Join us on Ready Radio as we dive deep into the current state of protests, preparedness, and common sense. Hosts John Rush and Bill Anderson unravel the complexities surrounding recent events in Minnesota, offering insight into effective ways to prepare for life’s unpredictabilities. They discuss the varied narratives shaped by media and the implications of being only partially informed. Bill Anderson, a firearms instructor, sheds light on the importance of walking in wisdom and understanding the consequences of carrying a gun during protests. Together, they explore the effectiveness of protests and suggest alternatives that might produce real change in
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Now, here’s your survival guide for Ready Radio, John Rush. And it’s Ready Radio, KLZ 560. Thank you all for joining us. We appreciate it greatly. Bill Anderson with me today. Bill, how are you today? I’m doing well, John. How are you? I’m very well, very well. And… What can I say? Lots going on. We’ve got lots to talk about today, as we always do. There’s never a dull moment when it comes to any. By the way, any of my programs are always that way. But this one in particular, because for those of you listening, we do talk about the preparedness end of things. Ready Radio is so that we can have you all prepared for, I say, the what-ifs. And, Bill, I want to start off because I talked about this a little bit on my daily show. I shouldn’t say a little bit. I talked about it a lot this past week on my daily show. But, you know, maybe going at it from a different angle today with you, given that you’re a firearms instructor and have a lot of background on that end of things, and that’s the situation in Minnesota. And where I want to talk about it on the preparedness side is – You know, there’s always situations that can come up. Now, in this particular situation, and I’ve had lots of discussions with folks from both sides of the aisle through the text line, and reality is for me, Bill, I’m not going to be in that situation ever. Where this particular individual was, Alex, I believe, is his first name. I’m not going to be where Alex is ever. It’s just not my style, not what I do. I’m going to actually go the other direction. If somebody else wants to participate in a protest along these lines, then be my guest. And there’s folks out there, by the way, too, that are comparing what happened here with Kyle Rittenhouse, and folks, they’re not even the same comparison. They’re not even close. Kyle was there, too. help a friend of his that had a store that had merchandise and such in it. Kyle was there to help protect personal property, which, by the way, that’s a whole different scenario than what this particular individual was doing. So, please, those of you that are out there on either side of the aisle, don’t compare what happened in Minneapolis to what happened with Kyle because they’re not one and the same, folks.
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Yeah, John, and one thing you’ve got to remember, what you’re being told, no matter which side you’re listening to, you’re only getting that piece of the puzzle. You’re only looking at it through that lens, if you will. do we see the whole story? I mean, even up to, you know, a few days after that incident, you know, oh, more footage was released, even with the previous one, you know, additional footage later was released. And so, you know, people go off and make a judgment call and have a mindset based on partial information. And, you know, I think that’s where we get into trouble. But, you know, if it’s interesting because, you know, I remember back four years ago and, you know, somebody, you know, called for a peaceful protest and they, you know, had a big to-do about that, right? And we’re talking about January 6th. And so now, all of a sudden, they’re telling them to peacefully protest. And by the way, the way that the one side peacefully protested looked very different than what their peaceful protests are now. I mean, they’re forgetting the word peaceful, John. If I’m going to go out and march and make some noise and hold some signs up and chant some sayings, great. But the moment I throw something at somebody, whether it is an object or a fist or whatever it may be, it is no longer a peaceful protest. And so If I were going to go and participate in a peaceful protest, I’m not going to go with me personally. I’m going to make sure I take all of the items off of me that I would use in a protection scenario because I’m going peacefully. There’s no need for me to have this because I’m going peacefully. And if something gets escalated, well, then I leave, right? So this garbage of, well, it’s his right to carry a gun, sure. It is. I’m not arguing that.
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Thank you for saying that really quick, Bill. I just want to step in because, yeah, I said the same thing this week, and this is where I want you and I to spend just a couple of minutes because I think this applies to – A lot of things, and this is what we talk about on this program, just because you have the right to do something and the law allows you to, I will tell you straight up, Bill, that just because of that, in some cases, common sense should abound, and maybe that’s still not the right thing to do at the end of the day.
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Right. I mean, I teach this in my firearms class all the time. Now, John, you know this about me. I don’t drink. I haven’t fought. I haven’t had… alcohol for probably 20 plus years. I don’t even remember the last time it was, but I know it’s been 20 plus years. And I teach this in my classes. I say, Hey, if you’re going to go to a barbecue and you’re going to be offered a beer or something, you, you need to really consider leaving your firearm in the safe, you know, because that’s just wisdom, right? First of all, the law says that, you know, if you are impaired with drug or alcohol, and by the way, prescription drug is, is also considered a drug. It can impair you, right? I’m on, I’m on whatever Vicodin because of the pain or whatever. Well, then don’t be carrying your gun. So to your point, you know, we have to walk in wisdom. You know, I’m not going to take my gun maybe into the post office. Cause if the, you know, the, But, you know, I got the Second Amendment. I’ve got the Constitution. It’s like, do you really want to bring that added element to your scenario if you get caught, right? Because all you’re doing is making things worse, right? So am I going to take my gun and all that stuff? Not if I’m going to peacefully protest. Now, if I’m just a bystander and got caught in the mix of it, yeah, I got my gun on me, but I didn’t go with the intent, right? Now, here’s the interesting thing. I guess it was… And I don’t, you know, forgive me if I’m getting facts wrong, but from my understanding, an incident with this previous person happened 11 days prior.
