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So welcome to the program. Happy Friday. My God, it’s been a long week. Dana Lash here with you. We are at the top of this first hour. We have a number of things to get into because we’ve got the latest with… Gosh, he’s traveling all over. We’ve got cabinet confirmations. I’m looking at some of this now. SecDef is having a little bit of issue. They’re having a little bit of issue with the Secretary of Defense. Ratcliffe has been confirmed as the next CIA director. And Hegseth has already lost the support of both. Lisa Murkowski and I believe Susan Collins and so that’s not a surprise because they’re I mean it’s Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski they’re major rhinos and they’re just they’re not they’re they’re giving him problems they don’t I don’t know who they who they think they have in mind beyond Pete Hegseth but we’re going to watch all of this and see because we got to get all of these cabinet positions confirmed. We’ve got to get them confirmed. So that’s some of the latest. Now, there is a Senate bill. Democrats are wanting to work on the Senate bill as it pertains to the border. We’re also going to get into some of, I’ve got two stories, the journalist malpractice as it pertains, interestingly, to Hunter Biden, because you guys remember when they were suppressing stories and they were suspending people’s accounts and all this stuff. So somebody at Politico reported that, yeah, they were killing stories about Hunter Biden, about the laptop right and left. We’re going to talk about that. We’re also going to get into all of the DEI stuff. We’re going to discuss that. We’re going to maybe maybe we’ll have some movement. with the cabinet today, I was reading that some of their confirmations might come rather late, like super late in the evening. So Murkowski, nope. She’s out. Collins, nope. They’re both voting no. And it is, man, they don’t have that much to lose in the Senate. They’re going to have to have some Democrats.
SPEAKER 14 :
What about Mitch? Is Mitch going to? Well, how’s Mitch voting?
SPEAKER 16 :
Mitch McConnell will usually do status quo. He’ll usually go with status quo. So even if it’s Murkowski and Collins that are not for Hegseth, they’ll typically, Mitch McConnell will go to status quo. Because I think Trump has made it pretty clear. So a lot of stuff to discuss. But first and foremost, I’m going to start with this. And then we got all of the lawsuits about some of the executive orders. So one of the big… things here and I’m pulling this up. He’s traveling. He’s in North Carolina. He just actually touched down a little bit ago and he was meeting some of the officials there and then meeting with the people there in North Carolina as well. He and the First Lady have traveled to go and view the damage and the destruction still in that area and it’s asinine. He was pointing out just the problems with FEMA and how slow FEMA moved and that they probably would have been able to go a lot quicker had it not been, the state anyway, had it not been for FEMA just not being there and not providing and not pulling forth those resources. So that’s going to be an interesting conversation. I also read, too, that Gavin Newsom is trying to throw a wrench in the visit when they go to Los Angeles. Whether or not that happens, we shall see. I can’t imagine that he would just… Miss an opportunity to try to because he looks at this as like a chance to maybe trying to trying to one up Trump or show greater statesmanship than Trump shows. We’ll see. But the word on the ground was that he was considering just not even showing up and meeting the president when he came to California to survey the storm damage, which is asinine. I mean, he’s the governor of the state. That’s. That’s a dumb move. But we’ll see. I mean, it’s Gavin Newsom. I mean, what are you going to do? So a lot of moving parts here, and we’re going to follow all of that because you know he’s probably going to speak to the press again when he reboards Air Force One and then heads to L.A. where, you know, once he de-planes, he’ll talk to the press again. A lot? There’s a lot to follow. Now, in the meantime, speaking of L.A. and some of these wildfires and the insanity when you realize so much of this could have been prevented, another story coming out that there was a… So in the Palisades, there’s a reality television… I think this is that Spencer Pratt. Yeah, Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt. They’re suing Los Angeles because of the wildfires. So they filed suit and they said they were going to file suit like the moment that this happened. There were two different wildfires that were getting ready to cross. in their particular area, and they are suing because obviously you had empty hydrants, you had an empty reservoir, all of this, and so they’ve launched the first, they filed the first lawsuit. They call the fire, quote, an inescapable and unavoidable consequence of the water system that’s operated by the city and the water utility. So this is going to be one of the first suits filed. This is not going to be the last, and it’s going to get worse, particularly when you have insurance that’s going to start denying folks. That’s going to be another thing. that we’re going to see. So this this was the first suit that was filed. And you have Trump going to be going to the state. I don’t know who always he’s meeting with there, but he’s flying in going to survey the damage. And I’m sure that there’s going to he’s going to have some choice words, although I felt like he was very magnanimous when he was in North Carolina talking about Roy Cooper. And he was saying that it was mostly FEMA’s fault. But I don’t know. I just feel like if you’re the governor and you already know that there are issues with FEMA, particularly from past storms. Maybe it’s something that you would perhaps get a handle on. Just thinking. Just saying. Just thinking out loud. Just talking out loud. Just might be. So, a lot of stuff. A lot of stuff to hit today. And we’ll be watching all of that. We’ll bring you We’ll bring you all of that as it happens. So you have to forgive my voice. It’s not because I’m losing it. It’s just dry. It’s super dry in Vegas. So we’re going to try to get through it. But anyway, so we got all of this and a lot more. In the meantime, let’s look at audio because… We have a lot of really good audio cuts for you. And I want to make sure… I didn’t get to everything yesterday. And there’s so much happening. I was talking to somebody that it’s like drinking out of a fire hose. There’s so much to go over and manage. Like, for instance, Audio Soundbite 3. Trump signed an order yesterday. This is on top of everything else. To declassify all of the files related to… the assassination of JFK, RFK, and MLK. Listen.
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Lastly, sir, we have an executive order ordering the declassification of files relating to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
SPEAKER 08 :
That’s a big one, huh? A lot of people are waiting for this for a long, for years.
SPEAKER 23 :
We have… So…
SPEAKER 16 :
What’s the chance that most of it’s going to be redacted? 100% chance. So, like, are we going to get a white piece of paper and it’s just going to have black bars all over it all the way down? Is that… I’m curious. There’s… I mean, I would… I mean, this is stuff I think that, you know… Why can’t we know this? I read this story last night, that Nepo baby, Jack Schlossberg. So… John F. Kennedy’s daughter, Caroline Kennedy, she married, had two kids. One of her sons or her son, Jack Schlossberg, he’s, you know, of course, they’re Kennedy. So they think that they have some kind of like birthright to elected office, et cetera. And he had said it. It basically was like blasting Trump for releasing these records. That’s not for him. Look, I know that they all are desperate to ride on the coattails of their dead granddaddy and try to buy some influence from that. But we’re the taxpayer, and we don’t give a rat’s ass what you say about releasing these classified documents. My taxes mean you get to STFU. Me paying my taxes means you can go STFU. Well, I could quote Tropic Thunder, Les Grossman, when he was talking to Flaming Dragon. That whole monologue is my response. Because this is our tax dollars, our government. We have a right to know. We have an absolute right. I don’t think that’s bad. I mean, you guys want to they want to be they want to pretend to be the Camelot here. Well, guess what? We have taxpayers here. It’s a republic. So you don’t necessarily get to call the shots. Plus, if your government is doing something shady, wouldn’t you want to know? I want to know if my government worked a president. I would like to know that just seems like that’s. So I read this piece yesterday. He was all blasting POTUS for releasing this information as it pertained to his grandfather. And I just think that whole thing is still weird. I mean, what have any of them accomplished beyond trying to do advocacy or some sort of fake charity off of the name that their great-grandfather, grandfather, and then uncle built? I don’t know. I don’t think it’s extended down whatever charisma they had. I don’t think it’s extended down to the other members of the family. But I also think that because RFK Jr. is in such an elevated position now that they feel as though they have to be doubly loud and doubly annoying. to hold their stake in that family legacy, if that makes sense. I mean, it’s just a weird thing. They’re weird. We have a lot more on the way because we’ve got a ton of guests for you today. Gun Owners of America, Eric Pratt’s going to be joining us. We’re going to get into a whole bunch of other stuff. We’ve got NSSF. We’ve got a lot. And all of the latest. We’ll bring you any information as it pertains to POTUS’s travels, Cabinet, all of that good stuff, and more. And, of course, we’re broadcasting here live from SHOT Show. And we’re in Las Vegas now our partners over at ready wise Ready wise is always ready even if you’re not and one of the things that I love most about ready wise is that You know where your foods coming from first and foremost us ingredients. It’s also chain of command You know the chain of command us ingredients us plants sent out from that plant right to you and that’s what I mean and these are great delicious meals because most I think honestly most survival prep food is kind of dry kind of bland but not ready wise they actually have a team of in-house culinary experts and they make sure that every choice you pick has the caloric needs the the good carbs all of that stuff to get you through the day heaven forbid if anything goes sideways and it’s just it’s it’s essential comfort in a crisis and beyond, 25-year shelf life. Visit ReadyWise.com. Use promo code Dana20 at checkout and you’re going to get 20% off of your entire purchase. That’s ReadyWise.com, promo code Dana20 for 20% off.
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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It’s time for Dana’s Quick Five.
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So more people are only paying the minimum payment as their credit card balances are rising. This is something that’s going to be an ongoing problem until the economy snaps back. Revolving credit card balances have hit $645 billion. That represents 71% of the total card balances per data. And this is about third quarter now. 10.75% of active credit card accounts paid only the minimum balance. It’s the highest rate that they’ve had in 12 years. And the Philadelphia, that’s per the Philly Federal Reserve Bank. The network CNN, they’re preparing for a new streaming rollout. They’ve been cutting jobs. It affects about 200 employees, the network says. They’re digital hires. They’re roughly evening out the staff numbers that they’ve axed over at the other part. But… I don’t feel bad about that. That’s what happened. I can’t, man, I got to really, my filter’s down today. I almost said something I shouldn’t. Sorry. Store closures have hit the highest level since the pandemic. They, a lot of them. In fact, I thought this was a really good economy. I mean, that’s what we’re told, that it’s a great economy. But a number, excuse me, a number of stores are closing, including Macy’s. Macy’s is cutting a lot of stores. So that’s a big deal. Also, bird flu forcing a Long Island farm in New York to kill 100,000 ducks. It’s the Crescent Duck Farm. They have been forced to euthanize a flock of more than 100,000 due to positive bird flu tests. It’s USDA. They confirmed several positive tests for bird flu. And this is per the Suffolk County Department of Health. So I kind of call shenanigans on that. I don’t believe, honestly, it’s not like it’s passing to humans. I mean, can’t they get over it? Can’t the birds get over the bird flu? It’s not like they get bird flu and they have bird flu forever. I mean, is it different with avians? I don’t know. Costco shareholders overwhelmingly rejected anti-DEI measures because, wait, I guess they want to lose money. I guess they want to go broke. So Costco, they don’t want to do anti-DEI. Or they don’t want to ban it. They want to keep incorporating. That’s like the only company that I’ve heard of in the past, I don’t know, several months now that is actually keeping the DEI stuff instead of axing it. They made headlines because they had a robust defense of their DEI efforts. This was like over Christmas. They came out and they were defending this. So we’ll see. We’ll see how this goes. But we have a lot more on the way. Gun Owners of America, Eric Pratt, will join us. We got to talk about some of these executive orders. Speaking of DEI, the ATF, all the fun letters. Stick with us. What does living better mean to you? Is it more money? A bigger house? Now think about this. What about how you feel physically? every day. Life is so much better when you feel good. When you wake up feeling great, you can do more of the things that you love and you’re ready to take on the day. If pain is affecting your life, see how Relief Factor can help change that. Relief Factor is a 100% drug-free daily supplement that helps your body fight pain naturally. Developed by doctors, Relief Factor supports your body’s response to inflammation. And it doesn’t just mask pain for a short time. It helps to reduce or even eliminate it, and it’s safe to take daily. In fact, the longer you take Relief Factor, the more effective it is. Over 1 million people have turned to Relief Factor. Feel better every day, and you’ll live better every day. Trying Relief Factor is easy. Get their three-week quick start for only $19.95. That’s less than a dollar a day. Call 1-800-4-RELIEF. That’s 1-800-4-RELIEF, or visit relieffactor.com.
