God and Guns Podcast

GNG 367 - Liberty Has a Price

 

Intro: Welcome back to Episode 367 of the God and Guns Podcast . I’m your host, Troy. (Doug) And I’m your other host Doug. (Troy) We use this podcast to talk about  God, guns, and the responsible Christian gun owners' interests. On this week's God and Guns Podcast we will be discussing the price of Liberty.

 

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This Week's God and Gun activities:

Doug:

God: sportsman daily devotional

 

Guns: EDC . Been working way to many hours at work and have not had much of a break. Grand kids soccer, softball. Went to Panama city last week for a couple days.

 

Troy:

God: Daily Bible Reading, Church, Church Security

 

Guns: got a Ruger Scout Rifle, scope and rings.  

 

Family: 

 

Farm: Corn and SoyBeans are planted, Alfalfa was replanted. First baby calf of spring.

 

Ham: Heading to Dayton Hamvention in a couple weeks. Shop it done, ready to start setting up the ham shack and move tools in.

EDC Check:

Troy: Shadow Systems XR920n a Crossbreed Super-Tuck Holster, using a STOG Enhanced Life Saver, Sof-T Tourniquet, steam light 

 

Doug:  Sig P365 with Romeo Zero optic . Hornady critical duty ammo. Benchmark OTF. 

 

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On this day in History:

1863

The Union army issues General Orders No. 100, which provided a code of conduct for Federal soldiers and officers when dealing with Confederate prisoners and civilians. The code was borrowed by many European nations, and its influence can be seen on the Geneva Convention. 

 

Bible Verse

Galatians 5:13 ESV

For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

Galatians 5:1 ESV

For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

John 8:36 ESV 

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

2 Corinthians 3:17 ESV 

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

 

Main Topic

Liberty has a price, can you pay it? Will you pay it?

 

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Founding Fathers sacrifice 

 

Striking the match. 

Paul Revere's ride 

In David Hackett Fischer’s Paul Revere’s Ride, the section (primarily in the chapter “First Strokes,” around the Powder Alarm of September 1, 1774) describes the initial British moves under General Thomas Gage that escalated tensions and effectively “struck the match” for open conflict leading to the American Revolution.52

Context and Gage’s Dilemma

By 1774, after the Intolerable Acts and the dissolution of Massachusetts’ charter government, Gage (the royal governor and commander) faced a growing patriot resistance network in New England. He sought to disarm the colonists and seize military stores (gunpowder, arms, and cannon) without provoking full-scale war, believing a show of force could restore order while upholding British law and parliamentary authority. Paul Revere and other Boston mechanics, meanwhile, had built an intelligence and alarm system to counter such moves.42

The Powder Alarm (September 1, 1774) – The First Major “Stroke”

Gage secretly ordered ~260 British troops (under Lt. Col. Maddison) to seize ~250 barrels of provincial gunpowder from the Powder House near Cambridge and move two cannon from Boston Common.

The operation succeeded quietly by noon, with no immediate resistance.

Word spread rapidly, however. Rumors (exaggerated) flew that the British had fired on civilians, killed people, and were marching to disarm the countryside. This triggered the “Powder Alarm”: thousands of New England militiamen mobilized and marched toward Boston.57

This event served as a critical trial run. It exposed the strengths and weaknesses of the patriot alarm system (which Revere helped organize) and showed Gage that force could backfire by unifying and mobilizing the colonists. Fischer portrays it as a pivotal escalation: the first direct British strike on colonial military resources, met by a massive popular response that stopped short of bloodshed but heightened fears on both sides.43

Subsequent “Strokes” and Mounting Tensions

Fischer outlines follow-on incidents that built momentum (in “Mounting Tensions”):

Portsmouth Alarm (December 1774): Revere rode to warn patriots, who seized powder and arms from Fort William and Mary before British reinforcements arrived.

Salem Alarm (February 1775): Another failed British attempt to seize stores led to a tense standoff but no shots.

These “strikes” and counters created a cycle of suspicion, intelligence-gathering (Revere’s network spied on British plans), and militia preparedness. Patriots formed an elaborate “alarm and muster” system, while Gage planned the Concord expedition to capture stores and leaders (Adams and Hancock).46

Why These Events “Struck the Match”

Fischer emphasizes contingency and human agency rather than inevitability. Gage acted from principle (rule of law and loyalty to Parliament) but underestimated colonial resolve and organization. Revere and leaders like Joseph Warren turned defensive intelligence into proactive resistance. These early clashes radicalized opinion, tested systems, and made compromise impossible—setting the stage for the April 18–19, 1775, events at Lexington and Concord, where the “match” ignited open war.31

In short, Fischer presents these “first strokes” not as isolated incidents but as the spark that transformed political resistance into armed revolution through a series of escalating British disarmament efforts and effective patriot countermeasures. The book vividly shows how ordinary people, coordinated action, and miscalculations drove history forward.

 

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Two minor celebrities found an alleged trespasser prowling on their Los Angeles grounds shortly after midnight on April 17. Barbara Palvin, a model, called 911 and reported the “creepy guy,” as her husband, actor Dylan Sprouse, successfully held the man at gunpoint until police arrived.The suspect was arrested for outstanding warrants, though the couple apparently did not choose to press charges for trespassing. (people.com, New York, N.Y., 4/18/26)

 

 

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