Makes sense, doesn't it? Secondly, the .22 LR, when combined with modern suppressors and short barrels, changes the equation for home defense.

MichaelBane.TV - On the Radio episode # 301. Scroll down for reference links on topics discussed in this episode.

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Violent Crime Dropping https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/homicide-rate-dropped-historic-lows-113047039.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/07/24/crime-rates-many-offenses-are-plummeting-across-us-for-reasons-that-arent-simple/ https://www.npr.org/2024/12/25/nx-s1-5230782-e1/the-carjacking-rate-has-started-to-drop-after-a-disturbing-jump-in-previous-years

Crime Prevention Research Center/John Lott

.22s for Self Protection?/Greg Ellifritz, Active Response Training

Why Carry a .22?/Greg Ellifritz, Active Response Training

.22 for Home Defense/USCCA Forums

Top 5 Best .22LR for Self-Defense/Cassandra McBride, Ammo.com

MTM Case-Gard HLST Shooting Table

The Music of Paradise Husky

The Music of Randy Sharp

With the Scout Rifle World Championships only a few months away, it's time for Michael to try and remember how to actually shoot a Scout Rifle!

MichaelBane.TV - On the Radio episode # 329. Scroll down for reference links on topics discussed in this episode.

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Colorado's New Gun Laws!

Franchi M.U.L.E. .308 Tested/Richard Mann, Field & Stream

The Best Scout Scope You Can No Longer Buy!

Steve Clifford on the General Purpose Rifle

Cade Cole on Hunting

Why I Hate the X5i elevation turret

MTM Case-Gard HLST

The Music of Rex Banner

The Music of Danpun

If you are routinely taking Class 3 guns, or ARs with braces, to the range, your best alternative, says Michael, is keep them locked in a case. Why? Read the article linked here! Michael also mourns the loss of Greg Moats, a legend in the world of practical shooting..and a dear friend.

MichaelBane.TV - On the Radio episode # 301. Scroll down for reference links on topics discussed in this episode.

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SPECIAL REPORT: When Florida Police Act Like They're Working in California/Lee Williams, The Gun Writer

IPSC's 50th Year, a Reunion to Remember/Greg Moats, The Shooting Wire

The Music of Ziv Moran/Ziggy

The Music of the Tennessee Pistols

Yes, it's summer at the Secret Hidden Bunker and the air is filled with the happy buzzing of venomous reptiles. The better news is that the Samson 10/22 folding chassis is done, and it's spectacular!

MichaelBane.TV - On the Radio episode # 327. Scroll down for reference links on topics discussed in this episode.

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AMERICA'S RIFLE CHALLENGE

LUTH-AR

Samson SAS/22 Folding Chassis for Ruger

CCI Clean .22 Suppressor Ammo

WOOX Stocks for lever guns

XS Sights

Membership - Rimfire Challenge Shooting Association

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Hagakure Quotes

The Music of Throw Rag

There are a couple of great rifle competitions coming up — the first AMERICA'S RIFLE CHALLENGE Regional in South Dakota and the first ever Scout Rifle World Championship at GUNSITE! Here are all the details…

MichaelBane.TV - On the Radio episode # 326. Scroll down for reference links on topics discussed in this episode.

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AMERICA'S RIFLE CHALLENGE

Pete Lien & Sons Shooting Sports Complex

Visit Rapid City, SD

GUNSITE Scout Rifle World Championship Shoot

Big Bore Linear Compensator/Blast Can

Federal 6.5 Creedmoor +PEAK

FTW Ranch

The Music of Karunarathna Divulgane

The Music of Smokey Hormel

This week Michael finds himself worrying about the increasing acceptance of political violence and how that adds an additional element of "random" into an already chaotic system.

MichaelBane.TV - On the Radio episode # 325. Scroll down for reference links on topics discussed in this episode.

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The Threat Is Already Here/Michael Caughran, Recoil OffGrid

The Drill/John Farnam, DTI

The "Mostly Peaceful" Delusion/John Farnam, DTI

The Music of Kashido

The Music of the Budapest Art Orchestra

This week Michael talks a bit about how shooting sports evolve and how the competitors' firearms change to match the sport. The important thing is that the sports will evolve, will morph, whether we want them to or not.

MichaelBane.TV - On the Radio episode # 324. Scroll down for reference links on topics discussed in this episode.

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Gun Gamer Autism/Paul Markel, Shooting News Weekly

Moats' Notes: IPSC's 50th Year, a Reunion to Remember/Greg Moats, Shooting Wire

The Value of Competition/MB, ACLDN Newsletter

Moats' Notes:The Early Days/Greg Moats, Tactical Wire

The Music of the Young Lords

Remember, most anti-gun "advocates" see the anti-gun cause as a religious holy cause, and damn the facts. But the peope at the top have no such illusions — the reasons that they want your guns is because they don't want you armed for their Brave New World!

MichaelBane.TV - On the Radio episode # 323. Scroll down for reference links on topics discussed in this episode.

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MTM Case-Gard Shooting Rests

Howard the Duck

What's There to Be Afraid Of? A Look at the Anti-Gun Boogieman and Cold, Hard Facts/Tom Knighton, Bearing Arms

Doctors are ageist — and it's harming older patients/Liz Seegert, NBC News

Bear Creek Arsenal .22LR AR Uppers

The History of the Quad Rail/Ryan Gresham, Gun Talk Media

Skinner Sights

Dead Air Primal

C-More Sights

The Music of Ben Bostick

The Music of David Benedict

Plus, let's try hard to remember we have real enemies, implacable enemies, and we don't need to spend our time hammering our own side!

MichaelBane.TV - On the Radio episode # 322. Scroll down for reference links on topics discussed in this episode.

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Yes, Virginia, There Is a Grinch/Paul Erhardt/Shooting Wire

Henry Bear's Leg 45-70 Pistol

Dead Air Primal Silencer

Ruger SP-101

Lipsey's Exclusive SP-101 .327 Federal 3-inch

Grant Cunningham Training

Grant Cunningham Books

Ritchie Holsters

The Music of Ziggy

The Music of the Southside Aces

Think that the deaths of multiple divers in a cave in the Maldives has nothing to teach us about self-defense? Think again…MB, himself a certified cave diver, takes us through the lessons we need to learn. Also, the three elements that can and should change self-defense training.

MichaelBane.TV - On the Radio episode # 321. Scroll down for reference links on topics discussed in this episode.

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Etosha National Park, Namibia

Cave-diving deaths in the Maldives https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/23/maldives-diving-tragedy-cave-experts-warn-danger-safety https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62e0p7rd2ro

The Five Golden Rules of Cave Diving

OVER THE EDGE: A Regular Guy's Odyssey in Extreme Sports (book)/MB

The Music of G-Yerro

The Music of Roie Shpigler