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That’s true. I’ve seen the video. I talked about that yesterday. Actually, that is true. Yes.
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Yeah. And he was, you know, kicking the car.
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Violent.
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Kick the tail laid out. They tackled him to the ground. Now, if they would have found a firearm on him, they would have probably disclosed it. It would have been all over the news. He had a firearm that would have been out there, right? So obviously, I’m going to assume he didn’t have it with him on that particular day. So now, after the fact, 11 days later, he comes with a gun. What does that tell you about his intent?
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Great question. I think that’s a solid question.
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And so to me, he wasn’t coming to peacefully protest. He came with intent. I agree. Yeah, I agree with that. So that’s the heart of the whole matter, right? And so, you know, here we, you know, it goes with the, was it Renee Good or what is that?
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Renee Gunn.
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Is that her name? Yeah.
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Good, yeah, good. That’s right. That’s good. Renee, that’s right.
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So they, you know, they got some previous videos, some previous footage to found out, oh, she’s an instigator. And she had been caught instigating, you know, a few days, whatever, prior to the incident that it happened. And, you know, it’s like, what do you guys keep pressing? Now, here’s another deal. Here’s another thing, John. It goes to say that even if I’m not at a protest, right, I’m driving down the road, minding my own business, and I get pulled over for speeding. Now my personal choice is, Hey, I’m going to do what the, what the officer asks, you know? I mean, I guess I could roll out my window to the two inches and do all that stuff. Sure. But it’s like, do I really have time for that? Unless he’s being really unreasonable, I’m going to be pretty compliant, right? I’m going to have my hands on the wheels. I’m going to say, Hey officer, out of respect to you and me, I want to inform you. I have a concealed carry permit and my firearm is on the left or my right side at three o’clock position. How would you like me to proceed? And more times than not, I mean, I’ve never been pulled over, but more times than not, I would assume that that officer would say, okay, well, thank you for letting me know because the fact that you let me know tells me you’re a good guy. Bad guys don’t let me know that. And I think it would go over just fine.
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And I’m going to get a message on this, so please, guys, I know the law. I’ve had Kevin Flesch on many times. Bill, by the way, is right. Kevin would agree with Bill. I understand. Your rights under the law. You don’t have to do that. So please don’t send me a message saying that you don’t have to do that. I get it, Bill. I’m with you. I think that’s the common sense thing to do. I know tons of police officers, good ones, by the way, that would be very forget. How should I say this? Not forgiving, but very thankful. that you did something along those lines, and that stop would go just fine and there wouldn’t be any issues, and Kevin will tell you the same thing. So please don’t text me saying that, hey, that’s not what the law says. I get it. This goes back to, Bill, what I opened up with. Just because the law says something, sometimes common sense prevails and you still do something other than what the law allows you to do.
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Right. And that’s exactly where I was going with that. It’s just the whole compliance idea. So now I’m going to a peaceful protest, taking that same mindset. And hey, if the officer says, back up, guess what I’m going to do, John? Back up. I’m going to back up. If the officer says, stop doing that, or can you move over to this side, or can you do this? Can you get out in front of the car? Guess what I’m going to do? I’m going to do that. But These guys aren’t doing that. No, they’re not.
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That’s because, Bill, at the end of the day, and we know this, I mean, really, at the end of the day, and we’re seeing this more and more again, this is the left’s playbook. It’s what they’re doing to intentionally create chaos and to stir the pot and so on. And these folks are lemmings, literally they’re lemmings, and they have fallen prey and being brainwashed, if you would, to do things that, frankly, they probably wouldn’t do otherwise. Most sane individuals aren’t going to do what these folks are doing. No offense, Bill. And I’ve said this this week, and I may take some heat for this one as well. I hate protests. I hate all types. I hate the ones that we do. I think they’re about as ineffective at the end of the day as you could ever imagine. There are so many other ways to tackle and handle things that you may disagree with versus a protest. I get it. Freedom of speech, your right to assemble, and so on. I fully understand that. But really, at the end of the day, Bill, nine times out of ten, they do absolutely nothing.
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Yeah, I agree with you. They just cause commotion. And, you know, it’s even like the political, well, let’s have a Senate hearing on this. Let’s have a committee. And I’m just like, come on, you’re just wasting time and tax dollars. Nothing ever amounts, nothing ever comes out of these things. Nobody ever goes to jail. Now, hopefully, you know, maybe some things will start to change. I don’t know. But at some point, you know, everybody’s got dirt on their hands. And so, you know, at some point they, they can’t really arrest the other side because they’re just as guilty, but that’s another topic for another day. But, you know, it’s, it’s to your point. It’s like, you know, Hey, do I want to, it goes back to my comment that I say all the time, John, it’s like, do I want to focus on all my energies on things I can’t control? Or do I want to focus my energies on things I can control and getting, getting, you know, involved in local politics, getting in, you know, maybe be in some kind of a support somewhere, you know, how can I really be effective instead of just Making noise and actually causing more of a disturbance. Great point.
