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[34] There's going to be some changes coming up there.

[35] that we actually see here.

[36] It's a pretty interesting conversation.

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[48] Lee the Gunwriter Williams down in beautiful Sarasota, Florida.

[49] How are you doing today, my brother?

[50] It is beautiful down here, man. It is 78 degrees.

[51] That's nice.

[52] I got to tell you, it's been nice here, too.

[53] 70s, low 70s, you know, early 70s.

[54] That's pretty nice weather.

[55] We love it.

[56] You get it down there all the time.

[57] We welcome in.

[58] We have a lot to cover today with you, a lot to cover with you today.

[59] So I want to start with Florida and the open carry shenanigans going on down there.

[60] And I made a prediction on the program on Sunday's MonsterCast.

[61] when DeSantis mentioned that he wanted an open carry bill on his desk, and that's pretty much what he said.

[62] Well, you know, look, if DeSantis, we find from Florida over the years, if DeSantis pushes the Florida legislature, which is super majorities in both houses, he usually gets what he wants.

[63] But there's pushback now from the president of the Florida Senate, a Republican.

[64] What's going on down there?

[65] Why is there pushback?

[66] Let's talk about the politics involved, and then I'll give you another prediction.

[67] Go for it.

[68] What's happening down there?

[69] Why is there any conversation at all about this at this point?

[70] We had two Republican leaders, House Speaker Paul Renner and Senate President, former House Speaker Paul Renner and former Senate President Kathleen Pasadena were dead set against open carry.

[71] They got that straight from the sheriff's office, sheriff's offices down here, the sheriff's association.

[72] And now the new House Speaker, Daniel Perez, and the new Senate President, Ben Albritton, are also against it.

[73] And, you know, Albritton made it clear in November that he opposes open carry, saying he has supported law enforcement his entire life, and I stand with them in opposition.

[74] Well, every cop I know doesn't care about open carry.

[75] They would prefer we have it.

[76] Concealed carry proves that.

[77] I mean, we're one of a handful of states, Mark.

[78] There's like less than five or six states that do not allow open carry.

[79] California, you can get a license and open carry.

[80] But down here, you know, the big problem has always been our Senate president and our House Speaker.

[81] Why?

[82] Why?

[83] I think they're scared.

[84] I think they don't want people carrying guns around Disney.

[85] Carrying guns around Disney, you know, I'm so sick of it.

[86] You know, we just got good concealed carry not too long ago, like a year ago.

[87] You mentioned Disney.

[88] Let me stop you.

[89] You know where I'm from in Tampa.

[90] Yeah.

[91] When you have a two -year -old and a four -year -old as a Florida resident with young kids and you're spending time at Disney.

[92] I spent a lot of time at Disney myself.

[93] I used to take girlfriends there, you know, back in the day.

[94] I used to take my wife there before we were engaged and before we were married, and we enjoyed going to Disney.

[95] It was world -class entertainment.

[96] That was back a while back, long before the wokeness, okay?

[97] Do you really think I walked around Disney unarmed?

[98] I used to walk around Disney armed all the time back in the day.

[99] It was never a problem.

[100] Now it's they don't even want it in a parking lot, right?

[101] Right.

[102] They don't even want you to carry a gun in the parking lot at these places.

[103] Also, you know, the beaches, people don't want guns hanging around the beaches.

[104] Hey, give us the bill.

[105] Give us this right, this civil right, and let us determine how and where we're going to carry.

[106] Give us the right.

[107] Yeah.

[108] I mean, they're letting us down.

[109] Let me make the decision how I'm going to carry and where I'm going to carry.

[110] Okay, Florida Sheriff's Association, very powerful organization in Florida, always has been.

[111] Huge lobby group.

[112] A huge lobby group.

[113] Pre -Grady Judd when he was the president or the head of the FSA.

[114] The Florida Sheriff's Association, let me start with Grady Judd because it's most recent history.

[115] I was pretty hard on Grady Judd because if you recall, and I played the audio clips.

[116] for listeners a few years back when he was heading the FSA.

[117] His spokesperson stood up in opposition to any changes in Florida's concealed carry whatsoever, and she made the statement, while owning a gun is a right, carrying a gun is a privilege.

