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S14E10: Justified Saves-When the Fight Comes to You
Riley and Jacob break down six Justified Saves cases, from an I-10 road rage shooting to a Texas father cornered in his bedroom with his family home.
Read MoreS14E9: Button vs Paddle Mag Releases PLUS the 2026 Guardian Conference Recap
Riley and Jacob debrief the 2026 Guardian Conference, then weigh in on button vs paddle mag releases now that HK’s new VP9A1-B models ship with a button.
Read MoreS14E8: Lessons From Permit Renewal Classes
Riley and Jacob share top lessons learned from concealed carry permit renewal lessons. Some are obvious, some are not. If you’re new to carrying a gun, do you fall within these categories? Or if you’ve been carrying for a while, are some of these things still mistakes you’re making?
Read MoreS14E7: JUSTIFIED SAVES – Shooting at Shadows
Eight real-world defensive gun uses reveal critical lessons about home defense, intervention, escalation, self-defense law, and making good decisions under pressure.
Read MoreS14E6: Legislative Updates-The NFA Isn’t Dead, And Why That Should Bother You
In this episode, we review recent firearms-related legislative and judicial developments at the state and federal levels. We discuss several California bills, a New York challenge to the state’s ban on convertible pistols, and cases involving AR-15s, waiting periods, ghost guns, and post office carry.
Read MoreS14E5: Top Ways to Get More Out of Your Next Training Class
Whether you’re booking your very first class or your fifteenth, this episode breaks down the habits that separate the students who walk away transformed from the ones who walk away with a certificate and not much else.
Read MoreS14E4: JUSTIFIED SAVES – Our Take on the In-N-Out Shooting
From a road-rage confrontation that turns into a hard lesson on drawing against an unarmed attacker to a lunchtime rescue nobody saw coming, this episode is packed with real-world defensive gun use stories that test the limits of what you think you know about self-defense.
Read MoreS14E3: Old Iron, New Iron & Remembering a Giant
We cover recent firearms industry news, including the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s plan to sell former U.S. government M14 rifles to civilians in permanently semi-automatic form, and Auto-Ordnance’s short-barreled M1 Carbine with a 12-inch barrel and suppressor threading.
Read MoreS14E2: Shot First, So He Fired Back – This FedEx Driver’s Justified Save
Riley Bowman sits down with Jarrel Cappell, a FedEx courier whose ordinary delivery run turned into a fight for his life. Jarrel did everything he was “supposed” to do during an armed robbery — and was shot anyway.
Read MoreS14E1: Freedom Bought, Freedom Maintained – 700 Years of Receipts
We then cover the colonial period, the Revolution, and post-Civil War developments, including restrictions on enslaved Black people, the Black Codes, the 14th Amendment, and cases such as Dred Scott, Cruikshank, and Miller. We end with major modern laws and decisions, including the NFA, the Gun Control Act, FOPA, Heller, McDonald, Bruen, and Rahimi, as well as current cases involving AR-15 bans and magazine limits.
Read MoreS13E25: Legislative Updates – Nine to Zero and Counting
In this episode we give a roundup of current Second Amendment court cases and gun-law developments. We discuss the Supreme Court’s narrow ruling in the Hemani case, the Court declining to hear two New York cases for now, and the 6-3 decision in Wolford v. Lopez striking down Hawaii’s private-property carry rule.
Read MoreS13E24: Gun Control From the Beginning of This Nation
We look back at the events leading to the American Revolution, focusing on British attempts to control arms and ammunition and the growing tensions caused by taxation, the Boston Tea Party, and the Coercive Acts.
Read MoreS13E23: New & Easy Resources for Concealed Carriers
We discuss major updates to ConcealedCarry.com, including a site reorganization that consolidates tools and resources into clearer sections and makes navigation and search easier across the platform.
Read MoreS13E22: JUSTIFIED SAVES – Whose Fight Is It?
We review a monthly set of justified save cases to discuss decision-making in defensive gun use incidents, including questions about who was the initial aggressor and when a threat had ended.
Read MoreS13E21: Legislative Updates – The Glock Wars
In this episode we cover a range of legislative and legal developments affecting firearms owners, including Colorado’s permit-to-purchase system and similar proposals in states such as New York, California, Illinois, and Maryland. We also discuss a New Jersey subpoena for…
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