SOTG 915 - Iran Reality Check and Tactical Skill Set
Release Date: 01/08/2020
Building a Varmint Pistol & Should Democrats Buy Guns? | SOTG 1290
Student of the Gun Radio
Should Democrats buy guns? Such was the topic of a recent New York Time OpEd piece. We will examine the premise, the assertions by the NYT “ethicist” and then Professor Paul will chime in. What pieces, parts, and components should be assembled when building a varmint pistol? During our Tech Talk from EOTech Inc. Paul will discuss his experience eradicating prairie pests in Wyoming and consider what is practical and impractical. Also, we have an SOTG Homeroom for you from SOTGU. This week, the Professor will consider what goes into improvement or the development of skill with a handgun. Do...
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NRA 2025 After-Action w/ Isaac Demarest | SOTG 1289
Student of the Gun Radio
Today we have a special guest to help us with our NRA Annual Meeting after-action. Former and Future NRA Board Member, Isaac Demarest joins us to discuss the current state of the NRA, as well as a number of other topics. During our Tech Talk from EOTech Inc. Professor Paul will address an inquiry about putting a mini red dot on a PCC? We also have a question from the SOTG Mailbag about sighting in handguns. For our SOTG Homeroom from Student of the Gun University, we will consider a mass killing in Canada? How did it happen? Why didn’t all the Canadian gun control prevent it? Can we learn...
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Talking 10: 10mm that is & Strength and Wellness | SOTG 1288
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What’s up with the 10mm Auto cartridge? Professor Paul will discuss the history of the 10mm Auto in the United States, where it was and where it is today. How can you choose the right ammunition for the job? During our Tech Talk from EOTech Inc, we will consider building the “perfect” prairie dog rifle. From what kind of distances can we really expect to shoot? What optic combination would seem to be the perfect “Goldilock” solution? Also, for our SOTG Homeroom this week from SOTGU, we consider the new book from Nicholas Orr, A Pipe Hitter’s Guide to Strength & Wellness....
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John Willis from SOE & “Professional Citizens” | SOTG 1287
Student of the Gun Radio
Today we have none other than John Willis from Original SOE Gear as your guest. Never a person to hold back, John will talk about preparation, resilience, business, rabbit poop, chickens and more. During our Tech Talk from EOTech Inc. Professor Paul will discuss zeroing red dots and magnified optics as well as answering one of your questions on air. And, we solve the mystery of the missing battery. For our SOTG Homeroom this week we have a New York Times article to consider. The Times has discovered that some “Professional Citizens” are training with guns, radios, and night vision. We are...
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Night Shooting & What’s It Going to Take? | SOTG 1286
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Paul and Jarrad are back from their extended training trip to Texas, Ohio, and Tennessee. During that time they had the opportunity to conduct some low light / night shooting. What was unique and what lessons were learned. We dive in during the Tech Talk from EOTech Inc. During our SOTG Homeroom, we had a sad story to report. Nonetheless, the lesson is an important one. You don’t get to decide when you are going to have the worst day of your life, someone else will decide that. All you can do is be prepared to deal with it. Finally, Professor Paul wrote an article for Shooting News Weekly...
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Deadly Force Checklist & Protecting Houses of Worship [Best Of] | SOTG 1285
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No intellectually honest person can argue that we have allowed the United States of America to be put into a terrible, dangerous position. Hard times are coming. The question we address is what can each person do about that? We will talk about controlling those things that we can control. Knowing and understanding the Deadly Force Checklist could be the difference between victory and disaster if you are ever put into a position where you are required to use a firearm to defend your life. We examine the Case of the Tacqaria Robbery in Texas. The United States of America is a joke to the...
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.22 Rimfire for Self Defense & Paul Glasco [Best Of] | SOTG 1284
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During our TechTalk from EOTech Inc. Professor Paul will address the use of a .22 rimfire cartridge as a primary self-defense tool. Is the .22LR the “best choice” for women or older Americans? Additionally, SOTG Homeroom from , we will discuss in detail the 4 Rules + 1 safety briefing. How could this save your life or that of another person? Paul Glasco is on the show with us to talk about his new book “How To Make A Monster: A Sensible Look At Rampage Killers”. In this discussion, Mr. Glaso explains factors that tie all of the recent rampage killers together. What facts has the...
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VUDU Super Short Scope & Training Ammo is Back | SOTG 1283
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Training ammo, particularly 9x19mm, is back and it is available and affordable. During our SOTG Homeroom from SOTGU, Professor Paul will discuss the ammo situation in the United States and address the lies people tell themselves. During our Tech Talk from EOTech Inc. we will take a close look at the new VUDU 3-9x32 “Super Short” riflescope. What is this all about? Might it be a tool that could enhance your shooting experience? “All hat and no cattle” is a phrase bandied about in the west. Does that phrase apply to some members of the gun community? We’ll discuss it and you can...