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Welcome back to the show. Dana Lash here with you, broadcasting from Vegas, SHOT Show, NSSF’s industry event. And we’ve been talking about a lot of stuff because we’ve had a really good election, but there’s some other things that we’ve got to still hit. Eric Pratt, who is head of Gun Owners of America, joins me now in our Snow White Box. Welcome to the Snow White Box.
SPEAKER 07 :
It’s great to be here. Thanks so much for having me.
SPEAKER 16 :
I wanted to ask you, have you… you know, stopped by the booth of your good friends over at the ATF and asked to speak with the DEI diversity officer?
SPEAKER 07 :
We actually have visited them. We dropped off some hats and also the Save a Pup, Abolish the ATF stickers. Do they enjoy those? They do. Actually, privately, some of them really enjoy it, which is funny.
SPEAKER 16 :
If they’re not publicly enjoying it, does it count? No.
SPEAKER 07 :
You know, I get their dilemma.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah. So when they see you coming, what do they do? Are they just like, oh, my gosh, him. And then they hide behind the desk.
SPEAKER 07 :
Is that what they do? Yeah, pretty much.
SPEAKER 16 :
I love it. I love it. So do they do they present to you, Eric, their chief diversity, whatever, Yellow Brook Road officer? Did they present that person to you? Did you get to meet them?
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, I don’t know that they’re here, but we certainly exposed them.
SPEAKER 16 :
You did, because what happened? They had a chief diversity officer, but then magically, The title on the website changed, so now I guess all the controversy is over, huh?
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, so just to back up, I mean, the president issued an order. Every diversity officer had to be put on paid leave. And a subsequent memo pointed out you can’t disguise or hide these people, give them a new title, you know, like do a shell game, put them somewhere else. You can’t do that. And we found out that they were doing that at ATF. So Gun Owners of America exposed it. Boy, our tweets went viral on it. Elon retweeted. You did as well. I really appreciate that because that just helped to get the word out on this.
SPEAKER 16 :
I mean, this is our tax dollars.
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER 16 :
And these are people that, I mean, first off, I mean, beyond the point, Eric, of not needing an ATF, I don’t understand why you would need that role at the ATF. I mean, you’re alcohol, tobacco, and firearms. Why would you have to have a chief diversity officer? I mean, it’s a weird, this is bizarre. I feel like we’re in a Monty Python episode.
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Right. Well, it’s just so Biden. I mean, really. And so it’s good to get rid. But, you know, what it really underscores, I mean, here they’re defying the president. Yeah. I mean, we’ve known all along they defy the Constitution, they defy the law. I mean, they don’t follow the rules that are set for them. Our members are protected from the pistol brace ban, and yet as of last month, they were sending a letter to one of our members saying that they could not put a pistol brace on their handgun in total defiance of the injunction that our lawsuit has against them. I mean, as you know, I mean, go into people’s homes who are not even accused of anything and they have shot them to death. We were talking earlier about the puppies, you know, save the puppies. They put many of them to death as well.
SPEAKER 16 :
A lot of times that’s the first thing that goes… It’s always puppy season at the ATF, yeah.
SPEAKER 07 :
They register gun owners, but then they say, oh, it’s not a registry. I mean, there are so many things that they are doing.
SPEAKER 16 :
So let me stop you right there because that’s a bill that Michael Cloud, I know there’s a senator out of Ohio, sorry, Idaho, that they’ve introduced. The Stop Registry Act, because even though we’re not supposed to have, you know, save purchase data and create a de facto registry off that, the ATF has been doing that from the FFLs that they’ve been raiding and confiscating their property, even for so much as something like a grammatical error.
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Yes.
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The ATF will come and they’ve been raiding these federal firearms licensees, like the gun store retailers, you know, where you’d go purchase your gun. And they’ve been getting, from what I understand, correct me if this number is too big, hundreds of thousands of names and purchases. So it’s a de facto registry because they know exactly what you bought.
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Your number is only incorrect because it’s too low. So we got a document from ATF and then did a Freedom of Information Act request which was followed up by Michael Cloud doing Freedom of Information Act requests and what we found out all together was that the ATF has 1 billion with a B gun records already and over 900 million of them are digitized. Our Freedom of Information Act found out that they can search that database. Now, they say, and you’re going to laugh at this, that they have paid Adobe to remove certain features like name and a couple other features, which of course could easily be undone, I’m thinking.
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Yeah.
SPEAKER 07 :
Even if that’s legitimate, right? A button. A button, right. Yeah. I mean, we’ve got computer guys that could figure that out. That’s so lame.
SPEAKER 16 :
That’s supposed to be your bulwark against having your rights infringed upon?
SPEAKER 07 :
That’s it, right.
SPEAKER 16 :
As an Adobe hack? Oh my gosh.
SPEAKER 07 :
But here they have these names digitized. How is that not a registry? That is, yeah. And they’re saying that’s not a registry, so.
SPEAKER 16 :
I would love to know what makes that not a registry with them, Eric. Why do they think it’s not one?
SPEAKER 07 :
I think it comes down to the definition of is. Oh, my gosh.
SPEAKER 16 :
Right. And we’re going full on Clinton now. It’s full on Clinton. We’re talking with Eric Pratt, who’s had a Gun Owners of America, because that’s a scary thing. I mean, I… it when you couple that with the encouragement of red flag law and the obliteration of due process i mean that’s just bold man that’s terrifying that’s actually the legitimately scary so i’m so grateful for representative cloud in the house and senator rich in the senate uh… this is a fantastic bill to abolish the registry now
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many of us want to go the full way abolish the atf and and that’s the the goal i don’t know that we’re going to get that immediately but the registry i think there’s momentum in congress building for this and so i hope people will ask their representatives and their senators to co-sponsor this legislation it’s the no registry rights act and is that going to get through to trump will that hit his desk I think, well, it’s going to depend on grassroots support because a lot of times, you know, even good ideas don’t go forward if they’re not hearing from people. So we have alerts on our website, gunowners.org, pushing this. People go there. We’ve made it easy. They can send off an email. They can make phone calls. That’s really important. We’re also working with key congressmen and leadership to get some of these things put on must-pass legislation. Because, look, let’s face it. votes in the Senate or at least overcome the filibuster in the Senate on a lot of these things. So it’s going to be really important to put it on must pass bills. And so we’re already working that drill. There’s great receptivity to that. Look, this is how Democrats pass gun control. They would put it on appropriation bills or the national defense authorization. authorization. So that’s exactly the strategy that we’re using to get these things passed.
SPEAKER 16 :
Are there any Republicans, Eric, that would drag their feet on this? Which I can’t imagine, but you know, I mean, it’s 2025 and sometimes some of the R’s are no better than the D’s.
SPEAKER 07 :
Right. You will have a couple. I’m thinking of like Fitzpatrick in Pennsylvania. There’s a couple, but I think for the most part, you historically you we had found that even democrats like specially the blue dog democrats and I realize a lot of them are gone now right and is that they opposed registration as a privacy issue so I do think for every republican we lose I think we gain a democrat or two who just on principle of privacy oppose this kinda registry were tougher those listening across the country or maybe you’re watching the live show talking with gun owners America’s Eric Pratt
SPEAKER 16 :
What do you make of John Cornyn’s bill? I got whiplash. My neck’s a little sore. Because we had that 2022, I’ve got to think of the long name, bipartisan community thing for a fact. And then we had the gun violence prevention. That was supposed to implement the gun control bill. I mean, and he was instrumental in getting that gun control bill passed in 22. Now he has a national reciprocity bill?
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, you know he has an election in a couple years.
SPEAKER 16 :
Oh, that’s what it is. So everybody else runs center, and he leaves his spot in the center, Cornyn does, and then he runs to the right. He came on the show about it and was talking about it, and I was asking him, and he seemed like he just didn’t really want to talk about that 2022 bill. It just doesn’t exist anymore.
SPEAKER 07 :
You know, he shows up at gun shows in Texas or Republican events, and he gets booed. Wow. Loudly.
SPEAKER 16 :
Is it a good bill? I mean, from what I’ve read, it seems on its face like, Okay, it’s a basic reciprocity bill.
SPEAKER 07 :
It’s better than basic reciprocity because it protects constitutional carry states. So anybody, Texas, Florida, Arizona, wherever you’re from, if you’re in a constitutional carry state, this legislation will protect you so that you can carry nationwide without a permit. So yes, it’s very good.
SPEAKER 16 :
Don’t say that because I don’t think Democrats know it.
SPEAKER 07 :
They may not, but that’s something we fought hard for because a lot of past reciprocity bills didn’t protect that and we didn’t support it because we didn’t want to undercut the constitutional carry movement, which was starting to grow legs.
SPEAKER 16 :
How did Cornyn, how did he do this?
SPEAKER 07 :
It wasn’t him. It was somebody. You remember Senator Tom Coburn? Yep. We had weekly meetings, gun owners of America, in his office, pushing for this, explaining why this was important. And finally, God bless him, he said, you know what? I’m going to introduce a bill that protects it. So he was the first one. And ever since then, the people that have taken that mantle have included protection for constitutional care. Wow.
SPEAKER 16 :
I wanted to ask you, I wanted to go back real quick to the DEI with the ATF. Why? Because you mentioned the presidential, the executive order from POTUS. Yes. They can ignore an executive order, but if you get one thing wrong, filling out your form, you’re going in there, whether you’re a binder gunner, you’re an FFL, you messed up something on your 4473, you’re a gun owner, you messed up something on your paperwork, they’ll shut you down. The ATF loves that. We know they’re very excited about it. But they can ignore an executive order.
SPEAKER 07 :
Sounds like you’re saying we need zero tolerance for the ATF.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, absolutely. When can I follow the laws that I want to follow? I would love that. Because the consistent application is part of strength of law. And if they’re not consistent in application, they’re degrading the law. So we can just follow their example, right?
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, I tell you what, we’ve got an alert up on our website right now for people to take action on this. First of all, to fire, Trump should have this DEI officer in drag fired. Because she’s just you know going under another name and to abolish the ATF as well because it is clear They are defying everybody from the Constitution down to the chief executive to the law to courts They just do what they want to do and that they’re out of control What if what if they actually and I don’t mean for this to be like such a myopic question But what are they actually legitimately accomplished? So, you know, Michael Cloud, who did the Freedom of Information Act request, asked them about the registry. So what’s the purpose of it? Is it to solve crimes? Can you tell me how many crimes have been solved with the registry? Do you know they could not give him an answer? In fact, they even said that we cannot answer that.
SPEAKER 16 :
That should be like their most basic, like they should have that memorized.
SPEAKER 07 :
But don’t we know that gun control, I mean, we preach that all the time, right?
