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Hey Mark,
I too carry my Kel-Tec PF-9 chambered for the same reason you mentioned on the air. That REALLY long trigger pull make the firearm inherently safe as long as your finger stays indexed until ready to fire.
Also, a really intentional trigger pull is required to make it go bang. Although it is not as heavy as mentioned on the air, the specs on their website says 5 lbs.
I’ve not measured my gun, but it feels like 2x my Springfield XDM.
Great show tonight.
Martin
Looked where you could be heard in Missouri..only rural areas…How can I bring you to Kansas City, MO area?
Aloha Mark,
If I was allowed to carry it would be a Sig 229 DAK in .40 SW. the double action only trigger takes a little getting used to but when muscle memory is properly developed hammer pairs come rather quickly. I found that after getting the draw, presentation and sight alignment down at slow speed, running drills against a training partner really increases the speed and accuracy.
As far as being allowed to carry here in Hawaii, I think your guest today will be able to address where we are moving to correct that aggrieves situation.
Here is a link to the recent PBS Hawaii discussion on Gun Control in Hawaii that demonstrates what we are up against to bring things back to a more sane condition. If you could occasionally bring up our plight in Hawaii it might keep pressure on our “pollatitions” by letting them know that we are watching them.
http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/insights_programs/insights20110203_gunctrl.htm
Thanks for the show,
Marshall
USCC Member and Proud Gas Grill Operator
how would your Columbian friend done w/ a 22?
Hey Mark and Sean! Im listening from up here in fargo ND. I have been listening for a couple months now and love the show. Im ashamed to say it but I really was not aware that our right to keep and bear arms was being attacked as much as it is. My eyes have been opened thanks to your show. And for that I thank you. Since I started listening I have become more involved via contacting my rep(R-rick berg) through handy emails from the GOA website.
I have been telling lots of people up here about your show, at work and at the range. We would love to have you broadcasted from a fargo station! Please try to make it happen! keep up the great work!
Your friend, Luke Mickelson
P.S. I have some of the Personal Defense Network DVDs and they are awesome! Rob Pincus is great.
I don’t know if your aware and I noticed before, a commerical will break in during your conversation. twice in the last 10 mi.
love the show
I have moved From Arkansas to York Pa. We have open carry in Pa
But like you and Ted say to open carry is not as good as conseald the only is on a hot day or you garmente blows open.
Of interest from Gallup:
{trend charts at http://www.gallup.com/poll/150341/Record-Low-Favor-Handgun-Ban.aspx?}
October 26, 2011
Record-Low 26% in U.S. Favor Handgun Ban. Support for stricter gun laws in general is lowest Gallup has measured
by Jeffrey M. Jones
PRINCETON, NJ — A record-low 26% of Americans favor a legal ban on the possession of handguns in the United States other than by police and other authorized people. When Gallup first asked Americans this question in 1959, 60% favored banning handguns. But since 1975, the majority of Americans have opposed such a measure, with opposition around 70% in recent years.
1959-2011 trend: Do you think there should or should not be a law that would ban the possession of handguns, except by the police and other authorized persons?
The results are based on Gallup’s annual Crime poll, conducted Oct. 6-9. This year’s poll finds support for a variety of gun-control measures at historical lows, including the ban on handguns, which is Gallup’s longest continuing gun-control trend.
For the first time, Gallup finds greater opposition to than support for a ban on semiautomatic guns or assault rifles, 53% to 43%. In the initial asking of this question in 1996, the numbers were nearly reversed, with 57% for and 42% against an assault rifle ban. Congress passed such a ban in 1994, but the law expired when Congress did not act to renew it in 2004. Around the time the law expired, Americans were about evenly divided in their views.
1996-2011 trend: Are you for or against a law which would make it illegal to manufacture, sell, or possess semiautomatic guns known as assault rifles?
Additionally, support for the broader concept of making gun laws “more strict” is at its lowest by one percentage point (43%). Forty-four percent prefer that gun laws be kept as they are now, while 11% favor less strict laws.
As recently as 2007, a majority of Americans still favored stricter laws, which had been the dominant view since Gallup first asked the question in 1990.
1990-2011 trend: In general, do you feel that the laws covering the sale of firearms should be made more strict, less strict, or kept as they are now?