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And really quick, you said something a moment ago just sort of I was thinking about in the back of my mind even before we started talking about this subject, and that is my feeling on this, even with these protests and things you might do at the steps of the Capitol and so on, the majority of people, if not all of them, You’d be better off, Bill, going back and reviewing all of what we’ve talked about here on Ready Radio, preparing yourself for all of the other things that might come along in life. I’m not saying that we should just let government run, you know, government run rip shot over us. Believe me, folks, I’m not saying that. You all know me well enough to know that that’s not the case at all. But, Bill, at this point in time, and I know some folks might disagree with me, but realistically, if you look across the country, I mean, we just had Donald Trump elected during the last election cycle for the president of the United States. The reality is, folks, we still have a say. We still have a voice. You still have a vote. There’s so many other ways to make change happen, Bill, that to me, protests are the last thing on my list of things to go and do.
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Yeah, I don’t think it’s effective. I think it’s causing more division. It’s kicking up the heat more. It’s stirring the pot, if you will. I mean, those are all the same thing. You’re right. Instead of solving problems. And by the way, John, you can’t have conversations with people anymore. No, that’s all right. Because everybody is too worried about defending their point, whether it’s right or wrong. It’s what they believe in their mind. And they’re too fixated upon that. And the environment created by the media, I’ll blame the media, is that of, hey, you’re the enemy no matter what. And I don’t disagree with you. I flat out now don’t like you because of who you are and who you represent and who you support. I mean, that’s just ridiculous, right? Because if you get down to the boil it down to your neighborhood and if things really were to go awry, your neighbors really is going to make you or break you. At the end of the day, you got to live with that person next door to you. You got to get along with them. And if the world goes to Hades in a handbasket, you’re going to need your neighbor more than you’re going to need somebody in Washington or even at the capital, downtown Denver. So Work on those relationships and build those up, in my opinion. Build your communities up. bigger bang for your buck as far as where am I going to spend my time and effort.
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I fully agree. And again, some of you listening, I know, Bill, I get it. Some would maybe disagree with our statements on that, although I’m going to stand behind it. I really, I’ve seen these things. I mean, I’ve been on air now for a dozen years on the daily program. On the weekends, it’s been almost 30 now. And I will tell you, out of all of the things I’ve heard about, and I’ll be the first to tell you, I’ve never been to a protest yet. I have no desire to be to a protest. I’ve seen them as being ineffective all along, and I know there’s people out there, activists probably listening to me right now, Bill, that are probably just shaking their head, thinking, you know, that I’m not on the team. I am on the team, Bill. I just feel like there’s other ways to skin the cat than standing on the steps of the Capitol with a sign protesting something. That’s just my feeling on things.
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Yeah, and I think it might be a little different because you’ve got a voice, John, right? And I think… That protesting gives people their voice, if you will. It feels like, hey, I can go out and yell and scream and chant and carry signs, and that’s my voice. Where you and I choose to have our voices in different places, right? You’re on the radio. I’m at church. But listen, those people can have those same choices. They don’t have to go and put their voice in that place. protest. They can go have conversations with people. Maybe they need to shut up and listen a little bit more.
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Good point.
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You know?
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Good point. No, I can’t argue that. And really, where I’m going with this for all of you listening before we take our first break is that, listen, I think this is on both sides of the aisle. And my advice, again, ready radio, being ready for the what ifs of life. And I know there’s a lot of folks on our side that, you know, at times even Bill will go out and counter a protest and do things along those lines. And I’m just one where… You know, folks listening, I would be very careful, especially in today’s day and age, of what you actually get involved in when it comes to those things. And, Bill, we could talk about even some of the gun laws and some of the protests that have happened at the state capitol regarding some of those gun laws that, by the way, went ahead and were passed and enacted and signed by the governor, and we may very well have to deal with some of those even this summer. We might have time to talk about that. We may not. We may push that off to another week. But bottom line, Bill, is all of the time, energy, effort taken for those protests, you know what else could have been done and maybe nothing i mean maybe we’re just in a situation right now where because of the blue state we live in there’s you know it’s like talking to somebody that’s deaf at the end of the day and if that’s the case then then here’s my advice for everybody listening that does those types of protests and so on you know what Let’s figure out how to run better candidates. Let’s figure out how to run better campaigns. Let’s figure out how to fund those things in a better way. And at the end of the day, let’s take those resources you would normally go do on a protest and let’s spend it there instead. Because my feeling, Bill, is at the end of the day, it’s more bang for the buck.
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Yeah, absolutely. And I think that’s the point that you and I are kind of steering towards, right? It’s like, you know, work on those things that you can control, like I said before. And listen, everybody can protest this way. by where you spend your dollar, by what you watch, by what you listen to, by where you go. If a certain store, brand name, national wide store starts taking a position, You can protest by not shopping there.