SPEAKER 16 :
It never affects the criminals. They have not helped with gangbangers. They have not helped with the violent drug sales, anything like that. I mean, that’s really what’s driving all of this. I just see them harassing. good people, innocent people who are completely… That’s all gun control has ever done. Yeah, they’re on the right side of the law, but they get turned into felons by dumb edicts.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 16 :
So, I mean, I would love for that to be abolished. I would think that that would be great. I don’t know if it’s going to happen with this term. I don’t know about that.
SPEAKER 07 :
Again, I do think momentum’s building for that. If you’re talking about abolishing the ATF, that’s a real big one. And I will say this. We do want to abolish the ATF, but understand, if you think of it in terms of movies where they have to clip the wire to defuse the bomb, sometimes you’ll see a movie where you have to clip two wires at the same time. That’s this situation here. You can’t just get rid of ATF or the FBI or the DEA will enforce the gun control that they were enforcing. And we don’t want that. So the other wire to clip is we have to repeal the NFA and the GCA. So that’s why this is a bigger momentum, a bigger lift for looking ahead.
SPEAKER 16 :
Two other quick questions. First is the… So now that we have a new regime change, I guess, Vice President’s out. She was heading up the Office of Gun Violence Prevention. Such a dumb, long name. They were said to have been colluding with the ATF to go after Glock in Chicago. Is that stopping now with the new administration, now that that office is gone?
SPEAKER 07 :
My understanding is it’s gone. You go to the website, you get a 404 error.
SPEAKER 16 :
So what does that mean for the legal fight with the Chicago and going after Glock?
SPEAKER 07 :
I think the fight still happens. They’ve had an arm or a leg cut off.
SPEAKER 16 :
Well, I mean, all of the feds. I mean, it’s not like the ATF. They’re interesting. And then, of course, a lot of the stuff that I’ve been seeing state by state, I think it was in Washington. I know there’s some stuff in Colorado where they’re going after. I mean, it’s the same story. semi-automatic firearms. I feel like it kind of shocks me that they’re still trying this state by state. I just kind of want to get your thoughts on the landscape as we’re going into this new administration.
SPEAKER 07 :
well you know as your question assumes it’s amazing they still keep going for so long you know the brady bill passed and the idea was we’ll just get this behind us and that’ll satisfy the other side we want to deal with gun control anymore you never satisfy the other side they always keep coming that’s why we cannot compromise uh… thankfully we you know we’ll find out soon we may have some uh… a bit uh… a case the Snopes case out of Maryland going to the Supreme Court. And if they don’t take that one, we’ve got one that we’re working on in Illinois. So there’s a lot, it’s a target rich environment, if you will, for getting a case before the court. We had actually appealed our semi-auto case in Illinois to the Supreme Court, and they don’t like taking things before they run their full course, and the court said that, but Justice Thomas indicated there were severe problems with what Illinois was doing, so I love the fact that he’s already indicated that he really wants a case like this.
SPEAKER 16 :
That’s interesting, because I know they were sort of hesitant to take some of those cases, but now that looks like that’s changing. Eric Pratt with Gun Owners of America, you guys do such a great job.
SPEAKER 07 :
Thank you.
SPEAKER 16 :
And you hold the line. You don’t move away from it at all, which is pretty extraordinary in an industry where you have a lot of groups that do.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, I appreciate that. And of course, we appreciate what you do getting the word out.
SPEAKER 16 :
That helps. Always love helping y’all. So thank you so much for what you do. Eric Pratt with Gun Owners of America, folks. And you can follow him on X at Eric M. Pratt. You can find GOA on there as well. On January 24th, as the nation comes together for the March for Life. Preborn proudly stands in solidarity with the movement, reaffirming their dedication with the sanctity of Life Month and the protection of every unborn child. And more great news, the abortion pill reversal treatment is giving women a second chance to choose life, bringing babies back to life and empowering women. Join Preborn Ministries in supporting women in their darkest hours. With God’s love and free services, Preborn’s network of clinics are ready to help women choose life. and help start the new year right by supporting life just for $28. Just $28. You can provide one ultrasound with a gift of $140. You can help rescue five babies and your donation can make a real difference. And if you’re able, consider a leadership gift to save babies. A $5,000 donation sponsors Preborn’s network for 24 hours, rescuing 200 babies. Donate securely at preborn.com slash Dana. Just dial pound 250 and say the keyword baby. That’s pound 250 baby or donate securely at preborn.com slash Dana. Donate today for the sanctity of life at preborn.com slash Dana.
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Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of the United States.
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And so what we’re seeing is an attack, not on necessarily DEI or wokeness, we’re seeing an attack on the very fabric of our company, which is opportunity for all, including women. And women, what Whoopi has said often, women were really the most, they gained the most advantages from affirmative action. And so this is a war on women. I think it’s a war on people of color. And what we’re going to see is a lot of pain, but especially to those communities that need those jobs.
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So this is Sunny Hostin over at the SHMU, who is saying that ending these DEI programs, how is that an attack on women? Look, I’m going to tell y’all something. It’s Friday. I’m tired. I’m not a spring chicken. You hit 40 and you’re like, oh my gosh, like, why is this ache here? I’ve been running all over the floor rooms here at SHOT Show in Vegas. And I’m being told and being pandered to that if we eliminate bigoted and racial programs, then it’s anti-woman. You can’t just constantly use anti-woman as some sort of, you know, fear tactic. I’m so tired of this stuff. And why is it always promoted by the people who do actually the most against women, who do the most to disempower? It’s just so stupid. I mean, I’m so done with this. It’s like the new it’s the new Godwin’s law. We got a lot more on the way. Second hour coming up and we’re finishing up our last day here at SHOT Show in Vegas. Stick with us. All family pharmacy. You just need to bookmark this website. I’ve never been to a website where they make it easier to get the medicines that you need. And look for like I get it. If you want to go to a doctor and you want to have they have doctors that are on their staff that you can actually talk to. So for instance, when I over Thanksgiving, I was getting super sick. I had sinusitis and it was turning into strep and I had people coming on. I was hosting for Thanksgiving. I don’t have time for this. So I went on All Family Pharmacy’s website, All Family Pharma. And I use my own code name. I’m not going to even lie about it. I dropped my own name and I got it discounted for 10% off. It’s all familypharma.com slash Dana. And I was able to get my azithromycin because if I were to go to my doctor, that’s the exact same thing they’re going to prescribe me. This ain’t my first rodeo. And then I had it overnighted. Got here at 9 a.m. 9 a.m. I ordered this stuff at like 7 o’clock last night. So it was amazing how quickly that they got it there. Anything that you need. This is a must have when you’re traveling. They have everything. Ivermectin, which I take ahead of big events for the antiviral properties. But they have all kinds of reliable options for a variety of health needs. Be prepared. Skip the hassle. And here’s the kicker. Big thing. Big, big, big. Their stuff is made in the USA, not China. So you hear about a lot of antibiotics being made in CCP China. Not these. It’s all USA. So you do not have to worry about outsourced products. You’re getting good quality, safe material. Visit allfamilypharma.com slash Dana. Get 10% off using promo code Dana10. Don’t wait. Make sure that you’re always prepared. Protect yourself and your family. Allfamilypharma.com slash Dana. Code Dana10 to save 10%.
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SPEAKER 18 :
Sanctuary cities make it less efficient and more dangerous, but it’s not going to stop us. We’re hitting every sanctuary city right now. What I can tell you right now, Chris, is we arrested 1,300 people. Over 1,000 of them were criminals. Who are the other ones? They’re either fugitives who’ve been to immigration court in order to remove but didn’t leave and became a fugitive, or collaterals.
SPEAKER 16 :
That’s Tom Homan, who is saying they’re going in right now. They’re already starting the deportation for people who got here illegally. People are being sent back. Tom Homan’s all business. Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you. We’re broadcasting live from Vegas in SHOT Show. And POTUS is expected to be heading to Vegas. So he’s in North Carolina now. They’re going to be going to, after he finishes, he’s surveying the damage. Then the word is that he’s flying to Vegas. uh don’t know if he’s staying the night in vegas or not i think that’s up in the air and then he’s going to be in la surveying the wildfire damage there and talking with state and local officials to try to work around fema california i was talking to a friend of mine yesterday and they were their um their family uh they’re here just you know because they they have a side business as an FFL but they also do stuff with like construction and rehabilitation and they were saying I asked them I said is it true like all the stuff that I’ve been hearing about in terms of trying to rebuild your home or your business after like a wildfire earthquake or something like that in California and I and I relayed the story of this guy who it took 12 years to just to get through the regulations, it took 12 years for him to rebuild his property. That’s insane. And the gentleman I was speaking with said, oh yeah, that’s true. And there are even scenarios that are more worst case than that. And he was describing how after uh one wildfire and this was i think like nine years ago he said that it took them because of where the home that they were working on was situated it was like 13 and a half years because the regulations change so like every couple of years it’s like they get dumber and dumber and so you have to basically start from scratch and then there’s all of this added regulation and and red tape and all of that i mean my head was spinning when they can you imagine owning property and and having a home your home burned down through no fault of your own And there were some of the people, too, who did the concrete, the firewall, all that stuff. And they’re like, sometimes that’s not even enough. But can you imagine doing everything you’re supposed to do and your home burns down and the state’s like, oh, well, I guess you’re SOL. And then when you go to rebuild your life, you have to go through five different government agencies. Then you have to get an environmental impact thing. They assess your property and where your home was. They can’t even assess… I mean, the environmental impact was that the fire burned down your damn house. So, you know what I’m saying? I can’t… Why the hell does anybody live out there? The weather is not all that, guys. It’s not all that. You know what? You have a lovely… couple of weeks in Texas, but then the freedom outweighs the heat, you know what I’m saying? It’s just, so anyway, POTUS is going to be, he might be coming here, so, well, he’s going to be coming to SHOT Show, and then they’re saying that if he does stay, he’ll stay at the Trump, he’ll stay at the big Trump Hotel, which is like right across the street from us. So, interesting. He likes to come to SHOT Show, so we knew that. But he’s coming in at Harry Reid Airport. So that airport’s going to shut down when POTUS comes in. So there will be flight delays today. If you’re flying today, and you’re going out west anywhere, especially if you’re in Vegas, 50% chance of a big flight delay. Cause they gotta, they have to freeze the airspace when POTUS comes in. So, uh, yeah, that is making Juan real happy right now. Poor Juan. Juan’s like, I just wanted to go home back to Texas. Oh man, I feel you. So that’s, that’s happening today. And I’m sure, uh, he’s obviously probably going to be meeting with NSSF folks. He might make… I mean, depending on when he comes in, you never know. You know, only like his innermost team know. Maybe he makes some remarks. I don’t know. Maybe he’ll talk about some gun stuff and reciprocity. We’ll see. So we’ll watch all of that as well for you. But in the meantime, as we were talking about these deportations, here’s the thing. I wanted to play this audio for you, too. This is Audio Summit 13. It’s Ron DeSantis. He was having a press conference because he was… It’s a press availability for the governor’s office. And they were talking about the implementation of not only deportation, but also now that they have the ability to do so, strict enforcement, implementing Trump’s agenda state by state. And this reporter decided to get froggy. There was a reporter that was pushing back and he was correcting the terminology of this reporter. But he did a really good job. Listen, this is audio somebody 13. He explained it quite well.