[118] Now, there's no possible way.

[119] that the FSA spokesperson under Grady Judd said that without Grady Judd knowing what her statement was going to be to the legislative body in Florida.

[120] He clearly approved that.

[121] She was reading it as a script.

[122] Grady Judd has apparently changed his tune from that over the years.

[123] He's the guy that tells you the only one asked by a reporter.

[124] When that scumbag who murdered the two police officers and the police dog a few years back off Interstate 4.

[125] When he was asked, why did you shoot him 64 times?

[126] Grady Judd got famous in America when he said, because we ran out of bullets.

[127] Yeah.

[128] In other words, we'd have pumped more into this dirt bag had we not emptied.

[129] Our handgun magazines.

[130] OK, so he as you know, he got very popular around the country that kind of skyrocketed him in today's day and age.

[131] We would look at that as maybe a, you know, some viral thing.

[132] Right.

[133] And he's always talking publicly about, look, this is Polk County.

[134] You come to Polk County, you break in somebody's home, expect to be shot.

[135] Does Grady Judd.

[136] support open carry now?

[137] Do you know he's a very powerful voice?

[138] Because I know our favorite sheriff, Kurt, does.

[139] How about Grady?

[140] I have not heard anything from Grady Judd supporting open carry.

[141] And that concerns me. Of course, the best sheriff in Florida, here in Sarasota County, Kurt Hoffman, is a strong advocate of it.

[142] Let me make the decision.

[143] The decision does not need to be made in the legislature in Tallahassee.

[144] Let me make the decision how and where I'm going to carry and how I'm going to do it.

[145] All right.

[146] Well, we obviously need to bring Kurt Hoffman onto the show.

[147] Kurt is because if you've never heard Sheriff Kurt before, he is fantastic.

[148] Both he and Wayne Ivey are amazing guys.

[149] But, Kurt, we need to hear something from Kurt.

[150] We need to hear something from Grady Judd.

[151] Now, Wayne Ivey, I know, supports it.

[152] But we need somebody that's got the media attention of a Grady Judd.

[153] He has more media focus on him than Kurt does or even Wayne.

[154] And that's just because he's been out there and made some great statements.

[155] He's very charismatic.

[156] Not that the other guys aren't.

[157] They are.

[158] But Grady has always had this attention.

[159] We need to hear something from him.

[160] Are you looking as an investigative journalist?

[161] Have you approached him at all?

[162] Will you approach him on behalf of Florida gun owners?

[163] To try to get a statement from him about this?

[164] I will at some point.

[165] I have just finished up one hell of a week, and it's only Wednesday.

[166] Doing stuff for my website, Massive Stories.

[167] No pressure.

[168] Yeah.

[169] Okay.

[170] No pressure on you, Lee.

[171] But I can't think of anybody better to do it than Lee the gun writer Williams.

[172] To reach out, I would love to get some type of statement from Grady Judd or an official statement from his office, from the Polk County Sheriff's Office down there.

[173] Ladies and gentlemen, Polk County is in between Hillsborough County, and it's where Lakeland is, Winter Haven, if you know Central Florida, right down the middle of the I -4 corridor.

[174] And it's heading out from Tampa out to Orlando.

[175] It sits right dead center of the state.

[176] And it used to be very rural.

[177] Now, it's not as much rural as it was before as Florida continues to grow.

[178] Still pretty rural.

[179] Still pretty rural as Florida goes.

[180] We have to get a statement from that man. I want to continue the conversation about the Florida open carry when we come back and throw another prediction at you because DeSantis is very powerful, obviously.

[181] His words carry a lot of weight.

[182] He doesn't just make a blanket statement, haphazardly offhanded remark, an off -the -cuff remark about an open carry bill on his desk.

[183] He'd like to see that get done.

[184] And that tells me that there's likely going to be some type of politics being played in Florida.

[185] We'll talk about how that might shape up when we come back with Lee, the gun writer, Williams.

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[187] You can check him out at the Second Amendment Foundation as their investigative journalist.

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[225] Lee, the gun writer, Williams.

[226] Welcome back in, my friend.