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Right.
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That’s right. You know, and and you might be a small fry in it. But listen, if enough people do that.
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Yes. You know, really quick. I want to close with this. I want to close with this during this first segment. I’ll talk more about this on Rush to Reason today, because today is the national day of, you know, don’t, you know, in honor of, you know, Minnesota, you know, or Minneapolis or whatever. In honor of that, it’s the National Day of let’s not go to work, let’s not buy anything. Some places have even decided to close up and this, that, and the other, and there’s even a list of those. I’ll talk about those during Rush to Reason Day, but you can find that list all over the place, and it’s not just here in Denver. It’s all across the country. And here’s my advice to all of you. Never go to one of those places and patronize them in the future. If you really want to send a message and really protest something, never spend a nickel at any of those places moving forward and show them that what you just did today is really a slap in the face at everybody that’s out there working hard, trying to earn a living. And you doing what you just did is really a slap in the face to all those people.
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Yeah. Yeah. And, you know, hey, listen, it may be, well, I only spend five bucks there. Well, great. But if, you know, 100,000 people do that, that five bucks adds up pretty quick. That’s exactly right. And it’s just it’s just garbage, John. They have a today. Yesterday was puzzle day. And today, I mean, it’s just like, I don’t care. I can’t keep up with it, but whatever.
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I get it. All right, we’ll be back here in just a minute, folks. If you have questions, something you want to text in about, 307-200-8222. Ready Radio. Myself, Bill Anderson. His website, by the way, is prep2protectco.com. This is Ready Radio, ready-radio.com, KLZ 560.
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And we are back. Ready Radio, KLZ 560. Appreciate y’all joining us. Bill, I know you had a comment really quick. I’ve got Dave on the horn as well, but go ahead and make your comment before we bring Dave on.
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Yeah, one last thing as we… kind of tie up this topic here. I just finished Proverbs in 30 Days. It’s part of my school, SKOOL, and anybody’s welcome to join that for free, by the way. We go through Proverbs, one proverb a day. It’s kind of an old kind of reading plan, if you will. But Proverbs 26, verses 4 and 5 says, “…do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him.” answer a fool according to his folly lest he be wise in his own eyes see this is important to us because these protests thrive on reaction that outrage feeds outrage and it’s really important that you know if we respond that same way all we’re doing is you know adding fuel to the fire like we had talked about and when we engage emotionally we are pulled into that same disorder And, you know, when you read through Proverbs, when you read through the Bible, it says that wisdom acts differently, right? The Proverbs is the path of the wisdom or the path of the fool. And, you know, sometimes us being silent can bring power in that. And then also silence at the wrong moment can also, you know, be a bad thing too. But Proverbs 29 verse 8 says, scoffers set the city aflame. but wise men turn away wrath. And I just wanted to kind of end on that because we’ve got to be careful with what we call protests because, to your point, we’re not discouraging that. We’re not telling anybody to be silent, to tape their mouths, to stick their head in the sand. We’re not saying that. We’re just saying, why don’t you do it wisely? Because if you’re doing it the way they’re doing it, You’re setting the city aflame. You are giving, you know, you’re giving fire to their reaction. And nothing ever gets done at that point, John. And it always just ends up with somebody usually dying.
SPEAKER 07 :
Good point, Bill. That’s a great way to end that part of our conversation. Bill, what do you got or Dave? Sorry, not not Bill. But Dave, what do you got to say to Bill and I?
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No, I appreciate you having your guest on today. I really appreciate the clear-headedness of it all. You know, the thing is, you know, anybody that’s ever had to take any kind of a course for a concealed carry or been in law enforcement or the military, that is an awesome responsibility. And the thing is that, you know, people are looked at more closely when they decide to take that on because it is an awesome responsibility. And if you’re acting in a reckless manner like this, poor gentleman was who got himself killed, you know, that was something that should have been looked at. I mean, you know, in this day and age, I mean, I hate to say it, but it’s probably going to get to the point where they’re going to start scrubbing your internet presence to see if you’re really qualified or have the mental capacity to take on that responsibility of carrying a firearm out in public, you know. And the other thing, too, is a majority of the time, you know, carrying that firearm is meant to be for First and foremost, your safety. And the best thing that you can do to keep yourself safe is not to put yourself in that situation to begin with. You know, you should always try to get out of whatever situation. If you see something’s going down. and it looks like it’s going to go bad, turn around and go the other way.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah. Dave, really quick, that goes to that. And we’ve had several comments and conversations this week along these lines, and I think Bill could even chime in on this. I mean, you know, the best way to win the fight is never be in it in the first place, and there’s just times where not being in the fight at all is the best answer. Yeah. And again, I understand. There’s lots of folks listening both sides of the aisle, and I’ll just say it straight up. The left wanted what happened to have happened. That’s their goal. That’s what they wanted at the end of the day. And I think, Dave, what we’re saying is, please, on our side, by all means, don’t fall prey to the same thing.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, absolutely. And to reiterate what you just said before and what you just said right now, there’s a reason why people on the right— don’t protest because we’re clear headed enough to realize like you guys have been pointing out, it achieves nothing. The whole purpose that the left and Democrats and the communists are so involved in protest is because it is a catalyst. And it’s like that old saying, waving the bloody shirt. They want to go out there and inflame passions and get people to commit violent acts. Of course, the people that are fanning those flames aren’t out there on the protest line. They’re in the back saying, yes, yes, brothers and sisters, get out there and do this and do that. They’re not out there risking their own skins. You know, Vladimir Lenin and all those guys, they weren’t out there on the protest line. They got the workers to go out there and win the revolution for them so that they could comfortably walk in power. That’s what the Democrats are doing right now.
