Latest / Live to Shoot - Defending our 2nd Amendment Rights / 2A News and UFOs
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- 0:15Welcome to the Live and Shoot podcast.
- 0:17My name is Jeff Dowdle and I have been a licensed firearms dealer for the last 16 years.
- 0:21I talk about all things related to the second amendment as well as anything else going in the world or anything in my personal life or anything else that I might find interesting.
- 0:29So welcome, welcome, welcome.
- 0:31August, we're at the end of July and it is hotter than fire here in Texas.
- 0:34We are hitting 100 pretty consistently and this is the time of year that I can't wait till, till fall, but we will get there and then there'll be a time when wishing that the cold weather would go away.
- 0:48But that's just the life in Texas.
- 0:50So welcome, welcome, welcome.
- 0:52This week I thought I'd just talk about a couple things, news stories going on in the, in the, around the country, around the world.
- 0:59And you know, there are plenty to choose from.
- 1:01We could talk about UFOs.
- 1:03And if you've watched that any of the hearing, it's very, very interesting.
- 1:08I...
- 1:09You know, I'm not sure what to make of it, but I'm not a big believer in UFOs and aliens and, and such, but some compelling testimony of at least, again, confirming that our government is not very forthright with us, that they want to keep everything confidential, and, and Keep it compartmentalized and even make everything top secret so that we, that the public can't be aware of because they think they are our betters, that they control us.
- 1:37But so we'll see where this story comes up.
- 1:40Trump got another indictment.
- 1:41Again they've indicted his maintenance man at Mar a Lago.
- 1:46As well just all sorts of interesting things going on.
- 1:50Hunter Biden, what can we say about Hunter, right?
- 1:54I mean, his lawyers tried to sneak one path, basically tried to get the courts to grant him a, Get out of jail free card for everything he's ever done in the past or anything else he might do in the future and fortunately a judge who has a little bit of integrity put her foot down on that but so, you know, it is not definitely, it's definitely not a boring time but a couple stories I was, as I go through and I collect stories throughout the week one of them jumped out at me And this one is, it's from the Gun Owners of America, put out a release that said that this department has weaponized a bipartisan gun safety law to confiscate guns from law abiding citizens.
- 2:38So, the word weaponized, we've heard a lot lately, and this goes around that wonderful Bipartisan Safer Communities Act that my wonderful Senator John Cornyn, and this is really where it's more important.
- 2:52Why it popped for me because if y'all remember, he was a key proponent of getting this push and he, you know, he's on my list.
- 3:01I am trying to get him off of this, but anyway, what this release says, and I'll just.
- 3:06Read it.
- 3:06It says that the Republicans and gun rights activists say that the Biden administration unlawfully handed out federal funds to states that do not qualify under the program intended to promote so called red flag laws.
- 3:17In 2022, they passed signed the Bipartisan Commitment Act.
- 3:22In response to mass shootings, blah, blah, blah.
- 3:24The law incentivizes states to pass extreme risk protection laws, also called red flag laws, that allow members of the public and law enforcement to petition courts for civil order to temporarily suspend.
- 3:35After gun right advocates raised Second Amendment concerns, Congress included requirements that states applying for federal grants to implement red flags include certain due process requirements.
- 3:44Thank you.
- 3:44due process protections.
- 3:46So what gun owners of America and the members of, of the Senate who have sent a letter are stating is that Congress is just giving out money.
- 4:01To states that, that don't qualify, says Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas and Rep.
- 4:06Alexander Mooney asserting in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, and again, what good is that going to do, that the Justice Department has handed federal funds to states that did not meet the minimum due process criteria.
- 4:17The letter accuses the Biden administration of ignoring Congress and demands to know why grants to at least eight states and territories receive federal funds under the DOJ program.
- 4:27It was signed by seven GOP senators and 26 House lawmakers.
- 4:33The lawmakers wrote the Department of Justice appears to have weaponized the Bipartisan Safer Community Act.
- 4:39Weaponized is a word that we've heard a lot about this administrative state under Biden.