[227] Always a pleasure to have you.

[228] Thank you, brother.

[229] Great to be here.

[230] All right.

[231] So let's talk a little bit about.

[232] about the politics involved here in Florida.

[233] Clearly, tourism is a big issue.

[234] I do not understand the wet panties of these goofy little Republicans who just refuse, for whatever reason, to understand that the rest of the nation, Florida's not the only place where tourists go.

[235] I don't know what they're so scared of.

[236] Who's inside their head?

[237] These Republicans, who is lobbying against this?

[238] Is it Disney as a as a company?

[239] You know, they got into a real match with DeSantis a few years ago and DeSantis won that battle.

[240] How I don't understand it.

[241] Why is this occurring and how can we correct it?

[242] It's occurring because of groups like Disney, because of cities with beaches.

[243] It's maddening, quite frankly, brother.

[244] Now, are you going to find Disney dollars lobbying for this?

[245] No. What you're going to find is you're going to find the Sheriff's Association with this 25 to 30 -year -old mentality of, oh, let's not let them carry.

[246] Let's not let them carry openly at the beach or in Disney or wherever.

[247] You know what?

[248] Again, the new model out there is let me decide how I'm going to carry and where I'm going to carry.

[249] This big government push, this democratic style, big government, it is laughable, okay?

[250] You know, I have a right to carry a firearm how I want, Mark.

[251] And quite frankly, I'm getting a little pissed off that I can't carry it openly, especially when it's 100 degrees and 100 percent humidity down here.

[252] All right.

[253] Let's talk about the beaches.

[254] You mentioned the beaches.

[255] Lived in Florida for years.

[256] OK.

[257] I've lost count how many beaches I've been to in Florida on either coast.

[258] I don't think I've ever carried a gun walking up and down the beach.

[259] Now, I've had a North American Arms Mini on me in a bathing suit pocket, but I'm not walking strapped with a full -size Glock, a full -size Sig, a full -size car while I'm at the beach.

[260] And quite frankly, there's a theft issue you've got to worry about.

[261] Look, you put your stuff in a bag.

[262] Right.

[263] Somebody's got to stay with your stuff.

[264] Aren't you?

[265] That's just a common thing.

[266] You worry about your wallet in the bag at the beach.

[267] You know, you get up and walk away.

[268] There's thieves everywhere.

[269] Is this really a problem that people are going to be worried?

[270] That's why you get a North American arms, ladies and gentlemen.

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[279] But really seriously, is this really a big problem now?

[280] Maybe they're worried about.

[281] I don't know, take a city like Clearwater, right?

[282] It's not really a boardwalk, but bars.

[283] But you can carry your gun there anyway, concealed in Florida.

[284] Right.

[285] So what's the problem?

[286] They want us to be, hey, they do not trust people to, they want to, I get so angry, it's difficult to talk about.

[287] It's FCC control, remember.

[288] Yeah, I know.

[289] I'm being very careful, very cautious here.

[290] They want us to conform.

[291] They want us to follow the law.

[292] They want us to be happy that we can carry a concealed firearm.

[293] Hey, let me decide how I'm going to carry my firearm and where I'm going to carry my firearm.

[294] I might not bring one to the beach.

[295] Well, you know, maybe you do, maybe you don't, but that's up to you to be able to decide.

[296] Okay, so we need to get some cops involved here.

[297] I don't know what we do with the Florida legislature.

[298] relative to these, I can't really describe them the way I want to describe them on a national radio broadcast, but suffice to say, I would have a few choice words for them.

[299] I do not understand what they cannot figure out that the rest of the nation, just across the border, from Tallahassee and Valdosta area in Georgia.

[300] I mean, Georgia's open.

[301] I mean, it's just remarkable that they haven't figured that out yet.

[302] You know, there are beaches in Georgia.

[303] Tybee Island, you can openly carry.

[304] It's not been a problem.

[305] It's never going to be a problem.

[306] They simply don't trust their law -abiding citizens.

[307] Or there's something going.

[308] Look, follow the money, guys.

[309] They're being paid to say these things.

[310] They're being paid not to support your rights by someone.

[311] Yeah, even Republicans.