Americans’ preference regarding gun laws is generally that the government enforce existing laws more strictly and not pass new laws (60%) rather than pass new gun laws in addition to stricter enforcement of existing laws (35%). That has been the public’s view since Gallup first asked the question in 2000; the 60% this year who want stricter enforcement but no new laws is tied for the high in the trend.
2000-2011 trend: In terms of gun laws in the United States, which of the following would you prefer to see happen — [ROTATE: enforce the current gun laws more strictly and NOT pass new gun laws (or) pass new gun laws in addition to enforcing the current laws more strictly]?
Support for Stricter Gun Laws Down Among Key Subgroups
All key subgroups show less support for stricter gun laws, and for a ban on handguns, than they did 20 years ago. In 1991, 68% of Americans favored stricter gun laws and 43% favored a ban on handguns. Those percentages are 43% and 26%, respectively, today.
Relatively few key subgroups favor stricter gun-control laws today, whereas in 1991, all did. Since then, Democrats’ views have shown less change, with a 10-point decline in the percentage favoring stricter laws. Republicans show a much larger decline of 35 points. In addition to Democrats, majorities of Eastern residents and those without guns in their household still favor stricter gun laws.
Percentage Favoring Stricter Laws Covering the Sale of Firearms, by Subgroup, 1991 and 2011 Gallup Polls
Democrats, Eastern residents, members of gun non-owning households, and women were among the few subgroups to favor a ban on handguns in 1991, but now no key subgroup has a majority in favor. Those with guns in their household are least likely to favor a handgun ban.
Percentage Favoring a Ban on Handguns, by Subgroup, 1991 and 2011 Gallup Polls
Implications
Americans have shifted to a more pro-gun view on gun laws, particularly in recent years, with record-low support for a ban on handguns, an assault rifle ban, and stricter gun laws in general. This is the case even as high-profile incidents of gun violence continue in the United States, such as the January shootings at a meeting for U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona.
The reasons for the shift do not appear related to reactions to the crime situation, as Gallup’s Crime poll shows no major shifts in the trends in Americans’ perceptions of crime, fear of crime, or reports of being victimized by crime in recent years. Nor does it appear to be tied to an increase in gun ownership, which has been around 40% since 2000, though it is a slightly higher 45% in this year’s update. The 2011 updates on these trends will appear on Gallup.com in the coming days.
Perhaps the trends are a reflection of the American public’s acceptance of guns. In 2008, Gallup found widespread agreement with the idea that the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right of Americans to own guns. Americans may also be moving toward more libertarian views in some areas, one example of which is greater support for legalizing marijuana use. Diminished support for gun-control laws may also be tied to the lack of major gun-control legislation efforts in Congress in recent years.
Survey Methods
Results for this Gallup poll are based on telephone interviews conducted Oct. 6-9, 2011, with a random sample of 1,005 adults, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
For results based on the total sample of national adults, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of sampling error is ±4 percentage points.
Interviews are conducted with respondents on landline telephones and cellular phones, with interviews conducted in Spanish for respondents who are primarily Spanish-speaking. Each sample includes a minimum quota of 400 cell phone respondents and 600 landline respondents per 1,000 national adults, with additional minimum quotas among landline respondents by region. Landline telephone numbers are chosen at random among listed telephone numbers. Cell phone numbers are selected using random-digit-dial methods. Landline respondents are chosen at random within each household on the basis of which member had the most recent birthday.
Samples are weighted by gender, age, race, Hispanic ethnicity, education, region, adults in the household, and phone status (cell phone only/landline only/both, cell phone mostly, and having an unlisted landline number). Demographic weighting targets are based on the March 2010 Current Population Survey figures for the aged 18 and older non-institutionalized population living in U.S. telephone households. All reported margins of sampling error include the computed design effects for weighting and sample design.
In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls.
View methodology, full question results, and trend data.
For more details on Gallup’s polling methodology, visit http://www.gallup.com.
I’ve mentioned this before, that when listening off the web page, there are interuption commercials that interupt the broadcast. always when your talking to someone so we miss the point or the main point anyway. It’s annoying…just don’t understand
also last week and today the broadcast is black are you broadcasting?