SPEAKER 03 :
I just have four questions. One, Florida is home to hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who are working in areas… So the federal government has made clear that the statutory term
SPEAKER 21 :
It’s not, they’re illegal aliens. That’s the statutory term. That’s what it is. And I think it’s to try to water down. I mean, like undocumented, it’s like if I get in my car and I forget my wallet, okay, I don’t have my document on me, like my driver’s license. But I mean, I still have a right to drive. I just made a mistake. This is intentional. to come in illegally it’s not just a question of missing a document it’s a question of you know you violated the law that were very clear and knowingly and with the help of the cartels in many cases yeah so florida is home to uh is home to hundreds of thousands of uh illegal immigrants who are illegal aliens illegal immigrants i like how he just corrects that he should um
SPEAKER 16 :
He was not going to accept the narrative on that. Like this whole idea of migrant. They’re trying to conflate it on purpose. Nobody has a problem with immigration. Immigration is awesome. But you absolutely, as a sovereign nation, have a right to determine how many and who. And you get to say you didn’t come here illegally, get out. Or you came here illegally, get out. You can’t do it anywhere else. I mean, I don’t know how many times Democrats have to be told this. So here’s what’s interesting. The Democrat Massachusetts governor. Mara Healy, Audio Soundbite 17, I want you guys to listen to this.
SPEAKER 17 :
I wouldn’t describe them as raids. What it seems to be is what we expected and what I support, which is the apprehension of criminals in our communities.
SPEAKER 16 :
Interesting. These Democrats know which way the wind is blowing. Very interesting. I want to switch gears here now with Cabinet. Audio Soundbite 18. Elizabeth Warren goes after Pete Hegseth over his drinking. Listen.
SPEAKER 02 :
Secretary of Defense has to be ready to go 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Look, I understand there are people who have alcohol problems, but we cannot trust the safety of our country to someone who has demonstrated repeatedly using very bad judgment with alcohol and doing it in ways that truly have incapacitated him
SPEAKER 16 :
OK, so that’s such hyperbole. That’s so ridiculous. I mean, he did this show. It was for Fox Nation. It was like this, you know, special that they did. And he sat down with a bunch of veterans and they had scotch. Right. And they were drinking scotch and they were having a discussion. And it was, you know, our bourbon. I was part of their part of the thing. This has been extrapolated and exaggerated and modified to now mean that he is drunk all the time, 24-7, and he just keeps a flask under his desk at Fox. And that’s such a lie, but that’s how they’re trying to misrepresent all of this. It’s so dumb. And honestly, I mean, he’s a veteran. He’s, you know, 40-something years old. If he has, you know, a beer or a couple of drinks every now and then, or maybe if he’s out, you know, with friends and family and, you know, he has a couple of drinks. As long as you’re not getting behind the wheel, why is this a big deal to Laya Watha? I mean, why is this such a big deal to Focahannes? Why is this such a big deal to her? Why? I mean, remember when she was like, oh, sweetie, would you like a beer? And then her husband acted shocked. Like, who are you and what did you do with my wife? I feel like she beats him with a broomstick when there was like no cameras. It was the weirdest damn thing I’ve ever seen. Can I just stop for a minute? You remember that? Like, where’s the body language experts for that? That man looked like he was whipped, didn’t he? No, I mean, not like that way, like the bad way, like he actually gets beat with sticks or something. She was like, oh, sweetheart, would you like a beer? And he flinched. Did you see him? She’s too damn stupid to not put that video up on Instagram.
SPEAKER 14 :
I think he was blinking Morse code if you look at the video.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, he’s probably like, help me. He’s freaking out. That was so weird. That was not normal behavior. You can tell interactions between couples, what’s normal and what’s put on. Like, oh, hey, baby, you want a beer? I’ll get you one. Or I’m getting me one. You want one? But then she like makes a big, like even the way she was standing in front of the camera, it was, it was like this. I’m going to, I’m going to act it out if you’re watching. Oh, and she’s like making sure she’s posed right before the camera. Oh honey, would you like a beer? And he looks at her and he’s like, no, you dumb broad. I don’t drink beer. You stupid dumb woman. How long have we been married? You know I don’t drink beer. And she’s like, oh, I like a cold one. And then she’s like drinking it so awkwardly. It’s the weirdest, the weirdest stuff I’ve ever seen. But I’m telling you, that’s telling you. So she has no, man, that’s a big water bottle. Golly. All the little ones were gone. So I got the big one. I got the big one. What size would you like? Grande? Big one. I’ll have that one. So, she’s attacking him. Look, I don’t know how long they’re going to hold this up. I think this one and Gabbard will be held up. Everybody else… Actually, Gabbard will probably be held up less. But I think it’s just Hegseth because he’s charismatic. And I think because he’s charismatic, I think that’s one of the… More so than the drinking. I think it’s just because… And the drinking, it’s just social drinking. Why is that a big deal? I mean, for crying out loud. You know, I had a gin martini with dinner last night. You know, you get… Big deal. You know, responsible and moderation and social just, you know, when you’re at dinner, that’s not a big deal. I’ve I’ve know him and I know a lot of people who know him and I hear gossip like you would not believe if he was a drunk and he was abusive. I would have heard about it from all of my friends that work with him and that are in the same circle. So I’ve not heard that. So I’m just saying. I think it’s part they just, he’s charismatic and they don’t like that. I think that’s a part. Isn’t there a weird reason? Because he can say something because he’s charismatic. And he’s a younger dude. I mean, compare him to Millie.
SPEAKER 14 :
It’s the difference between pandering and connecting. And that’s what they hate about the right. The left hates the fact that they can easily connect, even though they think that they dominate.
SPEAKER 16 :
Because we look normal. Because our dudes don’t lob off their penises and they don’t get into skirts. That’s why. I mean, hell, we look normal. Our men are normal. Our women are normal, you know? We don’t have, like, dudes in skirts, you know, in the Air Force going, It’s a man. Do you like my medals? Call me. Call me Joan. Like, we don’t have that. Our people are just like, can we just get on with the job? Can we just live our lives? Can we just do our jobs? It’d be great. You know who I want to talk to about this? Because we’ve got Lieutenant Colonel Allen West who’s going to be coming up. And I want to talk to him about that. That’s going to be funny. Because I’ve never actually brought that up with him before. Let’s just see how mad we can make him with a question. He can’t hear us right now. So he’s sitting outside my… He can hear you. No, no, he can’t.
SPEAKER 14 :
He’s literally sitting right by the speaker. But if we talk like this, they can’t hear us.
SPEAKER 16 :
So, wait, hold up. So, he’s sitting right outside.
SPEAKER 12 :
Oh, he’s getting distracted now.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, he’s distracted. So, we’re going to try to see how many we can make him with a question about the rainy tase. I can’t say tranny, right? Can I say tranny? You just did it. No, I said it in pig Latin. You did it twice. I said it in pig Latin.
SPEAKER 14 :
No, you actually asked me.
SPEAKER 16 :
I am fluent in pig Latin, my dear.
SPEAKER 14 :
When asked, you could say it.
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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It’s time for Dana’s Quick Five.
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Today in stupid legislation, Mississippi State Senator Bradford Blackmon, he’s a Democrat, introduced a bill this week that would, it’s called the, I’m just going to say it.
SPEAKER 12 :
Oh, no.
SPEAKER 16 :
Conception begins at Erection Act. That’s what it’s called. And they said that it’s an introduction of a bill that would ban men from engaging in any kind of sexual act if it is not for fertilization.
SPEAKER 14 :
Can we, just for science purposes only, is that scientifically true that conception happens at the erection?
SPEAKER 16 :
No, this guy has no idea how babies are made because his mom had never told him. But furthermore, how do you enforce that?
SPEAKER 14 :
You can’t.
SPEAKER 16 :
Number one. Number two. I always thought it was like, you know, my body, my choice and all that. He’s a Democrat, right? Isn’t that his mantra? Why did they do this stupid stuff? That’s just so stupid. I mean, it’s a stunt. I get it. But it’s just it’s a dumb one. Oh, oh, oh, a lost Tina Turner track. What’s up with that? Lost Tina Turner track. It was recorded at her lowest. It sheds light on her triumphant return to fame. It is a track that has been unearthed from her vaults. It’s a previously unheard track called Hot For You Baby. And it was, I sounded like butthead just then. And it was intended for use on her fifth solo album, Private Dancer, but it never made it. So now they got it. That’s interesting. Huh. Smartphone use leads to hallucinations, detachment from reality, aggression in teens as young as 13. What in the world? So they said that the younger a person starts using a phone, the more likely they would be crippled by a whole host of psychological ills. They looked at 10,500 teens from age 13 to 17. Look, I’m fine with parents having phones for their kids, but you’ve got to be your kids’ baby. You’re the parent. You can’t have the government do it. Monitor how much screen time your kid gets. You can do it. You birthed the kid. You raised the kid. You can do it. We got Lieutenant Colonel Allen West joining us next from SHOT Show. Stick with us. With everything going on in the world right now, the economy, conflicts, the open border, spiraling national debt, the devastating inflation, it’s critical that you have a plan for diversifying and protecting your savings. And that’s why so many, including myself, have turned to precious metals like gold and silver. to help protect our savings. And I’ve partnered with the top-rated precious metals company, Goldco, to make that happen. It’s a great company with a great reputation, and they could not have made the process any easier. And right now, Gold Co. is offering a free gold and silver kit that will show you how precious metals can help protect and diversify your savings. And for my audience, they’re offering up to a 10% instant match in bonus silver on qualified orders. All you have to do is visit danalikesgold.com to get started today. Gold Co. has helped thousands of Americans place over $3 billion in gold and silver, and they can help you as well. Join thousands who trust Gold Co. Visit danalikesgold.com.
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SPEAKER 16 :
Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash here with you broadcasting live from SHOT Show in Las Vegas. And he cracks me up every single time we talk. My very good friend, Lieutenant Colonel Allen West. Oh, now you’re standing up, Colonel. Come on. Well, yeah, I have to stand up. He told me he goes, play back in black because I’m black. And it almost, at first I thought he was saying a lyric, and then I stopped and looked at him. It was a riot. It’s good to see you. And you’re dressed in black. And I’m dressed, because I can’t dress myself. It’s easy. It’s good to see you.
SPEAKER 20 :
It’s good to be seen.
SPEAKER 16 :
Looked nice and rested. I’m all good. We were talking, and everybody knows Alan West, because you have your own program that you do, and you do a great job. I can’t catch all, I can’t catch it. I only watch a few people. You’re one of the people I actually do watch, but I can’t watch every episode. That’s humbling. I like your commentary. Thank you. I like the way you approach stuff, and it’s just very matter-of-fact. But you and I were talking, because we were getting into some of the deportations and the illegal crossing. The Marines are heading to the border. We don’t know exactly where yet.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 16 :
But what you were telling me is that… What they really need to be focusing on is that Big Bend area, which is incredibly mountainous. That terrain’s difficult because that’s where you said the real baddies are coming in.
SPEAKER 20 :
That’s where the people, the gotaways, the people that don’t want to be detected and caught. And as a matter of fact, when you go out there and you talk to the Border Patrol in the Big Bend sector there, Alpine, Texas, and what have you, they actually put carpeting on the bottom of their shoes so they can’t be tracked.
SPEAKER 16 :
To hide their tracks.
SPEAKER 20 :
Absolutely. So these are some serious actors out there. And you know those mountain passes. That’s not easy terrain.
SPEAKER 16 :
No, it’s not.
SPEAKER 20 :
So while we’re focusing on the kids and the women and everyone that’s coming across in Del Rio, Eagle Pass, whatever, the bad actors are coming out there in West Texas.
