Wasted Ammo Podcast: Guns | Gear | Reviews | Training | Preparedness

On Monday we shared a sound bite of the entire CNN Town Hall that aired on Feb 21 where Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Sen. Ben Nelson (D-FL), Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL), NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch and Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel answered questions from survivors of the school shooting at Stoneman Douglas high school shooting, teachers and parents of the victims. Today we break down some of the questions asked and focus on the proposed solutions and our thoughts on this whole townhall. Enjoy! Show-Notes can be found at Wastedammo.com/178

Today on the Wasted Ammo Podcast we are sharing a sound bite of the entire CNN Town Hall that aired on Feb 21 where Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Sen. Ben Nelson (D-FL), Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL), NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch and Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel answered questions from survivors of the school shooting at Stoneman Douglas high school shooting, teachers and parents of the victims. On Friday we will dissect each question/answer. Show-notes can be found at Wastedammo.com/177

Today on the Wasted Ammo Podcast we play off an article from Homesteaddreamer.com titled, No, You Can't Come to My House - where the author lays out a very compelling conversation template you can follow when family, coworkers, or close friends say to you, "If something bad happens, I'll just go to your house." A lot of us will smirk and laugh it off but this is the opportunity to tell them your expectations if they were to come or if they are allowed to come to all. Eventually, we deviate from the article and go full apocalypse planning so enjoy! Show-notes can be found at Wastedammo.com/176

Today on the Wasted Ammo Podcast we dive into an article from Ammoland.com titled, Ammo: How Much Is Enough When Carrying For Self Defense. As a new gun owner I’ve always thought that the 15+1 rounds in my Glock 19 were sufficient to stop any threat, but doing research for this show has shown me how important it is to carry a spare magazine. Don't be fooled by what you see in the movies, the human body has an amazing ability to suck up damage and just keep on going and if you add that to the fact that most attackers are not alone, then you are setting yourself up for failure if you're not carrying a spare magazine.  Show-notes can be found at Wastedammo.com/175

Another Monday, another Wasted Ammo Zeroed-In episode where we cover gun related news and listener feedback! Today on the show we cover the GOA trying to get our gun rights back, more specifically, our right to own full auto firearms, we cover how the Marines are evolving the grunt soldier, and we wrap up this episode with a listener questions about trunk guns. Enjoy! Show-notes can be found at Wastedammo.com/174

Welcome back my fellow BGEs! It's Monday so as always, we Zero-In on more gun-related news articles, listener feedback, and we even touch on some stuff nobody cares about. Join us today as we cover a perfect case study as to why gun owners do not want a national gun registry, a couple new pistols hitting the market from Springfield Armory and SIG, and finally, we wrap up this episode with an update on the case against Cliven Bundy. Enjoy! Show-notes can be found at Wastedammo.com/173

Today on the Wasted Ammo Podcast we dive into an article from Chirontraining.blogspot.com that is simply titled Sheepdogs.  The author of this piece argues that the term Sheepdog metaphor is a badge people put on to feel superior to others and that in reality, there are no sheep and yet, we are all sheep. Interesting, let's dive into this! Show-notes can be found at Wastedammo.com/172

Welcome to another year of Wasted Ammo and to start the year off right we are Zeroing-in on a couple gun-related news articles! Today we touch on a good guy win to bring in the new year, we break down a situation that Eric experienced over Christmas Break, talk about some new light tracer ammunition hitting the market, and we wrap it up with a story highlighting a real-life Wolverine, enjoy! Show-notes can be found at Wastedammo.com/171

Today on the Wasted Ammo Podcast we play the game Conflicted, a survival-based card game that was designed to help you think about life in a post-apocalyptic world but before we dive into the game we spend the first 20 minutes catching up so if you wanna skip the fluff and get right into Conflicted then fast forward to 18:05. Show-notes can be found at Wastedammo.com/170

Today we have Brad Norton from Atlas Target Works and Cole Weick from Ballistic Defense on the show to talk business, training, and firearms. Brad is a one-man shop designing and fabricating quality AR500 steel targets at BGE friendly prices while Cole Weick used his 10 years of experience as a LE firearms instructor to open up his own firearm training facility called Ballistic Defense.  Show-notes can be found at Wastedammo.com/169

Today on the Wasted Ammo Podcast we catch up on what we have been up to for the past couple weeks. Enjoy. 