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That’s right.
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They’re not out there leading the charge. That’s right. Governor Walz isn’t out there. Mayor Frey isn’t out there. You know, Hakeem Jeffries isn’t out there. Good point. None of them are out there on the front line. They’re not risking their necks. And hopefully those folks can come to that conclusion and say, wait a minute, why am I taking all the risk for you to reap all the benefits?
SPEAKER 07 :
Right. Great point. Great point, Dave.
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Scott Freddie is not achieving anything because he’s in the morgue.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, good point.
SPEAKER 04 :
What did he achieve? What did he gain?
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Great point.
SPEAKER 04 :
You were spot on, Dave. It was really good.
SPEAKER 07 :
I appreciate it, Dave. Thank you very much. Bill, everything Dave just said, and again, all of you listening, yes, this is Ready Radio. Yes, we talk about being prepared. Yes, today we’re talking a little bit more probably on the political side, but Bill, it’s the nature of where we’re at right now as a country, and there’s people listening to this program literally all over the country, including Minneapolis. I’ve got listeners up that way, Bill, so this applies to a lot of you that are And my point with this, Bill, and I think where we’re going with this is, yeah, I mean, just because something is lawful doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the action that you can take. And I’m not – you know me, Bill. I’m a huge Second Amendment person. I am probably one of the largest – you know, individuals on air along those lines. But in this case, would I have done what he did? The answer is absolutely positively not. And again, not taking anything away from those that believe in the Second Amendment, because I’m one of those. But this is one of those situations where, and I said it this week, Bill, you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, and Dave made a really good point there with, you know, All they’re doing at the leadership is just instilling fear. They’re creating fear and chaos and then pitching the idea that they have the answer. Right. And that’s all that a lot of leaders do. You know, they they create that fear and then pitch the idea that they’re the answer. And if you look at. you know, the spiel, the political pitches, you know, that’s exactly, oh, this guy’s going to do, you know, Trump’s going to do this. He’s going to be a dictator. He’s going to, he’ll be the last president. All that stuff is garbage. And unfortunately, John, people believe it. And I don’t understand why. I mean, are you that simple minded to believe it? That’s where my frustration gets with people because I’m like, they’re telling me, oh, yeah, this is what’s going to happen. And I’m like, just common sense. I mean, I was, um, many years ago, many, many years ago, I was registered Democrat. Okay. Um, back when I was really young, I didn’t know any better being a union electrician. You know, that’s what you were supposed to be. My dad was a union pipe fitter. That’s what you were supposed to be. And, you know, I voted for Clinton. That was like one of the first elections I voted in. But, you know, as time went on, I’m like, you know, this stuff just doesn’t make sense. It just doesn’t make sense to me. And that was the last time I ever voted that direction. But I was just like, it’s common sense. It just doesn’t add up, John, you know, what they’re saying and what they’re doing and all these promises that never come true. And, you know, the point of that, and I think what we need to steer the conversation into is that’s the political environment we live in. And so understanding that, being that watchman on the wall, seeing the clouds, seeing the weather conditions, we now have to adjust our lives accordingly. You know, I had my concealed carry for a long time before, and I tell this in my class, for a long time before I started actually carrying my gun. Do you know why? I didn’t trust myself. I didn’t trust my anger, right? I was too reactive. And then… Then I carried my training pistol, which was just my laser gun. And people will laugh at you. I don’t care, John. I tell my class all the time. That’s right. I don’t care. You do what you need to do until you feel comfortable because nothing is more dangerous than somebody who is uncomfortable carrying a gun, carrying a gun. Good point. So I carried my trainer for a couple months until I got really comfortable with it always being on my side. Then I carried it with one out of the chamber with the chamber empty. And, you know, you’re going to hear it. Gun people are like, well, then you’re not really ready. I don’t care.
SPEAKER 07 :
I don’t care either. Yeah, I agree with you there.