SPEAKER 16 :
How do you even begin to enforce that in that area? I mean, drones seem like it’s the easiest thing.
SPEAKER 20 :
Well, you’ve got to have drones, you have to have aerial surveillance, you have to have bodies on the ground. Because, you know, this is just the same as us being over in Afghanistan or these type of places where you have that mountainous rugged terrain.
SPEAKER 15 :
That is a good point.
SPEAKER 20 :
That’s why you need to have military down there. This is not just a law enforcement type of thing. And we send our military to provide security on everybody else’s border.
SPEAKER 16 :
We built a pier outside of Gaza and we had some of our men injured.
SPEAKER 20 :
How did that work out?
SPEAKER 16 :
You know so well.
SPEAKER 20 :
Yeah, feed Hamas, feed Hamas.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, let’s give them supplies that they’ll just sell back on the black market. Yeah, that’s actually a really good point to get, because they know how to do this and they know that terrain. That’s what they’ve trained in. They know it.
SPEAKER 20 :
Yeah, and so to have the Marines down there or get someone like the 10th Mountain Division of the United States Army. Absolutely, that’s their whole thing.
SPEAKER 16 :
Oh, that sounds fun.
SPEAKER 20 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 16 :
Oh, my gosh. The 10th Mountain Division, Kane, get them out there to handle it. Because that’s, you’re right, nobody ever talks about it. Every now and then it comes up, but honestly, because it’s a scary area when you think of it. It’s beautiful, and then you realize, ooh, cartels.
SPEAKER 20 :
Oh, sure. You go out and you talk to the folks there in Alpine, Texas, and they will tell you, yeah, we always have these folks that are transiting across our ranches. We see them all the time. I was out there one time eating at a restaurant and the restaurant owner said, yeah, we see the illegals just come right across and they just continue on. And it’s always single military age males out there. And those are the ones we need to be focusing on.
SPEAKER 16 :
Isn’t that the area where like three, two or three years ago, there was a couple jet skiing in the lake in that area, the Big Bend area. like on the border, or no, in the Rio, they were actually in the river. And he was shot and killed, the husband was shot and killed by cartels?
SPEAKER 20 :
Well, absolutely, because the cartels on the other side, guess what they have? They have observation posts. In the military, we call it LPOPs, listening posts, observation posts. And so they’re looking across, and they’re making sure that no one is paying attention to their infiltration routes and things of this nature. And they have scouts that are out just as well. So that’s why this is a military operation. And President Trump has the right perspective. and putting our forces down. This is not a violation of posse comitatus. This is protecting your border. I’m so glad you said that. It’s not. We’re not employing the military against American citizens. We’re employing the military against invaders.
SPEAKER 16 :
Because, you know what, what you just said, I mean, stop on that for a minute. That’s huge because the states… So I remember when Jan Brewer in Arizona was trying to enforce… And the DOJ came down on her like a ton of bricks to stop her from enforcing security and border enforcement or dealing with border enforcement in her area. But she had the right to do that as a governor. So it was weird for the federal government to say, you can’t enforce this because it’s a federal government matter. Well, then the federal government, then that you just… gave the argument, well then you can send the military. That’s the whole point.
SPEAKER 20 :
It’s a federal issue. The whole point is that in Article 4, Section 4 of the Constitution, which is known as the Guarantee Clause, the federal government is supposed to protect every state in the Union from invasion. So if they don’t do what they’re supposed to do, Article 1, Section 3, Clause, Section 10, Clause Number 3, says exactly what states can do when the federal government fails so that they can secure themselves and they can do it with impunity. It lays down every means and resource. So if the federal government does not do their constitutional duty, the states have a right to do that. And it was just amazing during the Biden administration that they tried to bring the hammer down and, of course, during the Obama administration as well.
SPEAKER 16 :
Talking with Colonel Allen West. If you’re all watching the simulcast, Channel 347, DirecTV, or if you’re listening across the country, I had a conversation with someone in Army Futures Command a couple of weeks ago, and they were talking about recruitment. And everyone seemed a little hopeful, you know, after maybe, you know, the election. This actually was before the election. I need to modify that. It was right before the election. And everyone was being very hopeful. Like maybe, you know, if this goes the right way, then, you know, we’ll be able to deal with military. And, you know, we have a problem with recruitment and messaging. And I spoke up and I said, well, respectfully, if I can be very frank, I’m like, I don’t know if messaging is your problem when you got guys at the Air Force wearing skirts and lipsticks and they’re, you know, like the top of the food chain up there. And then you got other military leaders that are leaving our men and women to die at Abbey Gate. And you got others that are, you know, making them withhold, defending themselves and the people that they’re serving with, and then we get unnecessary fatalities. I’m like, that’s kind of what our young men, including my military-age sons, and one of them’s on the fence about it, that’s what they’re seeing. And they’re like, wait, if I serve and give my all to my country, is my country going to be there for me? And they couldn’t answer.
SPEAKER 20 :
Well, of course he couldn’t answer that because he couldn’t give you an honest answer because he’s still in uniform. But it’s not a messaging problem. It is the actions that they saw in the previous administration that you just articulated. When people can understand their pronouns better than they can understand their task and purpose, you know, the purpose of a military, and even Colin Powell said this, is to go in and kill people and break stuff. That’s just the bottom line. You know, when I was in the military, I wasn’t trained to make, build roads and all this stuff. I was an artillery officer. I was trained to blow things up.
SPEAKER 16 :
Can I say that you have one of the most badass stories I think I’ve ever heard?
SPEAKER 20 :
Oh, stop.
SPEAKER 16 :
Everybody knows his story, right? He was saving lives.
SPEAKER 20 :
Nah.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, you were. You were out there saving lives, and they tried to come at you for it.
SPEAKER 20 :
I know your story. Well, that’s what a commander’s supposed to do, okay? I’m supposed to look after his troops, because guess what? If they know that you got their back, and you’re out there, you know, hooking and jabbing with them on, you know, patrols and combat operations, they’re going to fight tough.
SPEAKER 16 :
I think Denzel could play you in a movie about your life.
SPEAKER 20 :
I don’t know, he looked pretty good in that Gladiator 2.
SPEAKER 16 :
I mean, I just, I feel, right, like if I was casting, I’d be like, okay, Denzel’s going to play Colonel West and then we’ll fill everything else out. We’ll get, you know, maybe Angela Bassett for, you know, your wife and, you know, get everything. I see, like, I’m really good casting director.
SPEAKER 20 :
You already casted out?
SPEAKER 16 :
I already got the movie done. You sure? It’s already done in my head, yeah.
SPEAKER 20 :
You think Denzel can pull off the salt and pepper flat top?
SPEAKER 16 :
That’s what I’m worried about. I think he could. I think he could. Yeah, he might be able to do it. But, I mean, you get it. How different is it from when you were in active duty to now?
SPEAKER 20 :
Totally different.
SPEAKER 16 :
That fast?
SPEAKER 20 :
It’s totally different. Yeah, it doesn’t take long. The policies that come from a certain administration can change the course and direction of a military or any government agency. And that’s what we saw in these four years. And so we have a military that’s atropied. You know, if you don’t use your muscles, you know exactly what happens. So we have a military that is not trained up in the skills that it’s supposed to be trained. That warrior ethos that Pete has talked about.
SPEAKER 16 :
I was going to ask you about that.
SPEAKER 20 :
We’ve got to restore that. And that’s for men and women. Look, I understand this. I believe in fairness and all this stuff. But we do not have men and women competing against each other in figure skating.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, that’s a great point.
SPEAKER 20 :
So if men and women can’t compete against each other in figure skating, how the hell are you supposed to tell me that men and women are equal on the battlefield? That dog don’t hunt. And so I think that we need to get people that have that perspective and understanding. Because there’s nothing fair about if you and I have to go mano a mano.
SPEAKER 16 :
Oh no, you’re going to whoop me.
SPEAKER 20 :
And you can’t change the standards.
SPEAKER 16 :
I can yell louder, but you’ll whoop me. And I’m 64.
SPEAKER 20 :
And I guarantee you, if I still lay the punch on awesome Dana Lash, it would probably break your jaw.
SPEAKER 16 :
I can dodge, but at some point, I’d get hit. I’m quick, but yeah, at some point, I’d get hit. It’d be, yeah, I get it, I get it.
SPEAKER 20 :
So let’s get back to normality.
SPEAKER 16 :
You mentioned Hegseth. What do you think of him?
SPEAKER 20 :
I think he’s going to do a great job. I think the most important thing for Pete Hegseth is to surround himself with a stable of stallions. That means the deputy secretary, the undersecretaries, those type of folks really have to be strong to be able to implement those policies. And you’ve got to root things out seven or eight levels deep. You’ve got to get rid of all these people.
SPEAKER 16 :
Because this is multi-decades of entrenchment.
SPEAKER 20 :
Multi-decades, many layers. I mean, people call it the deep state. I just call it the bureaucratic administrative state. So, you know, the president has issued an order about all these DEI offices closing. And so what are they trying to do? They changed the name of the office like you just saw with the ATF. So I think that you have to really go in there and say, you’re out.
SPEAKER 16 :
i think that’s hysterical by the way they just because trump gave this order they got to get rid of all this dei in government and they’re like oh we’ll just change the position no one will ever know yeah we’ll just change the title on the website yeah i was born in the morning not this morning yeah exactly yeah exactly we’re talking with our friend alan west uh and uh his last two books we can overcome an american black conservative manifesto and hold texas hold the nation let me ask you about that too hold texas hold the nation yeah So, two very interesting states that I’m watching, so Florida and Texas, and everyone always says, oh, you’ve got a super majority, that’s great, you should be able to do everything as Republicans. We’re learning that you can’t, I mean, so in Florida, the weak Republicans, those are the ones that wanted gun control and all this other stuff, they’re fighting DeSantis and Trump because they think that they should be able to wait until March. to go into office. We don’t have that time to spare. And then in Texas, they just guaranteed that Democrats can be on committee chairs. And so basically everything that we do with the Republican supermajority is going to have to get approved by Democrats.
SPEAKER 20 :
Yeah, it’s amazing to me because in the state of Texas, the state house has 150 seats. You’ve got 88 Republicans and 62 Democrats. Pretty easy, right? Yeah. Well, instead, you got 36 Republicans that went over and joined with 49 Democrats to select a speaker. And now you just had a rules package that passed that gave the Democrats all of this power on committees to include being able to kill legislation.
SPEAKER 16 :
Why? Why did they do that?
SPEAKER 20 :
People are just cowards. There are some Republicans that are just cowards. And I can understand why you would… Donald Trump won Texas by 15 percentage points. Ted Cruz won Texas, his Senate seat, I thought it was going to be so close, 9 to 11 points. So why do we think that we need to go and be kumbaya with these people that they’ll slit our throats? I mean, figuratively and literally. If they could. So I think that you’re going to see a lot of Republicans, this will be their last legislative session in the Texas State House.
SPEAKER 16 :
How long is this damage going to last? Because I know the big fight was to oust Dade Phelan as Speaker, but it seems like now we replace Dade Phelan with Dade Phelan 2.0.
SPEAKER 20 :
Yeah, Dustin Burroughs, which is just one of his cronies. And everyone was cheering when Dade Phelan said, I’m not going to run for Speaker. I said, it doesn’t matter.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, something’s up.
