In part 2 of this series, Miyanovich and Kenyatta discuss: Kofi's father introducing him to guns at a young age, starting the Black Bottom Gun Club with Chad King, the existing stigma against gun ownshership in the black community, trends in black gun ownership, getting beyond motivation to responsibility as the driver, and the role of the state in…

In Part 1 of this series, Miyanovich and Kenyatta start the discussion talking about root causes and more general issues, with gun discussion to follow in subsequent parts. The impacts of guaranteed income on struggling families, the luxury of singel-issue voting, root causes, wrap-around services, the reality of idealism vs. the grindstone, and th…

In Part 2 of this series, Miyaovich and Rossi discuss: the operational facts of NICS, society's need to have discomfort minimized by "having something", the question of a standard for when legal mechanisms work, OSD's anonimized black box criminal check app idea, being over the status quo, and the fact that NICS...as constucted...simply does not ha…

In Part 1 of this series, Miyanovich and Rossi discuss: how gun rights absolutism ignores 50% of the rights-based fight, Chuck working with the FBI on Fix NICS in 2016, Facebook's gun content policy, the myth of gun industry dominance, the need for more world beaters, and anti-gunners representing an unattractive position.…

In Part 2 of this series, Miyanovich and Poole discuss: Deryck's process of becoming a defensive shooting instructor, the process of evolving Fudd ranges to include real defensive training, the stupid shit that people do with guns, defensive training with a rifle, Deryck's future, and the future of guns in America.…

In Part 1 if this series, Miyanovich and Poole discuss: Deryck's time in the Marines, the differences in gunfighting between the theater of war and the civilian world, the process of finding Rob Pincus and reality-based defensive curriculum, the importance of both sighted and unsighted fire, and breaking through thick heads with better information.…

In Part 2 of this series, Miyanovich and Beckmann discuss: law as a totalizing system, the human need to have comfort delivered, social media as a totalizing system, the realities of the administrative state, legal fetishes, jury trials as important but ridiculous theater, and the totalizing nature of law leading to its own demise.…

In episode 1 of this series, Miyanovich and Beckmann discuss: John's background in the law, the reality of lawyers being technically adept but not cognizant of the greater jurisprudential reality, the gap between what people claim laws can do and what they can actually do, the myths associated with deterrence, and the possibility that free will is …

In Part 2 of this series, Miyanovich and MarkO discuss: the general wack-a-doodlery of gun laws in California, the list of the current bills proposed related to guns, policy embedding, disparate impacts, Newsome's 28A, redefining semi-auto rifles as constitutionally unlawful, and the new level of nuance needed at the Guns / Public Safety Nexus.…

In episode 1 of this series, Miyanovich and MarkO talk about the community-wide lack of action by libgunners, the unique opportunity for changing how guns are dealt with in America, working with the conservatives on gun issues, quantifying liberal gun ownership through professional polling, and Mark's experiences at SHOT show with The Liberal Gun C…

In the final part of the series, Miyanovich and Johnson discuss: how it's illiberal to automatically bend the knee to American symbols, the Protect Illinois Communities Act, the realities of gun control, caring about kids, and the realities of the Clinton era Assault Weapons Ban with the Koper DOJ studies.…

In Part 1 of this series, Miyanovich and Johnson discuss: Linwood getting into guns through self-defense, bringing nuance to issues, the effects of the pandemic and George Floyd protests on black gun ownership, starting off as an anti-gunner, inner-city violence, stereotypes, misinformation, the black community and the foundational symbols of Ameri…

In the final part of this series, Miyanovich and Bacon discuss: Josh's MILSURP roots, Rabbi Hillel and the K98, evolving from a Fudd to someone who understands the importance of modern arms and modern training, toxic patriots, church security, liberals needing to own and represent semi-auto rifles, the negative shit that libgunners do, and the futu…

In Part 1 of this series, Miyanovich and Bacon lay down the riffs about: growing up hunting in Texas, deep Texas and stupid gun shit, Hippy Rednecks, Liberaltarians, actual liberalism, the complexity of the liberal gun owning reality, Kevin Bacon, Pennsylvania roots, the essence of cooking Dove, and invasive Californians.…

In the final part of this series Miyanovich and Dr. Gene discuss: the 2007 Virginia Tech Shooting, Gene being hired in response, the psychology of the shooter, our society's issue with desensitization, the internet and social tribalism, the future of mass shootings, and Gene's potential real retirement.…

In part 1 if this series, Miyanovich and Dr. Gene talk about: the importance of sense of humor when always facing difficult things, Gene growing up hunting with his dad, doing some competition shooting, hip problems from being a cop and carrying, his profesional arc, co-responder programs, and the nexus between the law, human behavior, and guns.…

The most serious and direct message I have given. It's the last time I say it.