[312] This flips both ways.

[313] It really is truly remarkable.

[314] Now, from a law enforcement standpoint, Lee, And you were law enforcement for how long?

[315] Ten years in the city area.

[316] All right.

[317] I've lost count how many cops I've talked to, and that's including the sheriffs, the top dogs in law enforcement.

[318] Not one of them that I've met has been anti -gun.

[319] Every single cop I've ever talked to, every cop that's ever pulled me over over the years in Florida, there was a few times I've been pulled over by State Patrol, Tampa PD, others, I think Naples.

[320] Popped me one time, got a speeding kill a long time ago.

[321] But every single one of these cops I've ever spoken to, they understand that everybody in Florida is armed.

[322] They know this going in.

[323] They know it.

[324] They assume it.

[325] It's Florida.

[326] It's not Jersey.

[327] So maybe we need some rank -and -file law enforcement to step up.

[328] I would certainly love to see something from a guy like Grady Judd to stand up and say, hey, man, you know, we support open carry.

[329] But there's a lot of money involved, Lee.

[330] You can always follow the money, can't you?

[331] Huge amount, especially when you look at their association and the leading members.

[332] It's sad.

[333] Yeah, well, you've got corporations like Disney throwing a bunch of bucks around, too.

[334] Here's my prediction, ladies and gentlemen.

[335] I'm going to stick by my guns, pun intended.

[336] Depending on how hard DeSantis pushes this.

[337] Let me throw this in.

[338] I think there's going to be a bill.

[339] I think DeSantis gets a bill.

[340] We have 30 seconds before the break.

[341] I spoke with Sean Carano last night, as you know, because I called you after the conversation.

[342] How hard is Florida Kerry working on this right now?

[343] Well, you know, I'm no longer a member for about six months.

[344] So I can't tell you.

[345] I know, though, that they're going to be pushing it hard.

[346] Okay, because you were on the board.

[347] You're no longer on the board.

[348] But okay.

[349] All right, so obviously the gun rights organizations are going to take on what DeSantis said and try to move this forward.

[350] So we'll see what kind of...

[351] I think I'm going to...

[352] It might be a stretch now, but I'm going to stay with my original prediction.

[353] I think if DeSantis wants it, DeSantis gets it.

[354] There will be some politics played.

[355] But I could be wrong.

[356] I will throw that caveat out there, and we will find out.

[357] No doubt.

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[380] Welcome back in, brother.

[381] So Cam Edwards, our good friend over at Bearing Arms and Cam and Company, has a great article up today that went up about 27 minutes before we went live.

[382] Donald Trump Jr. shares huge news.

[383] about Facebook, Instagram, and gun content.

[384] Now, Lee, before I go into this, I want you to remind people the gun writer, who you worked for, and what gun content got made happen to you years ago.

[385] Let's tell that story because it's a really good setup for a segue into this.

[386] Go for it.

[387] Where did you used to work again, and who fired you?

[388] I love this story.

[389] I worked at the paper here in Sarasota, the Sarasota Herald Tribune.

[390] For 10 years, I had a pro -gun website that was affiliated with the newspaper, if you can believe that.

[391] And then Gannett purchased my paper, and I and my executive editor, we were gone in a matter of months.

[392] So let me tell you, when there's interesting content, Right now, I work for the Second Amendment Foundation, and you helped make that happen.

[393] I appreciate that.

[394] I've got a call from, yeah, well.

[395] That was all you, brother.

[396] That's your expertise in this field.

[397] A true investigative journalist you are.

[398] Unlike anybody else out there, you're the real deal.

[399] So go ahead.

[400] Anyway, sorry.

[401] So you got a call from the Second Amendment Foundation a couple days later, and the rest is history.

[402] Almost five years.

[403] It's been that long already.

[404] Wow.

[405] It's been that long.

[406] Yeah, yeah.

[407] I can't wait to see this story.

[408] Let me tell you that.

[409] I cannot wait to see this story.

[410] All right.

[411] So, ladies and gentlemen, Lee was not allowed to appear on this program.

[412] Lee was...

[413] For a year.

[414] Right.

[415] The gun writer column was pulled down.