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Games are Not Tactical & Red Dot Fever | SOTG 1282
Student of the Gun Radio
Everyone has Red Dot Fever now. Are optics on handguns the end all be all? During our Tech Talk from EOTech Inc. we will consider the ins and outs of modern optics on handguns. Recently, Shooting New Weekly published an excerpt from an article written by Professor Paul regarding shooting games and whether or not playing games prepares us for the realities of life and death encounters. Also, during our SOTG Homeroom from Student of the Gun University, Paul will discuss the ongoing discussion about “point shooting” versus “aimed fire”. Can you teach yourself to point shoot? Sure. Does...
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Kentucky Teen Stops Home Invaders & Fantasy Gunfights | SOTG 1281
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During our SOTG Homeroom we have a positive story. Rather than become yet another in the ranks of long forgotten victims of crime, a 14-year-old Kentucky Teen defended his family's home when two armed home invaders broke in. Also, for our Tech Talk this week from EOTech Inc, Professor Paul will discuss a fast way to get on paper when you need to zero a 1:1 optic such as the XPS sight. What exactly is a “fantasy gunfight” and is that a positive thing or a negative? We will consider training, specifically scenario-based training and how that benefits those who carry a firearm for...
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When did Iran become a problem to the Western World? Professor Paul takes the time to break down the modern history of the problems with the terrorist state of Iran. Here’s a hint, the trouble did not start last week.
During our Brownells Bullet Points segment, we consider when gun builds go bad. Paul has some advice about how to keep a gun build project from going bad and where to turn should you need advice.
Also, we have a SOTG Homeroom from Crossbreed Holsters. The recent attack in a Texas church as many in the gun culture discussing tactics and skillset. This is a good time to consider your own skillset. Could you meet the challenge?
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Topics Covered During This Episode:
- SOTG Vet Owned Business Outreach Reminder: www.studentofthegun.com/vet-owned-application
- Special Guest: Spike Jackson!
- Brownells Bullet Points - brownells.com
- TOPIC: When Gun Builds Go Bad
- Huge thanks to our Partners:
Brownells | Century Arms | Crossbreed | Duracoat | SWAT Fuel - SOTG Homeroom brought to you by Crossbreed Holsters
- TOPIC: Texas Church attack and your Skill Set
- IRAN history reality check for Millenials
- 444 Day Iran Hostage Crisis www.history.com
- Was Obama’s $1.7 billion cash deal with Iran prohibited by U.S. law? www.washingtonpost.com
- What could I(ran) buy for $400 Million? youtu.be/eerTCM_w2jo
- US sailors divulged information during Iran capture www.timesofisrael.com
- Trump’s sanctions on Iran are hitting Hezbollah, and it hurts washingtonpost.com
- Soleimani's Legacy: The gruesome, high-tech IEDs that haunted US troops in Iraq www.stripes.com
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From www.history.com:
On November 4, 1979, a group of Iranian students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 American hostages. The immediate cause of this action was President Jimmy Carter’s decision to allow Iran’s deposed Shah, a pro-Western autocrat who had been expelled from his country some months before, to come to the United States for cancer treatment.
However, the hostage-taking was about more than the Shah’s medical care: it was a dramatic way for the student revolutionaries to declare a break with Iran’s past and an end to American interference in its affairs. It was also a way to raise the intra- and international profile of the revolution’s leader, the anti-American cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
The students set their hostages free on January 21, 1981, 444 days after the crisis began and just hours after President Ronald Reagan delivered his inaugural address. Many historians believe that hostage crisis cost Jimmy Carter a second term as president.
From www.timesofisrael.com:
The 10 US sailors captured and humiliated by Iran after mistakenly steering their boats into Iranian waters in January were beset not just by poor judgment and faulty equipment. They also showed a remarkable lack of curiosity about potential dangers in one of the world’s more dangerous waterways, according to an in-depth Navy investigation.
And, investigators revealed on Thursday, some of the sailors revealed classified information while being questioned at gunpoint by Iranian Revolutionary Guard officers, including revealing the top speed and mission parameters of their captured naval vessels.
From www.stripes.com:
Brian Castner combed over the armored vehicle, mostly intact aside from entry and exit holes tipped with molten copper that had since cooled.
The U.S. soldiers who had been inside had already been medevaced near Kirkuk that summer in 2006, leaving the Air Force bomb technician alone with the vehicle. Pools of blood simmered under the Iraqi sun, near what one soldier left behind.
"There was still one foot left in the Humvee," Castner said.
The targeted U.S. killing Thursday of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force, has heightened tensions between Iran and the United States.