- 4:44And you know, we talked about the other, another Trump indictment and other things going on, and this just seems to be consistent and the fact that John Cornyn, my wonderful Senator here in Texas, has some involvement in it, just again continues to irk me.
- 5:01He is on my list, and we are going to primary him.
- 5:05I promise you.
- 5:07But, another story that Stuck out to me was this one in the Washington Examiner.
- 5:11It said, Second Amendment advocates switch to Trump as DeSantis fades.
- 5:17This was interesting.
- 5:18It says the American Firearms Association on Wednesday that nearly three quarters of its members back Trump for the GOP nomination, giving up on Florida Ron DeSantis, who led in a similar survey in November.
- 5:32It's that they polled over 2, 000 members, revealed a massive shift from late last year when DeSantis was up big in surveys after his impressive re election victory.
- 5:43When the 2nd minute group polled in November, DeSantis was leading Trump 68 28% in the polls.
- 5:50Less than a year later, Trump now leads DeSantis 70%.
- 5:54to 15%.
- 5:56So first things first, you know, this poll back then that it's unusual because there has not been many polls where DeSantis is at any kind of lead, much less a lead as significant as, as that a, you know, two thirds of the voters over Trump preferring DeSantis and then for it to switch so quickly.
- 6:16Now, when it comes to the second amendment.
- 6:19You know, Trump hasn't been the worst.
- 6:21He, you know, he put in the bump stock, you know, ban and supported that and, and some red flag laws type legislation as well.
- 6:31DeSantis has not been bad on second amendment.
- 6:34Got constitutional carry in Florida, but I think the.
- 6:38of it is not who is the most pro second amendment, but who can protect the second amendment who is going to stand up against the ATF, the FBI in Congress, our second amendment rights, who has the most Who has the most strength of character, who will not cave when the times go tough.
- 7:00And I think now, as we've started watching, and we've seen what the deep state, the administrative state is capable of, and all the things they're putting Trump through, that we know that that he can stand up to the fire.
- 7:15Can DeSantis?
- 7:16I don't know.
- 7:17And I think that's what this poll indicates.
- 7:19And I think that, that is why in this podcast, I am pro Trump.
- 7:22I believe anybody that's gonna stand up and hopefully save this Republic is Trump.
- 7:29DeSantis can speak a lot, but he's drifting.
- 7:32You know, Vivek is coming up on, on, has passed the Santas in many polls and, you know, Vivek has, has said, said a lot of things too, but I think when it gets to a national stage of Vivek against anybody else, you know, he's not going to be able to carry the weight and Donald Trump is despite.
- 7:52All the numerous indictments and charges that they keep throwing at him, trying to get him to, to falter.
- 7:58The polls keep just going stronger and stronger now because America public can see, see through it.
- 8:05And they know that this is the man that is going to stand up and hopefully recover this Republic.
- 8:11So.
- 8:11Interesting that, you know, the 2A committee, 2A community is starting to sense that as well and moving in that direction.
- 8:20So, you know, things are going to come.
- 8:22Things will get hotter.
- 8:24We're going to see a lot more pressure on all of our rights.
- 8:27They are pushing the limit on trying to take away our rights, keep us from exerting our freedoms.
- 8:34And one of those ways is going to be to take away our guns.
- 8:37And I will say it again, the man that can help us prevent that is Donald J.
- 8:42Trump, and we need to get him back.
- 8:45And that's what this podcast is going to be pressing for over the next two years is getting Donald J.
- 8:50Trump back in the White House.
- 8:53Continue if you don't agree with me.
- 8:55Don't listen.
- 8:56I want to know why you think that he isn't the best choice for America, especially for to protect our second amendment.
- 9:02Who else?
- 9:03You want to put in Chris Christie in there?
- 9:06Good for you.
- 9:07Joe Biden?
- 9:07Kamala Harris?
- 9:08No.
- 9:09I think we all agree those are failures as well.
- 9:12So let me know what you think though.
- 9:14Give me your feedback.
- 9:14I appreciate it.
- 9:16And I will talk to you later.