In the final part of this series, Miyanovich and Dr. Stephanie discuss: the realities of Autism and threat assessment, neurologically typical and atypical emotionality, the power of teenage sexual validation, narcissism and entitlement in mass shootings, professional vicitims, and...well...we have to change things in this country with mass shooting…

In part 2 of this series, Miyanovich and Dr. Stephanie get into some advanced analysis of the school shootings reality: is the term "high-risk" really appropriate? Does gun control get to the root of the matter? With these young kids, why is sucidality given ample resource but the prevention of homicidality treated differently? Why do people believ…

In part 1 of of this series, Miyanovich and Dr. Stephanie discuss the realities of: forensic psychology, the effectiveness of threat assessment as a practice, the new reality of kids and school shootings, shitty parenting being a significant cause of threatening behavior in kids, the limits of policy and laws in shaping behavior, solving problems l…

In the first episode for the 2024 season, Miyanovich breaks the seal on the active analysis he is doing on the the law and human behavior. Why "human behavior" you ask? Why is he not just talking about the same old boring gun culture shit with rights, law, and liberty...and Heller and Bruen and the Bill of Rights...and George Washington's wooden te…

In the final episode of the 2023 season, Miyanovich and Sodini play their annual comedy game of "This or That" - where Sodini is asked absurd, R-rated, comedic questions about his preferences. The context of the 1980s is used. Come and join Randy and Mike as they discuss: breakdancing, roller skating, arcades, dry-humping, special massages, Run DMC…

In Part 2 of this series, Miyanovich and Mags discuss: Russian small arms during the Winter War, the Finns losing, the small era of peace, the Continuation War (1941-1944), newer weapons introduced during wartime, current Mosin price-points, the Lapland War (1944), Finnish outdoor culture, Russia being up to its old tricks again in Ukraine, the pot…

In part 1 of this series, Miyanovich and Mags discuss: Mags' surplus collectibles update, the Finnish Civil War (1918), being stuck between Germany and Russia, the beginning of The Winter War (1939), war and weather, the small arms of the Winter War, Simo Hayha, and the Finn's inventing the Molotov Cocktail.…

Earlier this year, Miyanovich interviewed Reverend Tony Jones for the series on religion and anti-gay sentiment. During this interview, we recorded a segment about Tony's personal life and beliefs. During this episode, Miyanovich and Jones discuss: Tony preaching at the church that was featured in the 80's movie Sixteen Candles, being a writer, hun…

Earlier this year, Miyanovich interviewed Pastor Jeremy for our series on religion and anti-gay sentiment. During this interview, we delved into Jeremy's personal experience with self-defense, firearms, and church security realties. In this episode, Miyanovich and Jeremy discuss: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Jeremy's close relationship with his brother, be…

In part 3 of this series, Miyanovich and Sodini discuss: non-gun owning people reacting to LGO, guns not being the center of the universe, Avidity Arms update, spikes in the gun industry, Kraft Singles, corporate social responsibility, being a one SKU company, Pincus moving to North Carolina.

In part 2 of this series, Miyanovich and Sodini discuss: when non-gun people benefit from armed people, the reality of the AR-15 and semi-autos, giving the NRA credit for power they no longer have, the power of Mike's naked body, the importance of Chris Cheng, and the real world being truly defined by moderacy.…

In part 1 of this series, Miyanovich and Sodini discuss: the latest with Walk The Talk America, the gun right / public safety status quo, the Aspen Ideas Festival, finding friendly pockets in the non-gun-owning world, noticing cultural shifts around the issues, Avidity Arms displaying evolution, and the two choices for the future of guns.…

In the final part of this series, Miyanovich and Rossi discuss: the inclusion of mitigating the negatives into gun-owner mentality, how government employees are not set-up to succeed in their efforts, what would it really take to progress the gun paradigm permanently, finding good people, OSD's offer to help everyone with gun-related social media i…

In part 2 of this series, Miyanovich and Rossi discuss: the reality of guns in the Silicon Valley tech bubble, progress at the perimeter of guns being stymied by "black holes", guns being an unprecedented opportunity to change the world, and the difference between male gun owners who have to compromise and male gun owners who just mail it in.…

In part 1 of this series, Miyanovich and Rossi talk about: the gensis of Open Source Defense (and their values), "coming out of the gun closet", the legacy of gun culture negatives, the emerging new paradigm, the realities of the internet, and solving problems by participating with people of all beliefs.…

In the last part of this series, Miyanovich and Marean discuss: the human drive to advance projectile technology, the possibilities of a genetic basis for the Human-Weapon Relationship, Curtis' experience with a South African hallucinogenic plant, and Thomas Edison's free-association balls. :)