Today on the Wasted Ammo Podcast we have Mr.Pixel on the show to answer your questions about law enforcement officers, training, and the politics involved. Enjoy! Show-notes can be found at Wastedammo.com/167

Today on the Wasted Ammo Podcast we get into the Las Vegas Shooting that left 59 dead and over 500 injured in the largest mass shooting in US history. This occurred early this week and besides sharing news links we have remained pretty quiet on the subject. As with all major events, the facts and details immediately after are usually wrong so we wanted to let the dust settle and come to the mic with as much reliable information as possible. While this is a show on the shooting it's not going to cover the details too much, instead, we will focus on the potential aftermath, the political knee-jerk reactions, and how we feel the 2A stands up in the light of this horrible tragedy. Enjoy. Show-notes can be found at Wastedammo.com/166

Today's Zeroed-In episode is coming to you on a Saturday and there is a good reason for that because it has been predicted that today starts the beginning of the end! A Christian Numerologist says that the beginning of the end of the world starts today and while he doesn't go into much detail, we thought we better get this episode out early just in case. In this episode, we also cover a 25-foot statue of Mikhail Kalashnikov, a 40 caliber 1911 - blasphemy! - and we wrap up this episode asking the question, "should training be a requirement to carry a firearm?". Enjoy! Show-notes can be found at Wastedammo.com/164

Today on the show we cover another Greg Ellifritz article titled, Distracting Questions which covers a couple different tactics that criminals use to distract and disarm their potential victims.  Show-notes can be found at Wastedammo.com/164

Today we have Josh Courtney from Black Diamond Holsters and Opie from Opie In The Smokies on the show to talk about guns and to dive into their businesses. While Josh makes custom Kydex holsters and Opie makes limited edition patches, seemingly very different businesses, they work together to help promote each other's business and to help each other grow. These two dudes remind us of ourselves, two guys who love firearms and are trying to turn a "hobby" into a sustainable business. While we talk about their businesses, we mostly talk guns and training so there are a lot of good tidbits to dig out of this one so enjoy! Show-notes can be found at Wastedammo.com/163

Are you proficient with your firearm? Do you think you rise above your peers when it comes to your skill-sets? Do you think you can out shoot us? Let's find out - We have set up a series of challenges for our Black Site members to complete as a way to spur on some friendly competition.   Show-notes can be found at Wastedammo.com/162

Today we have Gregg and Diane Rice on the show to talk about their non-profit organization The X-Count, whose programs focuses on fostering the future of youth shooting sports. We also have X-Count's level-1 trainer Chris Butler and his son Ben to speak about their involvement in legacy building - helping to build something that is greater than themselves. Enjoy! Show-notes can be found at Wastedammo.com/161

Former U.S. Navy SEAL and special warfare operator, O'Neill is best known for firing the head shots that killed Osama bin Laden during the raid on his Abbottabad compound on May 1, 2011 but the speech we are sharing with you today isn't about that raid. This speech focuses on the life lessons learned through blood, sweat, and tears of the more than 400 missions prior to the raid in Abbottabad. Enjoy! Show-notes can be found at WastedAmmo.com/160

Today on the Wasted Ammo Podcast we welcome Uncle Drew back to the podcast to talk about observation. After 10 years of active duty as an Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist, Drew spent the next four years with the Joint Army-FBI Hazardous Disaster School as an instructor until he eventually became an EOD contractor for the US State Department in ’05. Drew teaches a class on observation so today he is sharing his knowledge on awareness and hypervigilance. Enjoy! Show-notes can be found at Wastedammo.com/159