SPEAKER 20 :
Yeah, something’s up. And so I think that you really got the clean house. And look at those 36 Republicans that voted with the Democrats to select this guy to be our speaker. Because by their own rules in the Texas State House, they’re supposed to select a speaker out of their caucus.
SPEAKER 16 :
Will you come back and take over the party in Texas, please, for the love of all things holy?
SPEAKER 20 :
I’ll come back and do whatever God and Dana Lash tells me to do.
SPEAKER 16 :
So if I pray to God, like, please make Colonel Allen West come back. See, that’s a selfish prayer. It’s not, though, because I’m begging him to use the power of his servants for his glory. So, you know, can just make that happen. Ask boldly. Ask boldly, Colonel. Ask boldly.
SPEAKER 20 :
You got me.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yes, sister. Amen.
SPEAKER 20 :
Amen, sister.
SPEAKER 16 :
Colonel Allen West, I’m so happy to see you here, my friend. It’s always a pleasure. I’ve got to tell people, he’s one of the realest ones in this industry, in politics. I wish he’d go back into it, honestly. I get why you don’t like it.
SPEAKER 20 :
Well, I’m the chair over in Dallas County, so we’ve got some good things we’re doing there.
SPEAKER 16 :
That’s Dallas County. I mean, no offense, it’s not my county, though. I want you where I can, in my county, where it can be better for me. Terrence, good county. I know, it’s a great county. Bo French, you’ve got a good guy. Bo’s great. But maybe take over the whole state party.
SPEAKER 20 :
I already did that.
SPEAKER 16 :
I know, but do it again.
SPEAKER 20 :
You want the brother back?
SPEAKER 16 :
Yes. Bring the brother back.
SPEAKER 20 :
Back in black?
SPEAKER 16 :
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SPEAKER 12 :
It’s his life mission to make bad decisions. It’s time for Florida Man.
SPEAKER 16 :
That’s Florida Man. All right, so first up, we had Florida Woman Amber send us a story, and I am not reading it. I don’t even know how I began to read it. Well, let’s see. So we’ve got… Oh boy. A Florida man was arrested after hitting a police officer in the face with a snowball. They got enough snow, I guess, down there to make. Now, if it was on the beach where he did this, there’s gonna be a sandy snowball. That would hurt. So he was arrested. He hit an officer in the face with a snowball. It was a snowball flight that escalated into chaos. and this 22 year old man who threw the offending ball was arrested it was in tallahassee and they were throwing there were people throwing snowballs at cars passing by on madison street citizens were complaining fox 35 orlando says that then police had to respond and authorities said you can’t throw stuff including snowballs into a moving vehicle that’s a felony but then when the participants when the police arrived the snowball people turned on the cops and they began throwing them throwing snowballs at the police one hit someone’s cruiser another one got hit right in the face they had to give them warnings over the PA system apparently it was a crowd it’s described as a crowd they ignored commands to disperse and the snowballs were flying so police were like Alright, you brought a snowball to the fight. We’ll bring pepper balls. And they didn’t cause any injuries, but they did use pepper balls. You’re just sitting over there smiling so much about that. I don’t know how to… I mean, yes, you shouldn’t throw snowballs at passing cars, but I just think this whole thing is hysterical.
SPEAKER 14 :
I think it’s hilarious that snow in Florida, and then this is what happens.
SPEAKER 16 :
They decide it’s combat. It snowed. It’s time for combat. Oh, no. We had that one yesterday. So, let me… Oh, gosh. I don’t want to read this one that Florida Woman Amber sent. She’s the one who I think… And I know she’s cackling right now. She tries to look for the most offensive stories possible.
SPEAKER 15 :
Oh, no.
SPEAKER 16 :
And send them to me. Like this… I’m okay. I’m going to try to do this. I was triple dog dared.
SPEAKER 15 :
Good luck.
SPEAKER 16 :
I have to take that. I got to take that dare. A man with… Uh, abnormally large parts of his male copulatory area.
SPEAKER 12 :
Alright.
SPEAKER 16 :
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SPEAKER 08 :
But you can’t have a security detail for the rest of your life because you work for government. Yeah, we’ll see what happens.
SPEAKER 02 :
No, no.
SPEAKER 08 :
You know, they all made a lot of money. They can hire their own security to all the people you’re talking about. They can go out. I can give them some good numbers of very good security people. They can hire their own security. They all made a lot of money. Fauci made a lot of money. They all did. So if they felt that strongly, I think that certainly I would not take responsibility.
SPEAKER 16 :
I love this. And the other thing that POTUS did, too, if you’re just joining us, first off, welcome back. Top of our third hour. Dana Lash here with you, broadcasting from Vegas. SHOT Show 2025 from the National Shooting Sports Foundation. We’re going to talk to Larry Keene, head of that, later on. But additionally, because Trump is heading to Los Angeles later today, he’s in North Carolina. He’s surveying the… devastating effects of the hurricane that they’re still recovering from. Then he’s heading to L.A. to survey wildfire damage. And then he’s coming to Vegas. He’s staying here tonight. And then they have a rally at Circa tomorrow, I believe. I don’t know what time that is, but he’s very busy. And then when he goes, now check it, when he goes to L.A., He’s saying that, well, I’m totally happy to help you with wildfire aid that your Democrat leadership caused it to be this bad. But he said, before we do that, though, he goes, quote, I don’t know if we have this audio just yet, but I’ll tell you his quote. He says, I want to see two things in Los Angeles, voter ID so the people have a chance to vote, and I want to see the water be released and come down into L.A. throughout the state. He’s like, those are just two things. He wants them done before federal aid. The voter ID, Cain, the voter ID, are they… Are they going to do that? Are they going to do the voter ID to get the federal aid? I mean, doesn’t that seem like the most simple thing that you could do? Just saying. Seems like it. Yeah, go ahead. Let me see. Los Angeles because of its sanctuary city policy?
SPEAKER 08 :
I want to see two things in Los Angeles. Voter ID so that the people have a chance to vote. And I want to see the water be released and come down into Los Angeles and throughout the state. Those are the two things. After that, I will be the greatest president that California has ever seen. I want the water to come down and come down to Los Angeles and also go out to all the farmland that’s barren and dry. They have land that they say is the equivalent of the land in Iowa, which is about as good as there is anywhere on earth the problem is it’s artificial because they artificially stop the water from going onto the land so i want two things i want voter id for the people of california they all want it right now you have no you don’t have voter id people want to have voter identification you want to have proof of citizenship Ideally, you have one day voting, but I just want voter ID as a start, and I want the water to be released, and they’re going to get a lot of help from the U.S. Thank you very much.
SPEAKER 16 :
I’ll see you in a little while. I mean, that’s like the, because the water being released helps them. Voter ID helps them. Wow. Where’s the problem? Kane. Ogg’s on, we’re in Vegas.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 16 :
odds on Newsom complaining about this?
SPEAKER 14 :
Oh, my gosh. 100% odds. I haven’t seen a response yet.
SPEAKER 16 :
I mean, this was something that Trump just said, so I haven’t seen a response from Newsom yet. That’s going to be interesting, though, because you saw the same headlines, although I only saw it a couple different places, and it was sources say, so it didn’t say it was confirmed officially. But wasn’t there the narrative that he was considering just, like, ghosting POTUS when POTUS got to California, like the governor of California was just, like, not going to show up out of spite? What the hell kind of leadership is that?
SPEAKER 14 :
The people that didn’t want to politicize this are doing that. Just to put it in perspective.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, I don’t know. It’s so frustrating. This is so incredibly frustrating. Between this and people who are fighting these cabinet nominees, done with it. Done with it. So that’s pretty significant. I would like to see for that to happen. I hope that they can get that happening. So we’ll see all that. I’ve got to take a quick step away from the meat and potatoes. We have an issue here, Cain. Okay. We have an issue. What is it? Okay, so you guys know I got a rescue pup, right? My pup, Wick, who’s part Belgian Malinois and part Rhodesian Ridgeback and all sweetness and kindness and insanity. So he’s staying with his nana, right? His nana is sitting for Wick. Can I read? Gosh, please don’t kill me. She can’t reach me. I’m in Vegas. Protect me. This is what she texted me. She asked me, she was like, do you have Disney Plus? I’m like, I don’t think we got Disney Plus. I’m pretty sure. I think we canceled that after the Gina Carano thing. And then she goes, well, I looked. And she goes, I think you have to sign in so we don’t have an account. We did cancel it. She goes, but that is okay. This is legit what she texted me. I saw where they were saying the cartoon Bluey is the cartoon that dogs like to watch because they like the colors. Dogs only see black and white. I haven’t told her this yet. Because they like the colors and they like it because it’s a cartoon of dogs. She’s like, but I did find where it’s on a regular station and right now it’s kittens. He seems to like it. Doesn’t Bluey have that trans character on there? My mom is going to make my dog watch trans cartoon dogs on Disney.
SPEAKER 14 :
Why isn’t Paw Patrol on somewhere?
SPEAKER 16 :
I don’t know. Didn’t Paw Patrol get off Rudy too?
SPEAKER 14 :
Did they? I don’t know. I don’t know. I never watched it.
SPEAKER 16 :
But she was asking me. I know Bluey did because that was a headline and that’s how I know that. Because she sits with them. Nana sits with them and they watch animal videos. That woman will sit there and they will watch videos of like penguins or if you’re Benedict Cumberbatch, penguins. All kinds of stuff. She’s asking me about Bluey. So I got to intervene. Because she’s like, oh, he likes the colors. And I’m like, Mom, dogs are colorblind. They’re colorblind.
SPEAKER 14 :
Does she know how to get on YouTube? I’m sure she does.
SPEAKER 16 :
I’m terrified for her to get on YouTube.
SPEAKER 14 :
It’s Nana. There’s plenty of dog video style stuff on YouTube. All you have to do is search it.
SPEAKER 16 :
I am terrified as what her to get on there. Who knows what she’ll type? I don’t know. I get worried with Nana. So I’m going to have to intervene and prevent the trans indoctrination of my dog. Because Nana’s going to have him watch Bluey. So I had to, because it all happened right when I’m getting ready to go on air. And I’m like, no.
SPEAKER 14 :
Honestly, I’m pretty confident Wick won’t fall for any of it.
SPEAKER 16 :
You think?
SPEAKER 14 :
He’s a smart dog. No, I’m confident.
SPEAKER 16 :
He didn’t really have time for that nonsense.
SPEAKER 14 :
He won’t be affected by it.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, I’m pretty sure he doesn’t like communists either.
SPEAKER 14 :
No.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah. He’s good. Yeah, I’m pretty sure he doesn’t like communists either. All right, so I had to share that with you. Because here’s a story that’s funny. You ready? Meta is having to scramble to fix AI chat bots that are still calling Biden the president. They said that the AI bots across Facebook were still telling inquisitive users that Biden is president. And they said the current president of the United States is Joe Biden. So now they’re trying to get it to incorporate that Trump was sworn in on January 20th. I thought AI was smart, Cain.
SPEAKER 1 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 14 :
I think it’s only as smart as its inputs and the people doing those inputs. So that’s where we are.
SPEAKER 16 :
Smart or partisan? Although being super partisan is dumb, so I don’t know. But that struck me because AI, I mean, it pulls from a number of different resources, so it should automatically be able to compute and know that.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, at least that’s what they’ve told us how AI works. It computes. We don’t know for sure.
SPEAKER 16 :
How much do you want to bet AI is just a big old Martian in the sky? It’s all the Martians that are out there. That’s what those drones are.