[416] Sarasota Herald Tribune, God bless him.

[417] We broadcasted this show.

[418] from their corporate in Sarasota before, the Sunday three -hour show we did.

[419] They were a very gun -friendly paper, a very conservative group of folks.

[420] And then all of a sudden - It's Florida.

[421] I mean, come on.

[422] It was the gun -shine state, right?

[423] And then Maribel, I think your name was, the president or the CEO of USA Today let you go.

[424] They just could not stand anything pro -gun.

[425] Now, that's what's been happening with Facebook, even Twitter before, you know, when Jack, that goofball was running it.

[426] Jack, yeah.

[427] Remember that guy?

[428] I guess he's living on a yacht somewhere, took his money and run.

[429] I don't blame him.

[430] God bless him for making all that money.

[431] But these guys were censoring me. They were censoring you.

[432] They were censoring conservatives in general.

[433] And we all know that to be the case.

[434] They were denying that it happened.

[435] We all know it was happening.

[436] YouTube, same thing.

[437] YouTube had been, I mean, you got guys like Hickok45.

[438] I know him well.

[439] I've interviewed him before.

[440] I've met him.

[441] He's a great guy.

[442] Seven million followers.

[443] Now they're back to their anti -gun content over there.

[444] I had at one point 125 ,000 Facebook followers, every one of them organic.

[445] Every one of them.

[446] They're there because they want to be there.

[447] We never bought a like on Facebook ever.

[448] at Facebook .com slash Armed American Radio.

[449] Folks, not one time.

[450] And they start purging my people.

[451] I'm down to 82 ,000.

[452] Now that number's beginning to rise again.

[453] And what I found fascinating was, right about the time Zuckerberg went to see Trump and kissed the ring, if you will, we began seeing our page get many more views, thousands of views.

[454] Posts were getting, it was opening up for us.

[455] So I've experienced, anybody that's been on Twitter, formerly known as Twitter, since Musk's purchase, has seen the same type of thing.

[456] Now, you put an ex -post out.

[457] I can't believe I just said that.

[458] I usually say tweet.

[459] I guess I'm eventually coming around, right?

[460] But you put one out about the ATF story that you wrote, and you've got just shy of 600 ,000 views on that.

[461] That would not have happened two years ago.

[462] I totally agree.

[463] That thing would have been handled by its corporate.

[464] for lack of a better word, and there would have been 2 ,500.

[465] But instead, the special report about the ATF lying to convict a sailor, who's now a young guy in jail for 20 years, that got almost, and it will get, 600 ,000 views.

[466] That's the difference that the truth can make, man. Yeah, so let's take this here because now, having set that up, we see it and we feel it.

[467] We feel it here personally, guys.

[468] I don't have a YouTube channel.

[469] I mean, I do, but I've never done anything with it because it's radio.

[470] You've also got copyright issues relative to music, stuff like that when it's on the Internet.

[471] We are fixing all that.

[472] Guys, you can follow us over at Rumble now and watch the shows.

[473] You can see the shorts.

[474] Same thing on Instagram.

[475] You're seeing that now.

[476] Facebook will be back up soon.

[477] It's just a settings issue.

[478] But Facebook, I'm quoting from Cam, Facebook's heavy -handed censoring of gun -related content could soon be coming to an end or at least dialed back, according to a media company headed by Donald Trump Jr. Field Ethos, which bills itself as, quote, the premier lifestyle publication of The Unapologetic Man, shared news of a meeting with top executives at Facebook's parent company, Meta, that bodes well for the firearms industry.

[479] Recently, we've had several promising direct conversations and in -person meetings with the top brass at Meta with regard to freedom of speech and the steps being taken to ensure that companies in the firearms and hunting -related industries are able to communicate and exist unencumbered.

[480] on the meta platforms.

[481] These concerns, they say, have and are being taken very seriously.

[482] If you are a firearms, optics, ammo hunting company and your account is deplatformed, feel free to reach out to us so we can assist in having your account reviewed and restored in a timely manner.

[483] Wow, Lee, go.

[484] Yeah, my website on Facebook or my Facebook site was shut down by Facebook for things.

