Shooters Nation Podcast

Prepping is suddenly a very mainstream idea thanks to the shortage of essentials during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.  Join Shooters Nation host David and his wife Sandy have a very honest discussion of how their family's simple disaster prep plans have stacked up against reality.  They discuss what they feel like they got right, what they got wrong, and what they want to do differently moving forward.

David is again joined by his wife, Sandy, who is a Registered Nurse, for a medical Coronavirus discussion.  Talking points include: whether the US Government's response to COVID-19 was overbearing and brash, or sensible and calculated, or somewhere in between; Whether wearing face masks will forever more be the new normal for western society;  Precautions we can all take to stack the odds in favor of our health.  Oh and we also talk about guns!

Join David and Mark as they meet virtually with members of the Shooters Nation listener community from across the country and talk about the current COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.  We hear about how it's affecting folks from Oregon, California, Tennessee, South Carolina, New Hampshire, and other parts of the country.  Discussions range from just finding basic human necessities, the ammo shortage, firearms industry supply chain, and getting in copious dry-fire during workday conference calls.

This is the second part of a two-part episode recorded LIVE on April 4, 2020 with members of the Shooters Nation Community in the middle of the worldwide COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.  We spent nearly five hours talking, listening and struggling with many of the same things that you are dealing with too.  Be sure to listen to Part 1, also available right now.

This is the first part of a two-part episode recorded LIVE on April 4, 2020 with members of the Shooters Nation Community in the middle of the worldwide COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.  We spent nearly five hours talking, listening and struggling with many of the same things that you are dealing with too.  Be sure to listen to Part 2, also available right now.

We go away for a few weeks and the whole world goes to crap!  Not in a million years did we think we'd be recording an episode from quarantine during a deadly global viral pandemic... but here we are and there you are, holed up in your underground bunker, surrounded by stockpiles of hand sanitizer, ammo, and toilet paper.  Ah, toilet paper.  The unexpected commodity of 2020.  You can't wipe your butt with gold bars, now can you?

David and Mark are BACK after an extended holiday break for the first episode of 2020 where we get right up to the very edge of some precious material.  Don't worry, it's not creepy and our lawyers won't send you a Cease and Desist letter if you disagree with us.  Maybe. We do some quick catching up, and go over a high-level look at some of the new guns and gear that debuted at this year's SHOT Show.  Oh, and we talk about Creepy Uncle T a little too.  Because he deserves it.

David and Mark are back to help you be a HERO this holiday season with the Second Annual Holiday Gift Guide.  If you're shopping for a gun owner or hunter this year and have no clue what to buy, the guys go through a wide range of gifts that anyone would be thrilled to receive, with prices that will fit almost any budget.

This episode is NOT for you, but it IS for someone you know!  David goes solo and maybe a little rogue and drops some solid advice for anyone planning to attend a big Second Amendment rally, especially anytime soon in... say... Washington, DC.  If you've ever paid attention to how the media and gun control advocacy groups FEAST on the worst possible representatives of gun ownership at these events, this episode might help the people you know avoid being one of them.

If you haven't yet made the jump to running a red dot sight on your handgun, or if you are struggling with becoming proficient with one, this episode is for YOU.  World champion competitive shooter, BJ Norris, discusses holographic optics and also talks about how competitive shooting can make you a BETTER driver of your weapon and won't get you "killed in the streetz" regardless of what dumb people on the Internet might say.

When you shoot, your handgun is trying to tell you something.  Are you listening to it?  David talks about pushing himself past the point of failure on the range and what he learned as a result, and Mark fills us in on his recent Glock Armorer's Class. If you've ever wondered where the "thumbs forward" modern combat grip originated, or how to choose the right combination of grip inserts, back straps and other components to fit you as a shooter, you might be surprised at what we discuss in this one.

Matt Tenbarge of Cloud Defensive sits down with us to talk about some of their exciting products as well as what it's like to be a startup in the firearms industry, clues about new gear coming soon, and much more. Cloud Defensive produces the Optimized Weapon Light (OWL), the Cloud Optimized Rail (COR), the Light Control System (LCS), and other innovative products that all started from the perspective of the firearms user who saw a problem that needed to be solved.

Recent events in the news may have started you thinking about carrying a gun, or maybe carrying a gun more, or getting more training, or different kinds of training, or carrying medical gear with you. All of these things are what we mean by Lifestyle Changes of the Woke AF. Join David and Sandy as they talk about approaching life once the bliss of ignorance is gone and a new awareness begins to take over.  It isn't convenient or pleasant, but it doesn't make you weird or paranoid either.

August 2019 has seen two tragic assaults on crowds of innocent people by crazed mass-murderers, and the predictable assault on freedom and liberty by the salacious media and power-hungry politicians who will do anything to keep themselves fat, happy, and well paid. In this episode we discuss the tragic El Paso, Texas Wal Mart shooting as well as the Dayton, Ohio shootings. We also catch up on Mark's travels to Triggrcon, ZEV Technologies, and Aero Precision in Washington State last month.

In this second episode of a two-part series, we discuss the current state of affairs (circa 2019) of the National Rifle Association, the 2A travesty that it has become, and what must be done to fix it.