State of the Second

By Gun Owners of AmericaBusiness News Government Politics

State of the Second episodes

October 08 The Real Reason Your Gun Costs What It Costs (ft. EAA)
This week John sits down with Trey of EAA to discuss the part of the gun business nobody explains: why a $25 magazine adds $70 to the price tag, why a $100 optic cut costs you $300, and what tariffs are doing to entry-level handguns. Plus, From the Soap Box: YouTube's new firearms policy, and why a cosmetics brand can sponsor a creator when a gun company can't.
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1 hr 10 min
October 02 The "Weapon of Mass Distribution" the ATF Can't Stop (ft. Hoffman Tactical)
Kailey and John sit down with Tim Hoffman of Hoffman Tactical, the 3D-printed firearms pioneer behind the Super Safety. Tim explains how open-source design beats the ATF's raid-and-harass playbook (his "weapon of mass distribution"), why most gun-industry "innovation" is just another muzzle device, and where real innovation is actually happening, belt-feds, recoil-operated designs, and decentralized American manufacturing.
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1 hr 1 min
September 23 The Footage That Did More for Gun Rights Than Any Argument (ft. Four Boxes Diner)
This week, Constitutional attorney Mark Smith of Four Boxes Diner joins John on what actually started the Revolutionary War, the 1792 law that still decides which firearms are protected, and why "dangerous and unusual" can't describe something tens of millions of Americans already own. Plus what body camera footage did for gun rights that no argument could.
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59 min
September 21 Building a Business That One Signature Could End (ft. AS Designs)
This week, Matt of AS Designs joins Kailey and John on the legal ground his whole business sits on: what "common use" actually means when the threshold moves depending on how scary a product is, how a settlement between one company and the DOJ ended up writing the definition everyone else has to live under, and why patents restrict new designs more than any regulation does.
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53 min
September 09 The Thing Holding 3D Printing Back (ft. Bare Arms)
This week Stephen Bozich of Bare Arms joins John and Kailey to argue that the Gun Control Act of 1968 never restricted firearms. It restricted commerce in firearms. Nearly everything regulated downstream of it hangs on somebody being "engaged in the business.” As well as, generational misinformation in firearms education, and why you shouldn't expect a government funded school to teach you the limits of government.
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45 min
September 02 They Broke Into Her Home. She Couldn’t Touch Her Gun. (ft. Lady Liberty Australia)
This week, Lady Liberty Australia joins John and Kailey to explain what life actually looks like without a Second Amendment: a 12-month wait to buy a single pistol, mandatory registration, police who can search your gun safe without a warrant, and a home invasion she was legally barred from stopping with the firearm locked in her own house.
She fled to Texas as a political exile. Now she's warning America about the road Australia went down, and why the ATF's registry should terrify you.
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56 min
August 27 You Shouldn’t Be In Love With Your First Gun (ft. Kore Essentials)
This week, John and Kailey sit down with Vince from Kore Essentials for one of the more honest conversations we've had on this show about the state of the firearms industry; what it gets wrong about new shooters, what it gets wrong about women, and why the people loudest online about wanting innovation are the same ones killing it.
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1 hr 13 min
August 26 You Shouldn’t Be In Love With Your First Gun (ft. Kore Essentials)
This week, John and Kailey sit down with Vince from Kore Essentials for one of the more honest conversations we've had on this show about the state of the firearms industry; what it gets wrong about new shooters, what it gets wrong about women, and why the people loudest online about wanting innovation are the same ones killing it.
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1 hr 13 min
August 20 17 States Will Ban Suppressors After the NFA Dies (ft. Jaguar Silencers)
This week Cody Bennion of Jaguar Silencers joins Kailey and John to talk 3D-printed cans in Inconel and titanium, why nobody in this industry measures decibels the same way, and why he has suppressors on his desk with 15,000 rounds through them that still don't need cleaning.
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49 min
August 14 Sights, Slides, Knives, Compasses: One Company Does It All (ft. Night Fision)
Kailey and John welcome back Rachel from Night Fision, the team behind Night Fision night sights, Glow Rhino, Cammenga compasses, and now Zaffiri Precision. Rachel breaks down why a sights company bought a slide maker, the push to own "everything north of the frame," what platforms are getting support next (Glock Gen 6, Ruger RXM, the P365), and why "do it right, not fast" beats rushing product out the door.
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1 hr 5 min