SPEAKER 09 :
I’m not comfortable. And now, after a couple of years, a lot of years, after millions of reps, I felt really comfortable that when I drew my gun out, my finger was definitely off that trigger. Okay, now it’s time to chamber one. But you know what? I allowed that process for me to happen. And so to Dave’s point, Listen, don’t carry it just because you can. If you’re not competent with that, if you’re unsure, you’re more of a danger than anybody out there. I don’t care if you’ve got it or not. I don’t care about your Second Amendment right or not. You’re actually more of a liability than you are an asset. And that’s something that people really need to have a come-to-Jesus moment in their minds of, Am I an asset to my community, to myself, to my family by carrying this gun? Or should I really get some more training in this and get more comfortable with it? And that’s really sad, John, because people will go to a gun class. When’s the last time somebody went to a gun class? When’s the last time you went to a range? People will raise their hand and be like, oh, it’s been five, ten years. I’m like, and you carry every day? That’s, you know, me? I kind of shiver at that because I’m like, okay, we got some work to do. I mean, if I’m going to carry… then I have a huge responsibility not only to myself but to my family and to everybody else that I need to be proficient and I need to be comfortable carrying something that can take a life. I mean, that’s just my opinion, John.
SPEAKER 07 :
You’re very much on.
SPEAKER 09 :
As far as the Second Amendment.
SPEAKER 07 :
Very much spot on. Let’s do this. We’ll take a break. We’ll come back. One more segment. Anybody else, lines are open. You can call in like Dave did, 303-477-5600. You can send a text as well. Several of you are. 307-200-8222. We’ll be right back. Ready Radio, KLZ 560.
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And we are back. Ready Radio, KLZ 560 website, ready-radio.com. Bill’s website, by the way, is prep2protectco.com. Bill, have you got any classes or anything coming up we should talk about before we continue on?
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, we usually take the winter off because we shoot at an outdoor range, so it’s a little cold, but the inquiries are stacking up. In fact, we had a group of nine just inquire, and we said, hey, you know, it’s kind of cold out there, and they’re like, That’s okay. We’ll bundle up. So we will be probably putting on some classes here mid-February, especially that level one class because people are really itching to get their concealed carry permits. And so, again, you know, when things like this heat up, John, people feel the need to get this stuff going. Yeah, good point. Kind of like, again, you guys got to read the weather report, right? And I don’t mean the literal weather report. I’m using that as an analogy. And more and more, John, we’re even seeing, hey, The grid’s going down, you know, the utilities are having problems with the electric and freezing temperatures and the demand on the grid because of the new AI, you know, warehouses or whatever they’re called. Data centers. Data centers, I’m sorry. And I know that. I’m a stink electrician, but I went blank there for a second. That’s all right. You know, I mean, I’m seeing almost daily, John, that, you know, hey, power outages, power going down, power being shut off.
SPEAKER 07 :
I mean, are you seeing that, too? Oh, yeah. In fact, there was an article that I sent you. Let me bring it up here. There was an article in 9 News today talking about U.S. power grid faces rising winter blackout risks as data centers surge a report. So, yeah, that is frontline headline news today, Bill, the exact thing that you’re talking about. And my point to everybody listening is, number one, be prepared. That’s the nature of this particular show. I want to jump back for just a moment, Bill, to your comment about there’s a lot of people out there right now thinking, yep, I better get a gun. I better gun up, if you would, quote, unquote. And my advice on that always is, and I’ve had different shows in this particular hour along this topic, Bill, and that is – You know, buying a gun, and maybe some of you don’t realize this, but buying a gun, Bill, and this is how I see it because I’m a car guy, buying a gun is like buying a car. One size doesn’t fit everybody, and just because somebody else, your neighbor, likes one make or model doesn’t mean that’s the one you should go buy.
SPEAKER 09 :
Right, and John, you know, I’ve had people come to my class, especially wives. Unfortunately, the husband sends them with their gun or the gun that they think they should have. I kid you not, I had an elderly lady come to our class in her 60s, and her husband gave her his Desert Eagle to come take the class.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, wrong choice there. I could tell you that right out of the box.
SPEAKER 09 :
She was terrified.
SPEAKER 07 :
As would anybody be.
SPEAKER 09 :
Not only was it really heavy for her, right, if you’re familiar with the Desert Eagle. Oh, yes. Very heavy gun, very big gun. Not only was it heavy for her, but when that thing went off, she was scared to death. I was just going to say, scared to death. She was like, yeah, my husband says I got to learn. I says, we’re not going to shoot that today. Here’s my .22. We’re going to shoot this today.
SPEAKER 07 :
Took the words out of my mouth. That’s exactly what you start with in that scenario.
SPEAKER 09 :
Because, John, at the end of the day, if I’m so scared of that gun, I’m not going to hit the target anyway.
SPEAKER 05 :
You’re not proficient.