SPEAKER 14 :
I’m sure it’s pre-programmed stuff on levels like that so that AI just gives it out based on its programming. But you’re right. The update is definitely necessary.
SPEAKER 16 :
Hamas is also about to announce the, I think they’re announcing the fate of the Bibas toddlers and the parents. Do you guys remember one of the videos? It was one of the light-haired mothers, and she had two red-headed children. One was a baby and one was a toddler, four and eight months old at the time, when they were taken into custody. Shiri Bibas and her and their children, they were taken from their home, and her parents were murdered.
SPEAKER 1 :
you
SPEAKER 16 :
by Hamas. They were taken into captivity and they were murdered. And the dad was released, but the wife and the babies were not. And there’s all kinds of stories as to what they think happened. There were, there’s video excerpts or there’s video clips out there showing them taking her into custody with the kids. And at one point, Hamas released a video of the dad, Yarden, and they told him that his family had been murdered. But yet it was believed that they were still alive. So I don’t know. This is like part of those hostage deals. And this was the baby, eight months old, was the youngest in captivity. So he celebrated both his first and second birthday in captivity. He has been in Hamas captivity longer than he’s been alive. Or as or for longer, sorry, longer than he’s been with his parents. He’s been with Hamas for longer than he’s been with his parents. I can’t even imagine if he’s even still alive. What? I mean, wow. And that was one of the most, I think, viral videos that came out of that because the mom was terrified and she’s clinging to her four-year-old and, you know, she’s wearing her eight-month-old and the kids had no idea what was happening. They were kind of looking around and she was holding both of them and she was petrified. I mean… mean it’s just it’s them every is a mother’s worst nightmare and it’s been this long and there’s no word except they were trying to I guess sigh off the dad and torture the dad by saying that the family was killed holy wow so that’s um we’ll get some more information about that but that was they were announcing that today and I I don’t know that’s if they’re not alive holy cow Because they ended up being kind of like the representation of all of the hostages that were taken because so many children were taken. So many young women were taken. So many young men were taken and older, you know, elderly men and women. There was like no discrimination. They just wanted Israelis. That’s all they wanted. They wanted Jewish people and they took them into custody. They just kidnapped them. But I can’t imagine the baby. I mean, and even if the baby is alive, you know how malnourished that baby is. Two years old. No doctor’s visits. Nothing. No birth. I mean, it’s just horrific. What we’re supposed to… We’re supposed to… find out today about that and potus has been pretty hardcore saying the they will be released and these were the ones that i think that the israeli government and potus were pressuring in addition to u.s hostages you know let the babies go i mean let let them go come on there’s the stop this On January 24th, as the nation comes together for the March for Life, Preborn proudly stands in solidarity with the movement, reaffirming their dedication with the sanctity of Life Month and the protection of every unborn child. And more great news, the abortion pill reversal treatment is giving women a second chance to choose life, bringing babies back to life and empowering women. Join Preborn Ministries in supporting women in their darkest hours. With God’s love and free services, Preborn’s network of clinics are ready to help women choose life. And help start the new year right by supporting life just for $28. Just $28. You can provide one ultrasound with a gift of $140. You can help rescue five babies. And your donation can make a real difference. And if you’re able, consider a leadership gift to save babies. A $5,000 donation sponsors Preborn’s network for 24 hours. Rescuing 200 babies. Donate securely at preborn.com. Just dial pound 250 and say the keyword baby. That’s pound 250 baby or donate securely at preborn.com slash Dana. Donate today for the sanctity of life at preborn.com slash Dana.
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SPEAKER 16 :
I know you guys are going to be totally shocked about this. TSA’s facial recognition tech is highly accurate, a review says. Someone else, though, said it was highly inaccurate. And I don’t know. DHS said that they had self-identified black volunteers that participated in it, and they had the lowest face-matching success rate of any demo with an overall accuracy of 98%, and that the technologies that they’re using to verify… They said that they’re trying to make… You know, when you go now, you can… a lot of them they just take a picture of your face as you’re boarding and now it’s supposed to it’s not that accurate though they’re trying to make you feel comfortable and they’re trying to say that it’s accurate but it’s isn’t this basically like the red light camera of identification so oh man i’ve got questions all right moving on uh this oh goodness your next spirit airlines flight if you have offensive tattoos and see through clothing uh you could get kicked off i don’t know why people try i don’t like the idea of dressing up like a hobo to get on a plane like i don’t want to see your ripped sweats i don’t want to see like you don’t need to be wearing leggings leggings ain’t pants right you don’t need to be wearing leggings you don’t be wearing crop tops you know cover your ass for crying out loud you know you’re getting on a plane just like make it nice for other people But they said Spirit Airlines might have to… The tattoos thing I don’t get. But I guess if people are barefoot, they said, or if their clothing is lewd or obscene, then they… I agree with the barefoot thing. Oh, my gosh. If you’re barefoot and you try to get on a plane, I’m going to cut your feet off. You don’t even get a chance to put shoes on. We’re just going to cut them right off because that’s nasty with a capital. Nah, it’s gross. Also, let’s see. Quick headlines. Bucky’s is suing. It’s a Bucky’s fight. It’s a beaver fight. Bucky’s is suing North Texas, a North Texas based gas station chain over trademark infringement. It’s called Super Fuels. Super Fuels is also using a beaver. Well, they said it’s an anthropomorphic dog. It looks like a beaver. and that bucky says it’s a complete copy of their bucky’s beaver so the courts are gonna they’re gonna duke it out in the courts oregon dmv is closing its east portland location after complaints to the landlord included quote sewage smell sporadic water pressure and all kinds of maintenance problems i mean it is a federal government office so it makes sense that it smells like Well, you know what I mean.
SPEAKER 14 :
I don’t even like the fact that they’re a DMV and they have a landlord. Like, they’re a government agency and they have some sort of landlord. Like, how do they not buy that building themselves?
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, that’s actually a good point. That’s actually a good point. Let’s see. The Associated Press says it’s going to change Mount Denali to Mount McKinley, but it’s not going to honor Gulf of America. The Associated Press.
SPEAKER 14 :
That’s all right. I’m honoring it.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, you guys can say Gulf of Mexico. I’m going to say Gulf of America, but I don’t understand the Denali McKinley thing. They said they’re renaming Denali to Mount McKinley because that’s apparently one of the that was an edict from Trump and EO. But they said that they are not going to honor anything related to Mexico or international bodies. And they said the Gulf of Mexico has carried that in for more than 400 years, etc., Oh my gosh, just call it Gulf of America, you dimwits. What’s the big deal? Just stop. They just want to fight. Additionally, let’s see here. Canada wants to help restart the Keystone XL pipeline. That’s very good news. As we’re unleashing energy and going to be resurrecting our economy, the premier of Alberta, Canada, said they would like to restart conversations with the Trump administration about re-approving the Keystone XL pipeline. Because remember, They decommissioned it, and then they began deconstructing the actual pipeline. They had to dig it up. They were digging parts of it up. So that would be great if we could get something like that back in action and reimplement that. And that’s actually, I think it’s been what, decommissioned now for a couple of years. But they were, I mean, it’s like one of the easiest ways to get crude down to Houston where it needs to go. And they’ve been very respectful of the land. This is just environmental nonsense. We have a lot more on the way coming up. NSSF’s Larry Keene joins us. Stick with us. Our partners, this is an interesting partner, because when they first came up to me, I was like, let’s talk a little bit. Because I’m always going to tell people, I’m going to carry. I have no problem using the lethal force to protect myself or my loved ones. I train. I know the drill. But I have friends, like I have a very good friend who’s very conservative. She works in the press corps in Washington, D.C., She got one of the very difficult to get licensed to carry there, but she can’t carry anywhere. One of the things she can do though, and she went out and got this, is a Berna gun. It’s a non-firearm firearm. Berna SD is the most popular model. It shoots chemical irritant projectiles that can deter threats from up to 50 feet away. I just think it’s all, you got knives, you know, everybody gets blades, you get, you know, different kinds of calibers. It’s always good to diversify your weapons, your self-defense array, and that’s what Berna is there to offer. Like another option so that you are not left defense list. They don’t care about gun-free zone signs, no background checks, no waiting period, ships right to your door. This is the perfect time to take inventory of your self-defense options. Visit Burna.com slash Dana. That’s B-Y-R-N-A dot com slash Dana and get 10% off your purchase.
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SPEAKER 08 :
And by the way, speaking of you, and you’ve done a fantastic job, but I hope you start opening your bank to conservatives because many conservatives complain that the banks are not allowing them to do business within the bank. And that included a place called Bank of America. They don’t take conservative business seriously.
SPEAKER 16 :
Welcome back to the program. That was POTUS. And he’s talking about Bank of America and the unfriendly practices that we’ve seen in the banking industry against not just conservatives, but gun owners. And I mean, pretty much anybody who is not, you know, an anti-gun communist. I don’t really know how else to put it. It sounds like, you know, very just broad, but it is what it is. Welcome back, Dana. Last year, we’re broadcasting from the Kel-Tec booth at NSSF, the annual industry event, National Shooting Sports Foundation. How are you my friend? Busy but good. Busy but good. I’m doing quite well. And this, what POTUS was talking about just then in this audio clip, I know you couldn’t hear because you didn’t have your earphones on, but you got an idea. I mean, he was talking about, you know, Bank of America needs to be a little nicer to conservatives. And really the finance industry needs to be a little nicer to gun owners in general.
SPEAKER 22 :
well yeah and they’re in for a rude awakening because uh i’m so happy to hear the president talk about this and make this a priority because it is a real problem it’s been going on since back in the obama administration with operation choke point where The FDIC, the Department of Justice, and others put pressure on the banks to debank and refuse to provide financial services and banking services to a variety of industries, including the firearms industry, because we were politically incorrect. We were able to, we thought, get that stopped with the help of Congress, in particular, former Congressman Luke Demeyer was really a big champion. Now we saw it privatized during the Biden administration, where it continued to happen with banks like Bank of America, JP Morgan, Citibank, and a lot of Wells Fargo, and a lot of the other big banks refusing to do business with people in the industry, closing accounts, not explaining why, or adopting these woke ESG policies. And so we ran around the country getting FIND Act, Firearms Industry Non-Discrimination Act passed in a number of states. But the conduct continues. And so we’re really glad to hear the president speak about this. And in fact, we just heard this morning, about a half hour ago, that the Senate Banking Committee, chaired by Senator Scott from South Carolina, is going to have a hearing in Senate Banking on the 5th, Tuesday the 5th. about debanking. So, you know, they are turning up the heat, which is fantastic. We need to see the new administration put out the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, OCC, final rule that was pending as a final rule when Biden came in and he pulled the plug on it. We want the Trump administration to blow the dust off that final rule and publish it. That will go a long way to stopping this. And we need to see the fair access to banking legislation that’s been introduced by Senator Kramer and Congressman Andy Barr from Kentucky in the House. We want to see that. It’s going to be reintroduced very shortly. We hope we’ll have north of 40 co-sponsors in the Senate, and we want that to be the centerpiece of the hearing. And we certainly want to see that happen. It essentially codified the rule, but we need to go further. There’s more things that can be done. And we’ve heard the administration and the president speak about this, reining in the bank regulators, stopping them from imposing these woke policies. You know, you have a quote-unquote reputational risk, which is just… you know, semantics for saying, we don’t like you. We don’t like the products you make. We don’t like your industry. You’re politically disfavored. You’re not, you know, you’re not one of the cool kids. So we’re going to cut you off from banking services and try to snuff out an entire legal industry.