[485] I never even knew why, quite frankly.

[486] I don't know why I had 15 ,000, 20 ,000 followers gone.

[487] Don't use it.

[488] Living on X right now.

[489] I hope this works.

[490] My big concern for users is what happens the next time a Democrat takes over the White House?

[491] Is Meta or Facebook going to flip back?

[492] I don't trust him.

[493] I trust Trump Jr., but I hope he knows what he's doing, and I hope what he's doing is right, because there's nothing stopping the guy running Facebook, the teams of liberals running Facebook, to flip it back the next time a Dem hits the White House.

[494] Completely, totally legitimate concern.

[495] It's a trust issue now, and it's going to take an awful long time.

[496] to restore that trust from people like us.

[497] And ladies and gentlemen, when I say people like us, I'm referring to all of us collectively, yourself included, myself included.

[498] It doesn't matter if you are a content creator at all.

[499] It doesn't matter if you're just a user.

[500] It makes no difference what you are.

[501] They've been censoring you for years, and they're going to have to earn that trust back.

[502] But again, I'm going to say this.

[503] I am the eternal optimist when it comes to this.

[504] I have faith in the American people.

[505] I truly do.

[506] And I think if enough pressure is put on by the people, I think we can see this through to a point where that fear may be unfounded down the road.

[507] The best way to dial that back, Lee, as you know, is don't ever let another Democrat get elected to the White House.

[508] How do you do that?

[509] Trump's well on his way.

[510] What do we say?

[511] What does Trump say?

[512] We're going to win so much, you're going to get tired of winning.

[513] Okay?

[514] That's what it's going to take to keep a Democrat out of the White House.

[515] Freedom of speech, core to the United States Constitution.

[516] It's number one.

[517] And the Second Amendment core, number two.

[518] Tied together.

[519] We'll be right back.

[520] We're going to win so much, you may even get tired of winning.

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[582] Lee the Gunwriter Williams, welcome back in, my brother.

[583] Good to be here.

[584] So, all right.

[585] Anything else?

[586] Do you want to put an exclamation point on anything we've talked about so far?

[587] Brother, you are Mr. Exclamation Point.

[588] I'm good.

[589] Okay.

[590] Five years.

[591] I thought about that during the break.

[592] I can't believe that it's already been five years you've been an investigative journalist.

[593] with the Second Amendment Foundation.

[594] And before I forget, because I likely will, got a lot going on, tell people where they can find you, read you, all that cool stuff that you have going on, because I left one out and I think it was your Substack.

[595] Go for it.

[596] Let me go to dgunwriter .substack .com, saf .org, armedamericannews .org, and pretty much anything else when I publish a story.

[597] Yeah, Lee is a real investigative journalist, ladies and gentlemen.

[598] He does the work, and it takes a lot of time.

[599] Let's talk about some of your investigative work.

[600] Can you give us any breaking news?

[601] You've got something popping tomorrow that you and I have been partners at Armed American News for a long time.

[602] I don't even know what it is, folks.

[603] I'm going to hear it here with you the first time.

[604] A federal air marshal was jailed over ATF's fake silencer charges.

[605] The story's about a guy named David Schiffer, Lee.

[606] He lives down by Miami.

[607] He's got four kids.

[608] Young guy.

[609] He served 20 years as an air marshal.

[610] Served eight months behind bars in the Miami Federal Detention Center, which he said was a hellhole.

[611] Ten months on home confinement wearing an electronic ankle monitor.

[612] And is on probation for the next two and a half years.

[613] Federal air marshal we're talking about?

[614] Yeah.

[615] Yeah.

[616] Without giving too much away, tell us how this happened.

[617] The ATF, he ordered some parts.

[618] Now, this guy has a very intense organic farm.

[619] So in addition to being an air marshal, he's running this seven -acre organic farm by himself, ordering crap left and right, found some Chinese website, found some fuel filters for his organic farm that the ATF said could.

[620] Could be silencers.

[621] They weren't, but they could.

[622] He was charged.

[623] They allowed him, thank God, the air marshal service allowed him to retire.

[624] But the whole time he went through the court, the hearing, the trial, it was just incredible.