SPEAKER 09 :
you know, a whole bunch of misses with nothing, right? Because it goes back to that comment I made earlier. If you’re not competent, if you’re not comfortable, you’re not an asset to nobody. You’re a liability. And so I need to be super comfortable. And you’re right. This whole debate, I always, every class, I’m like, all right, what’s the best gun? and people will say Glock, and people will say Smith & Wesson, or M&P, the one that goes bang, John.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, to me, the answer is the one that you’re the most proficient with, and you can hit the target with, and you’re the most comfortable with. In my opinion, that’s the best gun for you.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, that’s the best thing, because there’s a theory out there that Glocks will not misfire. However, they will if you have a subpar grip. If you don’t grip that gun correctly, the ratcheting mechanism on the slide cannot reload that round. It will take it out of battery because you have a loose grip on that gun. I’ve had a lot of people go, hey, this gun doesn’t work. And I walk up to it and go, bang, bang, bang, bang. I’m like, what do you mean? There’s nothing wrong with it. Well, it doesn’t do that with me. I said, yeah, because you’re not holding on to the gun. You don’t have a good grip. Right. So to your point, right, it’s got to be comfortable to me. I’ve got to be comfortable. you know, confident, whether it’s, and most people don’t realize that a three 80 is the same round as a nine millimeter. It’s just got a little less powder in it, but it’s the same bullet. Um, you know, if you’re more comfortable with a three 80 versus a nine, carry the stinking three 80, right? If you’re more comfortable with a 22 than a three 80, listen, carry that because that is better. Like I said, putting 10 rounds on somebody is way better than putting zero rounds, you know? A slow, accurate shot is way better than a fast, inaccurate shot. And you’ve got to train these things. And here’s one thing that’s unique to what we do, John. We train on a private range. So we’re not held to the restrictions of an indoor range or a gun store or a public range or anything like that. We are held to none of those restrictions. And so we run through in our basic class, we run through you know, as basic as we can, every shooting position in context of concealed carry personal protection. Okay. So these are the things that you’re going to be dealing with in the public. Like, yeah, you could be moving. Yeah, you could be shooting with one hand. You know, I did a picture of a post of one of our classes, and they’re all shooting with one hand. And somebody commented, oh, yeah, I’m going to be shooting with one hand. That’s real, you know, that’s really good marksmanship. And I’m like, yeah, you bet. Because you know what? I got an eight-month-old grandson that I’m not going to drop to the pavement so that I can get two hands on my gun. You ever thought about that? Right. I’m going to hold my grandson. I’m going to hold whatever it may be. Maybe that hand, in reality, maybe that hand is injured. Maybe, for whatever reason, I can’t use it, and I’ve got to go to my other hand, my support hand, and shoot with that. And so we run through in our class, in the level one class, all those shooting positions, and I teach people how to deal with that in the real life. And most people who have even had tons of gun training will come out of that class going, wow, I never realized that. Because… They can’t shoot that. And here’s the other thing. Listen, John, if you haven’t been in a class anytime soon, I don’t care if you’ve got your concealed carry. I don’t care if you’ve got your level one, whatever that shop or gun class call the level one, right? I don’t care. Are you training with it? Have you gone to another class? I train all the time. Yes, I teach. I train more than I teach, right? And I think that’s important. You’ve got to keep that pencil sharp. I agree. You’ve got to keep the skill set there. If you did something five years ago, two years ago, one year ago, you need to get back into a class. You’ve got to keep yourself up to speed for the sake of yourself and for the sake of your family. Stop getting complacent and thinking, oh, I did it once and it is good enough.
SPEAKER 07 :
Hmm. Great point. Can’t argue that. You’re spot on, Bill. OK, so given all of what you just said a moment ago, and folks, believe me when I say this, this is something that for some of you where you’re looking at some of the things happening around the country and, you know, maybe I better get armed up and this, that and the other. And here’s what I’ll tell you. Number one, whether you go take a class from Bill and you get the opportunity to be around lots of different firearms or you go to some of the ranges that are around town, there’s multiples of. You can rent different guns, Bill. Let me back up. Hang on. I’m not saying it right. That’s for those of you that have a little bit of experience, and maybe you’ve already had some handgun experience and so on, and you want to go out and buy a handgun. Okay, great. Go rent some firearms, decide which one’s best for you, and then buy accordingly. But, Bill, what I’m going to tell people is if they’ve never had that experience, here’s my advice. Folks, don’t just walk into a gun range blind. Don’t walk in and say, you know, I’m going to rent a .45 or a 9mm. I’m going to practice with that. No. And my advice, Bill, is go take some classes, whether that’s with Bill or some other instructor that can get you in some sort of a beginner’s course. And I know that sounds demeaning, maybe, Bill, to say you’re a beginner. But if you’ve never been around a firearm, it’s like never driving again. You want to take some advice from some people. It’s like taking a driving class. You want to take advice from people that have got lots of experience in doing that and set yourself up for success, not for failure. Am I saying that the right way, Bill?
