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Today on the Resistance Library Podcast Dave and Sam discuss the obscure history of 10 sovereign states that gave up their independence to join the U.S. It is often said that before the Civil War, the United States "are," but after the War, the United States "is." This is a reference to the formerly theoretically sovereign nature of each state as compared to "one nation, indivisible." More than just the theoretic sovereignty of the individual states, the territory now comprising the U.S. has a rich history of sovereign states outside the control of the federal government. Some of these you've almost certainly heard of, but a lot of them are quite obscure. Each points toward a potential American secession of the future. Have a listen to learn about the strange history of these sovereign states. You can read the full article "America's Sovereign States: The Obscure History of How 10 Independent States Joined the U.S." at Ammo.com. For $20 off your $200 purchase, go to https://ammo.com/podcast (a special deal for our listeners). Follow Sam Jacobs on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamJacobs1776 Helpful Links:

• America's Sovereign States: The Obscure History of How 10 Independent States Joined the U.S.
• The Bennington Flag: A Pre-Constitutional Symbol of Freedom
• The Gonzales Flag: The Untold History of the Battle of Gonzales
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On this episode of the Resistance Library Podcast, Sam Jacobs invites Robby Starbuck onto the show. Robby Starbuck is a director and producer running for the House of Representatives in Greater Nashville. We had him on to talk about how the average person can join in the fight to save the American way of life, the canary in the coal mine of freedom and the criminal attack on retail investors. For $20 off your $200 purchase, go to https://ammo.com/podcast (a special deal for our listeners). Follow Sam Jacobs on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamJacobs1776 Robby's Links:

• Robby Starbuck on Twitter | @robbystarbuck
• Robby Starbuck - A New Kind of Republican Candidate | The Epoch Times
• Acclaimed Director and Producer Robby Starbuck to Run Against Representative Jim Cooper in 2022 | The Tennessee Star

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Today on the Resistance Library Podcast Dave and Sam discuss the Culpeper Minutemen and the history behind their iconic flag. The Culpeper Flag is often mistaken as a modern variation of the iconic "Don't Tread On Me" Gadsden Flag – and rightly so. What many don't know is that the Culpeper Flag was inspired by its Gadsden counterpart, and both have become touchstones of the Second Amendment Movement. While remarkably similar to its Gadsden relative, the flag of the Culpeper Minutemen is arguably cooler – and significantly more obscure. While it has the same coiled rattlesnake and "Don't Tread on Me" legend, the Culpeper Flag is white, it carries the additional motto "Liberty or Death," and when historically correct, a banner bearing the name of the Culpeper Minutemen. The rattlesnake had been a symbol of American patriotism since the time of the French and Indians Wars. In 1751, Benjamin Franklin wrote an editorial satirically proposing that, in return for boatloads of convicts being shipped to the American Colonies, that the Colonies should return the favor by shipping back a boat filled with rattlesnakes to be dispersed. Three years later in 1754, Franklin published his famous "Join or Die" comic. This early symbol of American unity urged colonists in Albany to join the collective defense of the American Colonies during the French and Indian Wars. The rattlesnake symbol once again became a popular mascot of American unity after the Stamp Act. You can read the full article "The Culpeper Minutemen Flag: The History of the Banner Flown by a Militia of Patriots" at Ammo.com. For $20 off your $200 purchase, go to https://ammo.com/podcast (a special deal for our listeners). Follow Sam Jacobs on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamJacobs1776 Helpful Links:

• The Culpeper Minutemen Flag: The History of the Banner Flown by a Militia of Patriots
• Early American Militias: The Forgotten History of Freedmen Militias from 1776 until the Civil War
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On this special guest episode of the Resistance Library Podcast Sam Jacobs has Wells King on the show. Wells King is the Research Director for American Compass, an organization that seeks to push labor-friendly policies in the conservative movement. With 40 percent of union voters going for Donald Trump in the 2020 election, it is clear that a fresh look at unions and workers' power is in order. Sam Jacobs and Mr. King discuss woke-ism in labor unions, the free market as a tool rather than a principle and proper role of government in the current housing shortage. For $20 off your $200 purchase, go to https://ammo.com/podcast (a special deal for our listeners). Follow Sam Jacobs on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamJacobs1776 Wells' Links:

• Wells King on Twitter | @wellscking
• American Compass on Twitter | @AmerCompass
• American Compass | AmericanCompass.org
• Wells King Articles

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• War on the Suburbs: How HUD's Housing Policies Became a Weapon for Social Change
• Jeremy Carl: Senior Fellow at the Claremont Institute and Author at The American Mind
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On today's episode of the Resistance Library Podcast Sam and Dave discuss the Oregon Standoff and why it's important. When one talks about the Bundy Family, the first thing that springs to mind is the standoff in Nevada in 2014. However, perhaps even more important is the standoff and occupation at Oregon's Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in 2016. Indeed, the two events are often conflated because Ammon Bundy is the son of Cliven Bundy, the man who stood up to the federal government over "grazing fees" on Bureau of Land Management land. The occupation was a highlight for both the militia and the sovereign citizen movement as well as proponents of states' rights. The main argument from those occupying the land is that the federal government is mandated by law to turn over the land that they manage to the individual states in which the land sits. This, they argued, was particularly true of the Bureau of Land Management, United States Forestry Service, and United States Fish and Wildlife Service land. The 2016 Oregon standoff was over two ranchers convicted of arson on federal lands – despite the fact that the men, a father and son pair named Dwight and Steven Dwight Hammond, did not want their support. Harney County in rural eastern Oregon is one of the largest counties in the United States by land mass, but one of the smallest when it comes to population. With a mere 7,700 people, cows outnumber humans in Harney by a factor of 14-to-1. Nearly three quarters of the land in the county is federally managed. The Malheur National Wildlife Refuge was established by then-President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908. It's a large area of the county and surrounding area at 187,757 acres. You can read the full article "The Oregon Standoff: Understanding LaVoy Finicum's Death & the Management of BLM Land" at Ammo.com. For $20 off your $200 purchase, go to https://ammo.com/podcast (a special deal for our listeners). Follow Sam Jacobs on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamJacobs1776 Helpful Links:

• The Oregon Standoff: Understanding LaVoy Finicum's Death & the Management of BLM Land
• The Waco Siege: What Happened When the Feds Laid Siege to the Branch Davidian Compound
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Today Sam and Dave discuss Lysander Spooner on the Resistance Library Podcast. Lysander Spooner is an important – and not exactly obscure – figure in the history of the liberty movement. He's an idiosyncratic figure from the 19th century with no small cheerleading section in the 21st century. A bit of a throwback to a very different time, Spooner was a champion of the labor movement and was even a member of the First International at a time when socialists and anarchists coexisted peacefully within that movement. Perhaps one of the most interesting things about Spooner is that he ran a private company in direct competition with the United States Post Office. This endeavor predictably failed not because the American Letter Mail Company couldn't compete, but because Spooner was hamstrung by lawfare. Spooner was born in Athol, MA, in 1808, a descendant of Mayflower pilgrims and the second of nine children. His career as a lawyer set the template for the rest of his life's work: Spooner had studied under a number of prominent lawyers (a practice known as "reading law," which was much more common at the time). However, he did not have a degree and state law required that he study further under a lawyer. He considered this legal discrimination and went ahead and started practicing law anyway. In 1836, the state legislature got rid of the requirement. Indeed, Spooner was against any legal requirement for licensure of any profession, something that would come up again later on in his battle against the United States Post Office. This was part of Spooner's belief in a natural law, whereby any act of coercion was ipso facto illegal. Spooner's law practice was not a success, nor were his attempts to dabble in the real estate market. He moved back onto his father's farm in 1840. It was here that he hatched the plan for the American Letter Mail Company. You can read the full article "Lysander Spooner: The Forgotten History of the Man Who Started the First Private Post Office" at Ammo.com. For $20 off your $200 purchase, go to https://ammo.com/podcast (a special deal for our listeners). Follow Sam Jacobs on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamJacobs1776 Helpful Links:

• Lysander Spooner: The Forgotten History of the Man Who Started the First Private Post Office
• Freedom, Individualism, and Anarchy: Great Lysander Spooner Quotes
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On today's episode of the Resistance Library Podcast Sam and Dave discuss collectible and antique firearms and how they can be used as an investment. It's an unusual means of investment, but one that we think will appeal to our listeners on a deep level: collectible weapons. There are a number of advantages to investing in collectible weapons that will appeal both to those who love weapons and those who keep an eye on their money. Indeed, this is a popular investment category for people who like something a little more durable than stocks, bonds and cryptocurrency. They can also provide protection during uncertain times. Antique weapons in particular can be an attractive means of investing – after all, like land, they're not making any more. Like any antique investment, it helps to have an eye for the material at hand. You'll have to be able to appraise both the current condition of the weapon and have some idea of how its value might appreciate in the future. You can read the full article "Collectible Weapons: How to Protect Your Wealth – and Your Family – With Valuable Guns" at Ammo.com. For $20 off your $200 purchase, go to https://ammo.com/podcast (a special deal for our listeners). Follow Sam Jacobs on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamJacobs1776 Helpful Links:

• Collectible Weapons: How to Protect Your Wealth – and Your Family – With Valuable Guns
• Matthew Larosiere: Director of Legal Policy at the Firearms Policy Coalition
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On this episode of the Resistance Library Podcast Dave and Sam discuss John Garand, the inventor of the M1 Garand. One of the most iconic American firearms of all time, the M1 Garand was the standard issue weapon for WWII and the Korean War. This is the forgotten history of the man who invented this .30-06 semi-automatic rifle and how it became a symbol of the American military.

"In my opinion, the M1 rifle is the greatest battle implement ever devised."

- General George S. Patton

Any gun nut – er, "firearms enthusiast" – worth their salt has heard of the M1 Garand (it rhymes with "errand," by the way). This .30-06 semi-automatic rifle is one of the most iconic American firearms of all time, and was the standard-issue weapon for American infantry troops during World War II and the Korean War. Drill teams and honor guards continue to use this in the present day, such is its role as a symbol of the American military. Fewer, however, know about the life story of the man behind the weapon – John Garand, a Canadian-American engineer and weapons designer. Born one of a whopping 12 children on a Quebec farm, Garand's father relocated the entire family to Connecticut following the untimely death of the clan's mother in 1899. All six boys in the family had the official first name St. Jean le Baptiste, however, John Garand was the only one of them who used "Jean" as his first name. The other five used their middle names. The invention bug ran in the family, with several of his brothers sharing his penchant for innovation. Garand learned how to speak English while working in a textile mill sweeping floors. He later worked in a shooting gallery where he developed an interest in firearms, which, when combined with his naturally innovative nature and machining skills picked up in the textile mill, got him a job at a Providence, RI, tool-making company in 1909. In 1916, he relocated to New York City, where he continued working as a toolmaker, and practiced his rifle skills at shooting galleries on Broadway. You can read the full article "John Garand: The Forgotten History of the Man Who Invented the Iconic M1 Garand Rifle" at Ammo.com. For $20 off your $200 purchase, go to https://ammo.com/podcast (a special deal for our listeners). Follow Sam Jacobs on Parler: https://parler.com/profile/SamJacobs1776/posts Helpful Links:

• John Garand: The Forgotten History of the Man Who Invented the Iconic M1 Garand Rifle
• Commercial Ammo: The Untold History of Springfield Armory and America's Munitions Factories
• History of .30-06 Ammo
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Today Dave and Sam discuss the disarmament of Native Americans by the U.S. government and the massacre at Wounded Knee. The Battle at Wounded Knee is a significant battle in American history, as it put an end to the Indian Wars and is marked as the last official defeat of the Native Americans. But what's not taught in history lessons is that Wounded Knee was one of the first federally backed gun confiscations in the history of the United States, and it ended in the massacre of nearly 300 unarmed people. During the late 19th century, American Indians were allowed to purchase and carry firearms, just as white men were. The colonial gun laws did not bar Native Americans from possessing firearms, yet that natural right was violated by government forces at Wounded Knee. And once the guns were confiscated, the battle ensued. When we look at the issues surrounding gun confiscation, Wounded Knee gives us an example of the devastation that an unarmed people can experience at the hands of their own government. This battle serves as a reminder to fight against gun confiscation and the gun control legislation that can lead to it. You can read the full article "The Wounded Knee Massacre: The Forgotten History of the Native American Gun Confiscation" at Ammo.com. For $20 off your $200 purchase, go to https://ammo.com/podcast (a special deal for our listeners). Follow Sam Jacobs on Parler: https://parler.com/profile/SamJacobs1776/posts Helpful Links:

• The Wounded Knee Massacre: The Forgotten History of the Native American Gun Confiscation
• Democide: Understanding the State's Monopoly on Violence and the Second Amendment
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On this episode of the Resistance Library Podcast Dave and Sam discuss gun control and the effect that racism has had on gun control in the U.S.

"There's a direct correlation between gun control and black people control."

- Stacy Swimp, President of the Frederick Douglass Society

Every schoolchild knows that the Declaration of Independence declares that the basic equality of man is "self-evident." The United States Constitution enumerates what the inalienable rights only alluded to by the Declaration. An inalienable right is one that exists regardless of whether or not it is recognized by the state. For example, you have a right to free speech regardless of whether or not the Constitution recognizes it. Thus any restrictions on free speech are curbs of this pre-existing right, not an actual elimination of that right. One of them is the right to keep and bear arms. Another is the right to a speedy and public trial. However, particularly with the Second Amendment, there's long been a struggle between the ideals of America and the reality on the ground with regard to race. What's more, minorities in the United States are disproportionately the victims of violent crime. Both of these things together make it crucial to understand self defense and the Second Amendment from the perspective of race in America. Part of the problem is that, unlike European nations which grew organically, America is an invention of a handful of Englishmen. They founded the nation on a set of ideas and there has always been a tension between those ideas and the reality. This is, in some sense, unavoidable: reality will always have trouble living up to an ideal. A failure to live up to that ideal in the past according to terms established today doesn't make the entire project – or any specific part of it – worthless or suspect. Before we get into the meat of the matter, we should note that the American ideal has expanded the Second Amendment (and the rest of the Constitution for that matter) to de jure include all Americans. One can be skeptical of the notion of "progress" while seeing the moves to repeal race-based restrictions on firearms ownership as big steps in the right direction. Finally, it is worth noting – and we will do so at length later – that none of the racially-motivated laws on the books in America are uniquely American. Racism, in the sense employed by the average person not the expanded version used by left-wing ideologues, was not a uniquely American institution, but the norm throughout human history. You can read the full article "Gun Control and Racism: The Laws and Taxes Meant to Limit Minority Gun Ownership in America" at Ammo.com. For $20 off your $200 purchase, go to https://ammo.com/podcast (a special deal for our listeners). Follow Sam Jacobs on Parler: https://parler.com/profile/SamJacobs1776/posts Helpful Links:

• Gun Control and Racism: The Laws and Taxes Meant to Limit Minority Gun Ownership in America
• Roof Koreans: How Civilians Defended Koreatown from Racist Violence During the 1992 LA Riots
• Robert F. Williams: The Untold History of Black NRA Gun Clubs and the Civil Rights Movement
• The Wounded Knee Massacre: The Forgotten History of the Native American Gun Confiscation
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