I see now if you want to skip the adds you need to pay a subscription…. Is that the way it’s supose to be?
your broadcast isn’t free?
but it’s not telecasting I’m listening but unable to watch
I’ve done everthing I know to bring it up. Same thing last week
listen live… refreshed…. audio is fine video is not. maybe I need tech help
Just bought me an used 45 desert eagle. IMI made. It’s a heavy gun. I’d rather carry that here in Wi. now thats it’s leagle. than carry my Ed Brown Ultra Classic. At least if I have to use it, it won’t get lost in inventory
Dean
thank you for telling of the video
I also heard a law that prevents the ATF from keeping a national registy.. this puts some teeth into it and passed as an attachment to another bill.
concealed carry and public restrooms. Here’s what I constantly think about when I enter a public restroom. 1: will the stall along the wall face my carry hand? (Left handed)? or, will the stall on the end show clearly my gun as it is on my belt as I sit?
Listening on AM 1390, WLCM in Charlotte, MI.
God Bless.
Ted you don’t know what the hell you’re talking about. Where is the evidence to support this . I open carry almost everyday and have never had a problem. Go on opencarry.org and see how many people oc everyday. Were are all the bodies. IT JUST DOES NOT HAPPEN. Don’t spout off with out supplying the facts to back it up.
please inform me on how to watch live? your web sight doesn’t pick it up. I can listen from the radio station. U-stream doen’t pick it up. always get the one from march with Ted Nuggent
Hey Mark,
After listening to the 01/15/12 podcast about Frank Barret’s book Glock: The rise of America’s handgun I went to Books-A-Million the next day and bought my copy. I’ve been reading it in my free time and I’ve been enjoying it. As a Glock owner (Glock 23) I’ve been really interested in the book. Keep up the good work on AAR!
Keith
Benton, Ky.
I give up…thanks anyway
Mark,
I was hopping to hear your and thr Mad Oger’s view on a Howa rifle in 308 and rock island 3 1/2 in 1911. Thanks
i agree with ted, Suprise IS Key, as a Home invasion survivor, it was My element of Suprise against the three armed criminal that broke into my house that allowed me to defend myself and survive their intentions. long story short, 3 entered, 2 left in cuffs, 1 left in a zip lock bag. after roughly 10 Hours of Intense las vegas police questioning, and Interrogation i was released, with my Ruger P89 9mm returned to me. and a stay compliment of the “victims fund” in a fairly decent hotel while my “crime scene” apartment was processed, and rebuilt. What the 2 Surviving Defendants said to the police is a PRIME Example of Why we NEED an Armed General Public. when asked “why did you pick That apartment?” they Both said “we thougth it would be an Easy Hit, we didnt think he would fight or have a gun” .. if that doesnt sum it up.. nothing Does
David is funny! How about a pro gun stand-up tour!
Dad arrested over daughter’s gun drawing
9:50 am, February 24th, 2012
Dad arrested over daughter’s gun drawing
QMI AGENCY
Police arrested a Kitchener, Ont., father outside his daughter’s school because the four-year-old drew a picture of him holding a gun.
Jessie Sansone told the Record newspaper that he was in shock when he was arrested Wednesday and taken to a police station for questioning over the drawing. He was also strip-searched.
“This is completely insane. My daughter drew a gun on a piece of paper at school,” he said.
Officials told the newspaper the move was necessary to ensure there were no guns accessible by children in the family’s home. They also said comments by Sansone’s daughter, Neaveh, that the man holding the gun in the picture was her dad and “he uses it to shoot bad guys and monsters,” was concerning.
Police also searched Sansone’s home while he was in custody. His wife and three children were taken to the police station, and the children were interviewed by Family and Children’s Services.
Sansone’s wife, Stephanie Squires, told the newspaper no one told them why her husband had been arrested.
“He had absolutely no idea what this was even about. I just kept telling them, ‘You’re making a mistake.’”
Several hours later, Sansone was released without charges.
the laws up here in Canada are getting really crazy when it comes
to hand guns
I don’t agree with Ted on Open Carry… If your trained, aware and ready as your trained to be, if someone wants to get to me, I’ll be able to get to my side arm faster cause it’s out in the open as we had during training in the USMC for combat and in combat… They way crime is now, we are in a sence in combat every time we leave home…
Stay safe… +
Tedd your wrong, wrong, wrong !!!!!
I like Matt R,s summation from January 23rd 2012
I give up its no use try to comment on a comment
Mark,
I’ve never heard of anybody talking about men who has a gut, but no butt. Rencently I started wearing suspenders. and with summer coming, I’ll be wearing shorts, Right now I’ve got shorts on carring my gun along with a recently purchased gunbelt fron Kirpatrick leathers. I litterly have to keep pulling my pants up…. I see a lot of people thats bigger than me, I guess though they at least have a butt.