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, just look at your professional sports teams. How many days do they have no pad practice? How many days do they have, hey, let’s just walk through the play? You know, what are they revisiting over and over and over again? The basics, John. The basics. The basics. You know, I teach Krav Maga, I teach self-defense, right? And everybody wants to learn the gun defense. Everybody wants to learn the knife defense, the stick defense. And I’m like, statistically speaking, you’re more likely to get sucker punched than you are to get shot or stabbed. And even at that, you’re going to get probably hit with a blunt object or stabbed with a screwdriver before a knife even comes out, okay? So you’re worried about these advanced things, but you don’t even have the basics of, hey, what is a good distance? Hey, how far do I keep people away? So my point is, is you could never out-train the basics, right? I don’t care who you are. There’s another firearms instructor that I talk to all the time, and he’s like, man, I take as many beginner classes as I can because maybe that instructor will say it a certain way that I’ve never heard it before, and I’ll gain a little extra. You see, once you get to a certain level, John, you’re not moving… right, in big leaps and bounds. It’s like weight, right? If you’re really overweight, you can lose, you know, 5, 10, 20 pounds pretty easy. But what do they say? That last 10 pounds is the hardest to get off, and sometimes that takes years, right? And so we can make leaps and bounds in our training, but it takes a long time to really get proficient to 100% just working those basics. And I will promise you this. I will promise you this. every class is going to be different if you go to a firearms class that’s led by a police officer he’s going to teach it from his perspective if you go from you know a female she’s going to teach it from her nothing wrong with that but just understand that’s just one look that’s just one slice of the pie you come to me i’m going to teach you from a self-defense point you know we’re not going to really worry about that really nice sight picture because I will prove to you in my class that in a self-defense standard public shooting scenario, you don’t have time to get that sight picture. I mean, I can clear that distance. It’s called a tooler drill. I can clear 21 feet in 1.47 seconds. Most people can’t even get their gun out of their holster under two seconds. So you’re going to tell me you’re going to worry about a site picture when I’m already hitting you over the head with whatever?
SPEAKER 07 :
Great point. Great point. Again, folks, the reason why we’re talking about some of this is, A, some of the things that have happened recently in Minneapolis. And by the way, these things are going to happen. It won’t be the last time you hear about some of these things happening. And bottom line, Bill, is keeping people ready. We talk about ready radio. We want people to be ready for the what-ifs of life. And some of this even daily preparedness things, and I know sometimes folks will go back over some of the most elementary of things, but Bill, I think that applies to what you just said a moment ago about your other instructor saying, hey, I want to take as many beginner courses as I can because every time you go, you hear something different. Bill, there’s people that I interview here on a routine basis, sometimes weekly, sometimes monthly, and the reality is every single time I have them on, I learn something new, being I don’t know it all, nor will I ever. Right, right.
SPEAKER 09 :
You’ve got to be a sponge, and you’ve got to learn from everybody, right? The old, what we call the old polymaths, they learned in lots of things, and they You know, it’s just revisiting. I think earlier today I text you, you know, I’ve really been on this, hey, mastering the basics kick. But it applies so much. And I don’t care if we’re talking about the power grid issue. I don’t care if we’re talking about food storage. I don’t care if we’re talking about, you know, firearms or, you know, carrying or self-defense. I don’t care if we’re talking about what kind of stuff we have in our car. You know, I mean, I found myself today, John, going to a job and you know and i just jumped in my truck which i normally don’t take for a job going to a job going i don’t even have a stinking wire nut right i’m digging through the this the the creases of the right you know cushions looking for a stinking wire net and you know what i said to myself come on do i teach this stuff yeah and i had a fail point because i failed to master the basics of of being ready and being prepared listen guys we We are all in this together. None of us have it all figured out. Hopefully we can share from our experience, but at the end of the day, John, you and I have to follow our own advice sometimes, too.
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, absolutely. I know, Bill, there’s times where I’ll find myself doing something very similar. It’s like, wait a minute, hang on, you know better than this, and you failed at the very thing that you’re talking about on an ongoing basis. You know, get it together, get these things figured out. You know, there’s times where you seldom, seldom does this ever happen, but occasionally I’ll leave the house and forget something. I actually did that Wednesday. I never, ever do that, but I did that Wednesday. I had to go back to the house, pick something back up that I should have had with me. Now, was it an emergency? Did I need to go back? I mean, I had enough time, and that’s the other thing. Fortunately, I built enough cushion into my day where I still had time to go back and get it, and it wasn’t a big deal. because I was able to do that. But bottom line, Bill, is those are things that we need to remember. And my point being, and folks, I just want to leave you with this after today’s episode, is more of, you know, protesting and the different things that are there. We’re trying to make change and we’re trying to have our voices heard. And I get all of that. And I’m not trying to take anything away from that. But I think, Bill, what I’m trying to get people to realize and think about is what can you do That’s the most effective use of your time, your energy, your assets, your money even sometimes. What’s the best use of that when it’s all said and done? And really analyze that before you just agree to go do something. Right.
SPEAKER 09 :
I think one of the best pieces of business advice that I ever heard, and it applies to all areas, John, is you define, then you redefine, and then you repeat. Right? Right. I define what I’m doing. I define what I have. I define what that is. Oh, and then through the process of that, I tighten it up. I redefine it. I cut the fat. And then I repeat it again. And it’s just a continual process, John. That’s right.
SPEAKER 07 :
I’ll leave you with that. Bill, as always, I appreciate you, man. Prep2, the number two, prep2protectco.com. That’s Bill’s website. Bill, thanks, man. All right. Talk to you next week. All right. Talk to you next week. Appreciate it very much. And again, our website, ready-radio.com. This is KLZ 560.
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