SPEAKER 16 :
That’s based around a natural right, which is the weirdest thing to me.
SPEAKER 22 :
Right. That’s exactly right. So, you know, it’s inappropriate for banks to be making these woke policy decisions. They’re supposed to be making financial decisions based on the numbers, you know, real credit risk, not on, you know, woke policies, which is what’s been going on. So, you know, the banks were bailed out by the taxpayers in 08. They can’t operate without taxpayer-funded services like the automated clearinghouse FDIC insurance. So, you know, if they violate the OCC rule or they violate the fair access to banking, if it becomes enacted, they’re cut off from these taxpayer funded services and they can’t operate without them.
SPEAKER 16 :
I like hearing that. That’s significant because we haven’t seen that kind of, I don’t think I recall seeing that kind of movement towards eliminating that. This is great.
SPEAKER 22 :
That’s what’s behind the fair access to banking. And it’s interesting to now hear that, you know, the cryptocurrency people are now experiencing the same exact thing. It’s like, you know, I feel bad for them, but welcome to my world. Yeah, you’ve been dealing with it for a little bit. We’ve been the tip of the spear.
SPEAKER 16 :
You have been. And you would think we’re talking with Larry Keane, who is with National Shooting Sports Foundation, NSSF. They put on SHOT Show, this industry event every year. And they were very kind in helping make my Snow White box happen. So we’re very grateful. Thank you for joining me in the… the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. With everything that’s redefined in terms of applying the status of a protected class to every different group, it almost seems like you kind of need to do the same with gun owners and manufacturers at this point. They’re a protected class.
SPEAKER 22 :
Look, there are probably two products that are protected by the Constitution. Firearms and the press. Oh, yeah. Yeah.
SPEAKER 01 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 22 :
So we are a constitutionally protected industry because without our industry, you know, the ability to exercise your Second Amendment rights, you know, just becomes illusory. Yeah, exactly. So, you know, Heller has said there can be some regulation, but you can’t stop us.
SPEAKER 16 :
There’s a limit. Right. Very big limit. I thought Scalia was very explicit on that. Yes. The limitation. And, I mean, he even went back to, I think, what did he cite, a frightening back in the colonies times? He went B-side deep dive. Yeah, he was, I loved, that was one of my favorite opinions of his. Talking with Larry Keene, everybody’s happy. It seems like everybody’s in a great mood here because we had the election in November, but Sometimes I get worried and I’m a little bit of a cynic and I’m always waiting for the shoe to drop and I’m always, I want to get ahead of something bad. And sometimes when you control all three branches, that’s kind of can be the most dangerous time. And I say that because not every R is the same as you know. And sometimes bad decisions can be made. And then the context in which they’re made like a majority that can, it’s almost like it sanctions it and it makes it doubly hard to repeal.
SPEAKER 22 :
Well, let me just say, just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t really out to get you.
SPEAKER 16 :
Oh, I know. They totally are. I’m not paranoid. I’m just observant.
SPEAKER 22 :
But, yeah, I mean, I’ve spent a lot of time since the election, and certainly here at Chacho, trying to manage people’s expectations about what is possible. What’s that like? Well, if I had a nickel for every time I said 53 is less than 60, you know, I’d have a lot of money. So… You know, there are limitations on what can be achieved legislatively. The House majority right now is 217 to 215. You lose one, you know, moderate rhino Republican and the tie goes to the Democrats. Right. So now. You’re not going to see, you know, substantive legislation, good or bad, be able to move in Congress, things at the margins perhaps, conservation, things that are bipartisan. So the focus is on the executive branch and what can be achieved through policy changes, through regulation, through repealing regulations, repealing policies like zero tolerance and restoring things at ATF to the way they were. repealing this outrageous engage in the business rule that far exceeds what was enacted in the Bipartisan Safer Community Act, which was literally a very minor tweak to make it consistent with how the courts had interpreted. And in fact, I will share with your audience when that was all being negotiated, I am told by people on the Republican side that Senator Murphy said, this is garbage, it doesn’t do anything. And now, of course, he touts it like it’s some major thing.
SPEAKER 16 :
He loves it now.
SPEAKER 22 :
So, I mean, that’s been enjoined by the courts, but that’s just like, let’s not leave it to the courts. Let’s just repeal that.
SPEAKER 16 :
um and get rid of it because it’s not consistent with the law so what does a new administration mean for like for and i realize that these lawsuits probably probably have to play out like for instance in chicago uh with the atf and the the story was obviously you know this but for the people watching or listening that you know kamala harris and her white house office of gun violence whatever that they were working with the atf in the city of chicago to go after glock They absolutely were. And how does, so with the elimination of these offices, does that change that dynamic? What does that do?
SPEAKER 22 :
Well, that’s a good question. And we want to see the House Oversight investigation that had begun in the last Congress continue because there were subpoenas served on the White House and ATF for documents about this collusion between the White House Office of Second Amendment Suppression. I’m sorry.
SPEAKER 16 :
Oh, yeah. I think you’re right. It’s a verbal typo, but it’s accurate.
SPEAKER 22 :
And so, as you know, that office was staffed by the former top federal lobbyist for every town, Rob Wilcox, and they were in direct conversations with every town. And that led to the lawsuit, this frivolous lawsuit against Glock that somehow blaming them because criminals illegally obtained, illegally imported or made these switches. and illegally install them on firearms, illegally manufacture a machining gun.
SPEAKER 16 :
It’s like saying that changing the muffler out or taking the muffler off your car because it’s louder than the manufacturer of the car is responsible.
SPEAKER 22 :
Exactly. So it’s a frivolous lawsuit. Glock is trying to get the case dismissed, but now we’ve seen other lawsuits against Glock on the same sort of theory. New Jersey, Minnesota, there’s 15 other state Democrat AGs threatening to sue Glock. We need to get that stopped. But yeah, I mean, there’s absolutely collusion. We want to see that continue. We want that exposed because, you know, the way we figured it out was that Feinberg, the head of Everytown, on the day that they sued Glock on behalf of Chicago, tweeted about how Glock had refused the White House’s request to change their design. And how would they know that except having a conversation with somebody in the White House? And who? Rob Wilcox.
SPEAKER 16 :
Fascinating. That’s very interesting. You’ve got your work cut out for you.
SPEAKER 22 :
You know, people, oh, like, yeah, I mean, so you must be breathing a sigh of relief. No, I’m actually busier than before. All that’s happened is like, you know, get the defense off the field, get the offense on the
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, that’s it.
SPEAKER 22 :
You know, and so we’re going to, you know, we have a long list of things we want to achieve, certainly on the executive branch. But, you know, you have to prioritize your priorities. You can’t do everything. And, you know, so we’re working on that. You know, like repealing this BIS policy to stop exports. We want to get suppressors off the USML. They don’t belong there. We want to get ATF fixed and back on the right course. We want to make sure we get a good, solid policy.
SPEAKER 16 :
I’m going to ask you a controversial question. Sure. Because there’s some out there who say, well, you can’t fix the ATF.
SPEAKER 22 :
Well, I mean, look, it would take an act of Congress to do away with ATF. It would be a great retail store. I don’t see that. Who brought the chips? I don’t see that passing Congress, right? You’re not going to get all Republicans to vote for that in the House.
SPEAKER 16 :
You may not get national reciprocity.
SPEAKER 22 :
I don’t think that will pass right now. Maybe the House. It’s not going to pass the Senate, I don’t think. Now, have we gotten… to 55 in the Senate, right, in Arizona and Nevada. If we had then gotten luckier in Wisconsin and Michigan, we’d have had 57. Now you can have a conversation about getting to 60. But at 53, you know, we’re not knocking on the door, we’re standing at the end of the driveway. But that doesn’t mean we don’t keep pushing that. Absolutely, you have to, because eventually we’ll get there. Or maybe the court will eventually strike down challenges on interstate traveling with firearms, just like you can’t buy a handgun across state lines. The Second Amendment rights don’t stop at your state border. Your Fourth Amendment rights, your Fifth Amendment rights, your First Amendment rights don’t stop at your border.
SPEAKER 16 :
so that’s a problem like when we we were born and raised in missouri and you go through illinois and you have to have your ammo in one part of the car and you got to do it free across into the state it’s kind of annoying and you know the gang bangers always it’s what they do completely they follow those laws as you know so you know i mean so
SPEAKER 22 :
As we know, all these gun control laws only impact the law-abiding citizen who’s not the problem, right? Rank and file law enforcement all across this country. They know that. They understand that. They don’t believe in this stuff. But it’s all political, and it’s driven by, you know, blue Democrat states and cities like Chicago.
SPEAKER 16 :
I feel like we’ve come a long way because, you know, to get something like reciprocity, I mean, not only to have a president of the United States say that he wants to sign it, and then for it to get this far is just a big difference because, I mean, I remember when they couldn’t even get it out of committee. So, you know, this is pretty, it’s pretty significant. Look,
SPEAKER 22 :
I mean, passing major legislation takes many, many, many years, you know, seven, eight, ten. You have to, you know, the other side never stops. We can never stop. We must be vigilant and persistent, and eventually we will prevail. And we will. I mean, we have, you know, the Constitution on our side, and we have common sense on our side. The other side talks about, you know, Common nonsense gun control. I like that.
SPEAKER 16 :
Larry Keane, you do such a very good job. And I know it’s like herding cats sometimes. I know. But I appreciate it because one of the reasons that we’re able to exercise so freely as we do our Second Amendment rights is because of the work that you and your organization have put into it. So we’re grateful.
SPEAKER 22 :
Well, I appreciate those kind words.
SPEAKER 16 :
Thank you very much.
SPEAKER 22 :
It’s a privilege and an honor to have this job and to fight this fight.
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Welcome back to the program. We’re finishing our final broadcast hour for this year at SHOT Show here in Vegas. And of course, you know, if you’ve missed any of our discussions, whether it was with Randy Couture or Taryn Butler or Don Jr. or any number of other people, you can find it on YouTube. On the Dana Show YouTube channel. We’re up there. You can check it out. And also find us on Facebook. Because sometimes we post some short clips up there as well. So all good stuff. You can also sign up for the newsletter chapter and verse. Because at some point I’m going to have a compendium of everything out for you subscribers. I’m just going to send it all out in one shot for you too. So make sure you sign up for there. And then Monday it’s just going to be back. We’re going to be back to normal. Back in the studio. I mean, as normal as possible. You know, I mean, I’m going to be real. As normal as possible. So we’ll have that. Now, I don’t have my big old giant atomic clock. Do I need to allot you time for today’s stupidity, Mr. Cain?
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Okay. I’m not sure if you are aware of what our federal employees are on a mental level. No. But this will kind of give you an indication. Listen to this.
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As a government employee, what’s so ironic about all of this going on with Trump making us go in person five days a week to promote efficiency and also establishing the Department of Government Efficiency, the DOGE. What’s really funny is because of all of this news and all of the change in policy, we are yapping more at work. We are trying to digest everything that’s going on. We cannot get any work done. Oh, my gosh.
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The excuses, the laziness. Always excuses. The ineptness of it all.
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It is. Folks, that does it for us. Our broadcast is complete this week in Vegas. I hope you have a wonderful rest of your night. Have a great weekend. And we’ll be back together on Monday from Dallas. God bless.