Hey Mark,
I renewed my NRA membership Friday (2/24/12). I’m ready to help fight Obummer and his cronies. Nobody’s taking my guns & my firearms freedoms. Keep up the great work.
Keith
Benton, Ky.
Glock 23 Hornady Critical Defense strong side left hip
Ruger LCP Hornady Critical Defense right ankle.
The following is an e-mail that I received earlier today.
Why Carry a Gun?
My old grandpa said to me ‘Son, there comes a time in every man’s life when he stops bustin’ knuckles and starts bustin’ caps and
usually it’s when he becomes too old to take an ass whoopin.’ I don’t carry a gun to kill people.
I carry a gun to keep from being killed. I don’t carry a gun to scare people.
I carry a gun because sometimes this world can be a scary place.
I don’t carry a gun because I’m paranoid.
I carry a gun because there are real threats in the world.
I don’t carry a gun because I’m evil.
I carry a gun because I have lived long enough to see the evil in the world.
I don’t carry a gun because I hate the government.
I carry a gun because I understand the limitations of government.
I don’t carry a gun because I’m angry.
I carry a gun so that I don’t have to spend the rest of my life hating myself for failing to be prepared.
I don’t carry a gun because I want to shoot someone.
I carry a gun because I want to die at a ripe old age in my bed, and not on a sidewalk somewhere tomorrow afternoon.
I don’t carry a gun because I’m a cowboy.
I carry a gun because, when I die and go to heaven, I want to be a cowboy.
I don’t carry a gun to make me feel like a man.
I carry a gun because men know how to take care of themselves and the ones they love.
I don’t carry a gun because I feel inadequate.
I carry a gun because unarmed and facing three armed thugs, I am inadequate.
I don’t carry a gun because I love it.
I carry a gun because I love life and the people who make it meaningful to me.
Police protection is an oxymoron.
Free citizens must protect themselves.
Police do not protect you from crime, they usually just investigate the crime after it happens and then call someone in to clean up the mess.
Personally, I carry a gun because I’m too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin’…..author unknown (but obviously brilliant)
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A LITTLE GUN HISTORY
In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.
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China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million educated people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control: 56 million.
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You won’t see this data on the US evening news, or hear politicians disseminating this information.
Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens.
Take note my fellow Americans, before it’s too late!
The next time someone talks in favor of gun control, please remind them of this history lesson.
With guns, we are ‘citizens’. Without them, we are ‘subjects’.
During WW II the Japanese decided not to invade America because they knew most Americans were ARMED!
If you value your freedom, please spread this anti gun-control message to all of your friends.
The purpose of fighting is to win.
There is no possible victory in defense.
The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more important than either.
The final weapon is the brain.
All else is supplemental.
SWITZERLAND ISSUES EVERY HOUSEHOLD A GUN!
SWITZERLAND’S GOVERNMENT TRAINS EVERY ADULT THEY ISSUE A RIFLE.
SWITZERLAND HAS THE LOWEST GUN RELATED CRIME RATE OF ANY CIVILIZED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!!!
IT’S A NO BRAINER!
DON’T LET OUR GOVERNMENT WASTE MILLIONS OF OUR TAX DOLLARS IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE ALL LAW ABIDING CITIZENS AN EASY TARGET.
I’m a firm believer in the 2nd Amendment!
If you are too, please forward
After listening to your podcast of last weeks show this morning, as I was getting a bit of exercise in between rain storms, and listening to Alan Gottlieb. I came home and joined the Second Amendment Foundation, this is in addition to my USCCA and NRA lifetime memberships. I too found a little extra cash in my paycheck this period. Can’t wait to see the T shirt with your “Carry on, Carry Now, Carry Often: No Self Respecting Caveman would leave home without his club! slogan….Thanks and I can’t wait to download the next podcast.
hey guys, just a thought. Instead of using phones for interviews you can download skype for free and when you hook up with anyone else with skype the audio quality is emaculate. Sounds like youre all in the same room. Sound is impecable and eliminates the phone static and fuzzy sounds with your guests. Just a thought. Try it youll like it
Check out this video with Georg Zimmermans former lawyer :
http://fsblog.s3.amazonaws.com/zimmerman.mp4