[625] I mean, $25 ,000 to an attorney to handle the indictment, another $25 ,000 to go to trial.

[626] Expert witnesses were $30 ,000 a pop.

[627] And he was found guilty, even though they admitted in trial there's nothing that they found that could have fit on the end of his gun.

[628] I mean, this is not the type of guy.

[629] He was buying stuff left and right.

[630] That Chinese website is so cheap.

[631] And this guy is a consummate farmer.

[632] I mean, he's got his own watering system out there.

[633] He's got things full of fuel.

[634] He's buying stuff to keep the farm running.

[635] And he's kind of a tinkerer.

[636] So he sees this, he buys them.

[637] Well, they said he bought a suppressor.

[638] I mean, the guy is barely in the gun.

[639] He's got some cheap ARs and some handguns.

[640] Guns were not part of this thing.

[641] But, yeah, now they are forever.

[642] So we tell David's story, and it just, I'm still angry.

[643] I'm still angry about this, bro.

[644] It's always the stinking rotgut ATF.

[645] I got to read you his quote.

[646] The ATF is really screwing over law -abiding Americans.

[647] The ATF screwed me over.

[648] What HSI, that's Homeland Security Investigation, and the ATF did to me was wrong.

[649] Every ATF person involved in my case seemed evil.

[650] All right, let me say this, ATF.

[651] ATF, you suck.

[652] We have not been nice to you, and we're never going to be nice to you.

[653] You suck.

[654] If you're an ATF agent...

[655] and you're listening to the show, you suck.

[656] And let me tell you something else about you.

[657] They can't be hated enough for what they've done to law -abiding Americans.

[658] And I want to make this point very clear.

[659] If you're an ATF agent, you're listening to this program, and I know some of you do.

[660] I already said what I said about what I think about you just now.

[661] But the fact that you're still working there, knowing that you're doing these things to law -abiding people, That tells me everything I need to know about who you are and what you are as a human being and a person.

[662] I don't know how you sleep at night, because I'm going to ask this question, Lee.

[663] Is America safer because of what they did to this air marshal?

[664] No, not at all.

[665] They sent a 24 -agent entry team to hit his home, broke windows, broke pictures, as he was showing up to answer questions in his office.

[666] I mean, when he got home, he saw everything broken.

[667] I mean, they went through his gun safe.

[668] They were going to crack open his gun safe.

[669] He said, look, I'll open them for you.

[670] There were two ATF, two female ATF in there laughing about his wedding vows and holding them and giggling.

[671] It was just a terrible, terrible, terrible ordeal that this man is still going through.

[672] I mean, he did five days in the shoe.

[673] The shoe.

[674] If you ever watch the prison documentaries, ladies and gentlemen, that's the segregated housing unit.

[675] You don't want to be in the shoe.

[676] You don't want to be in prison anyway.

[677] Hey, ATF, I'm inviting you to raid my home tonight.

[678] I'm going to grill steaks and baked potatoes.

[679] I think you can use baked potatoes for silencers.

[680] I think you can use potatoes.

[681] I've got big Idaho potatoes, ATF.

[682] You better come get me. Oh, you people suck.

[683] Lee, your reporting on ATF has been the best out there.

[684] Keep it up, brother.

[685] Thank you for what you do.

[686] Ladies and gentlemen, you're going to find that story.

[687] I haven't seen it, but I'm going to see it tomorrow, and we will be talking about it again, no doubt.

[688] Yeah, ATF.

[689] Man, oh, man. Thank you for what you do over there.

[690] Lee the Gun Rider Williams, we appreciate you very much.

[691] He's already told you where you can find him, ladies and gentlemen.

[692] Read what he puts out there.

[693] Nobody does it like Lee the Gun Rider Williams does.

[694] He's a great friend of mine, great friend of yours, and a great friend of this program for many, many, many years for the reasons that you just heard.

[695] Armed American Radio is going to get up and do it again tomorrow because they don't want us to.

[696] And as much time as we can have fun ragging the ATF, we're going to continue to do it.

[697] Enjoy your day.

[698] Stay safe.

[699] We'll see you on the radio tomorrow.

[700] Same bat time, same bat channel.

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