In part 2 of this series, Miyanovich and Marean discuss: how critical theoretical work takes years, the reality of increased conflict for coastal/riverine hunter-gatherers, the realities of weaponry stimulating progress, tribalism and pastoral conflict, and the effects of sea-levels declining from 190 - 135,000 years ago on South African Homo sapie…

In part 1 of this 3 part series, Miyanovich and Marean discuss: getting back into fieldwork after the Covid-19 pandemic, the reality of humans and caves, Miyanovich's experience with caves in Pittsburgh, the geographic reality of the ancient South African coast, ancient advancements in cognition and language and how this affected the weapons realit…

In the final part of this series, Miyanovich and Van Dreal talk about: how the new book can be applied to addressing many issues with kids in school, the current state of JVD Consulting, the importance of John's colleagues, and the effect that Colmbine has had on the national fabric - with a nod to Mark Follman's work.…

In part 2 of this series Miyanovich and Van Dreal discuss: the difficulty of collecting data related to "stopping a school shooting", when school systems are reluctant to making their schools safer, the reality of the school to prison pipeline, school systems being too soft on student behavior, and potential bias within behavioral threat assessment…

In part 1 of this series, Miyanovich and Van Dreal discuss the new book: Youth Violence Prevention - The Pathway Back Through Inclusion And Connection. The book attends to the latest innovations in Behavioral Threat Assessment in the school environment. In the early iterations of these models, models presented to stop school shootings, too many kid…

In the final part of this series, Miyanovich, Sorum, and Ashe talk about what the near political landscape may mean for liberal gun ownership and discuss LGO focusing on a truly constructive future.

In Part 2 of this series Miyanovich, Sorum, and Ashe talk about LGOFB 2.0 which beings with the big surge in liberal interest in guns, the influx of destructive "special leftists", the establishment of LGO POLSTAT, imagining the possibility of LGO501c4 inside of a shitty beginning, potential for historic impacts, and the era of one-way street "comm…

Come join Miyanovich, Adam Sorum, and Jimmy Ashe in this multiple part series on the founding of the LGO Facebook Group. Part 1 is a no-holds-barred talk about how awful the founding period was with both shitty conservative trolls and, more importantly, immature and backstabbing people from our own "community." The boys discuss how idealism about h…

In this interview: Miyanovich and Nielsen discuss his history with guns in Denmark, joining the army, 9/11 impacts, SPECOPS Sketchy Units, soldiers getting therapy, being strong and being soft-hearted, weapons instruction in the Danish Army, transitioning into civilian life, and some of Nielsen's favorite guns.…

In the final episode of this series Miyanovich and Dr. Joy discuss the human condition, violence in communities of color, how to show people their worth and give them meaning as a solution to problems, and how laws have limited effect on behavior.

In part 2 of this series, Miyanovich and Dr. Joy discuss Joy's beginnings as a gun owner and instructor, the growth in gun ownership and training in the black community, the tectonic plate shift in gun culture, female participation in guns correlating to financial empowerment, differences with female-centered training, and Joy's company InHERPiece …

In part 1 of this series, Miyanovich and Dr. Joy get deep right off of the bat and talk about: how armed self-defense brings deep empowerment to women of color, how human evolution and culture both connect on female challenges, how there are cultural realities behind domestic violence and coercion in relationships, how co-dependence training / ther…

In Part 5 of this series, Miyanovich and Correia discuss a broad range of related topics that include: John's outreach to the LGBTQ community, supporting The Trevor Project, the limits of certain Christian interpretations, good and bad guardrails, fundamentalist mindsets and their associated negatives, the Apostle Paul and sex in Roman culture, Rom…

In Part 4 of this series, Miyanovich and the Rabbi discuss: how fundamentalists' love is bullshit, how fundies are the #1 global threat to the lives of gay people, the legitimacy of gay self-defense, Hillel's gay child and their experience, and how religious people still have a lot of work to do.

In Part 3 of this series, Miyanovich and the Rabbi go in-depth into the Jewish religious reality and its history of being mostly reasonable about gayness. Topics discussed are: the long-term reality of changing religious mindsets, religion rarely leading needed social change, tradition and hesitancy, the normality of homosexuality in Yeshiva school…

In Part 2 of this series, Miyanovich and Pastor Jeremy discuss: how fully gay-affirming Chrisitianity is going to be a matter of decades or a century, how Chrisitianty is about loving people as they are, the religious roots of anti-gay sentiment, Jeremy's deconstruction from Evangelical lies about gays, and seeking change through relationships.…

In part 1 of this multi-part series, Miyanovich lays out the framing and joins Reverend Tony Jones for a discussion on: there is no such thing as a progressive religious reality, how religion is dying in the West, how religion in America loses every cultural fight it tries to win, why churches draw the line at "The Gays", Roman pederasty and the Ap…