confiscating the 1 1/2 inch toy Sock Monkey prop from a Sock Puppet made to look like Roost Cogburn from True Grit
Thank goodness no one was hurt!
And you thought TSA Stood for Thousands Standing Around!
We also talked about the aftermath of last years Shooting in Newtown CT.
In the wake of the event over 1500 new laws were proposed and approx. 100 were actually voted on implemented.
What the Anti-Gun people did not expect was the Newton ignited a flame that inpired people to recognize that gun laws cannot stop event like Newton. The shooter broke 41 laws in the commission of his crime, including murdering his mother to get the guns.
The backlash was that over 2/3 of the new law enacted actually reduced restrictions on law abiding gun owners.
The chart below shows the breakdown by state as to which states relaxed gun laws (yellow), which states restricted guns more (blue) did not change any laws (black) and which states had and even split (Illinois).
In the second segment Bill Glaser was my guest. Bill is an instructor with the Appleseed Project, a group that focuses on teaching American History and Rifle Marksmanship.
More information can be found out about the Appleseed Project and the Revolutionary War Veterans Association at the following link.
Bill Can be reached at: MI@appleseedinfo.org
Link to e-mail for Bill Glaser
In the third and forth segment we talked took some calls and talked about some fun ideas for Christmas gifts for shooters.
A few examples are shown below and we will talk about more next week:
Hornady Lock-N-Load 2L Ultrasonic Cleaner
Gun cleaning mat and accesories
Bore Snake
Sand Bag Assortment
Tipton Best Gun Vice
Peltor Electronic amplifying ear muffs
Weapons Light
Slide pull
Also available in Pink!
December 7th Show
Show files are up on the podcast page!
This week we broadcast live from Cornwell’s Christmas World as part of the WAAM toy drive for children.
We had several callers on gunsmithing, handloading, and more! Several TriggerTalk listeners stopped by in person to say “Hello” and Thayrone, host of “One the Edge” joined me in the third segment to talk about New York City’s recent notification to owners of long guns holding more than 5 rounds that they must turn in the firearms to the police or remove them from the city!
Remember this current effort by the gun control crowd when someone tells you that gun registration is an innocent thing and could never lead to gun confiscation.
This is a actual letter that the New York City resident received
Take a close look and you will see that all three guns are simple .22lr rifles
One is a bolt action, one is a toggle action biathalon rifle and and one is an take down Survival rifle. Certainly not the “Assault Weapons” They would have you believe they are targeting and I can say with certainty they are not the kind of firearms that are causing problems on the Streets of New York.
If there was any doubt in your mind about the intent of the Gun Control Groups this should clear it up. Gun Control is, and always will be about CONTROL not safety.
New week we will be talking to Bill Glaser from the Appleseed project and also look at a few gift ideas for the gun owner in your life.
November 30th Show
Show files are up on the Podcast Page!
We had a lot of callers this week: we discussed “Throating” a Walther PPK for reliability, Military firearms, re-barreling a Mauser in .308 Winchester and more!
Robert from Wixom called to give us a Deer Hunting update (no luck yet)!
Pat the Handyman called to ask about registering a gun that he was gifted by his Grandfather and the requirements for Michigan registration of a handgun.
Next week December 7th (Pearl Harbor Day!) we will be remote broadcasting from Cornwell’s Christmas World in Plymouth Michigan (874 West Ann Arbor Road)
Come on out and say Hello, bring your spouse and he or she can look at the areas largests Christmas store while You and I talk about Guns!
See you there!
Dick
December TriggerTalk Article: The Company You Keep
Many of you are aware that for the past 2 and 1/2 years I have written a monthly column for “The Courant” which is the Whitmore Lake newspaper. These can be found at www.courantonline.com
This month due to space considerations the WAAM “Off the Airwaves” pages of the Courant were reduced and my column will not appear.
I am posting the piece that would have appeared in the December issue here on my website:
TriggerTalk: The Company You Keep
I have just returned from deer hunting with my two best friends. As in past years we gathered for firearms seasons for a healthy dose of gun talk, firearms handling and time in the woods. Together over 45 years since the summer after 5th grade, we went to school together, shot together, and occasionally hunted together but we always stayed in touch.
Our families are grown now and on their own or almost there so we have time to get together each November 15th. We gather at one friend’s cottage in Charlevoix County and the other suggested we each bring several of our recent gun acquisitions. It looked like a gun show at the cottage with 35 firearms ranging from bolt action long range rifles to antique revolvers. We kept a close eye on them throughout the weekend, especially the Modern Sporting Rifles the anti-gunners call “Assault Rifles”. I can report that not a single firearms did anything bad or evil even the ones with the super dangerous “High Capacity Magazines” that the gun banners want to take away from us.
Friday night is the Fish Fry at Moose Jaw Junction and the place is filled with camo and hunter orange. Everybody is talking about that days hunt. A chalkboard tracks the deer harvest by location and number of points. A UPS driver tells of seeing an 8-point chased by a coyote about an hour ago. “Where are you from?” is heard all over the bar, the answer met with nodding approvals as long as it’s not Ohio.
There is a warm welcoming kinship present, the acknowledgement of a common purpose: respect for the hunt, the animal and the firearms. The restaurant owner asks how your hunt went as he shows you to the table and the waitress is actually interested to hear your stories from the day. There is not an anti-gunner in sight, and no “Gun Free Zone” sign at the door. Trucks and cars in the parking lot are full of high powered rifles and if they are not drinking many patrons have one on their hip. Noticeably missing is any hint of trouble or rowdiness.
These are the people the anti-gunners would call “Gun Nuts” and try to paint as a problem that must be regulated by more restrictive gun control. Wrong, these are law abiding gun owners. Most of us have been handling firearms safely for decades, some of us for over a half century. We buy them and sell them to each other based on a mutual respect and relationship all without the interference of a “Universal Background Check”. We don’t sell our guns to people we don’t know and we don’t buy guns of unknown origin from shady guys in back alleys the way criminals do. This is why the implementation of a more restrictive purchase process for firearms will have no effect on violent gun crime. The people shooting up schools and malls have no respect for the laws that already exist or people that obey them.
If I had to choose the people I am going to be around I would choose the “Gun Nuts”. People that respect the law, other people and the 2nd Amendment. People that love their Country and the rich history it has recorded. I am not talking about politicians that say “I respect the Second Amendment, BUT…”! I trust them about as much as the one who promised “If you like your healthcare policy you can keep it”. Try changing one phrase in that promise to “If you like your Second Amendment you can keep it”. How does that make you feel about the long term prospects of maintaining your gun rights? If someone does not trust me with my firearms, then I don’t trust them to govern, period.
It all boils down to the Company you keep!
November 23rd Show
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We talked about hunting and self defense , and how the people we share these interests with are some of the most trustworthy people we know.