Monthly episodes discussing this topic, 2022-04 to 2026-02.
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The Second Amendment guarantees the right to own even heavy weaponry like cannons, as evidenced by historical correspondence from James Madison.
“it also applied to canons so this is actually a private letter of of Mark in 1812 from James Madison to a privately owned ship to have cannons they basically were saying let me just sort of summarize this for you they were saying hey we're coming into contact with you know like British forces”
StevenCrowder · Jul 2023 · 7 episodes · 3.5M views on this topicHe argues that the only viable solution to stopping armed threats is for good individuals to be armed.
“the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun that's it that's the way to do it”
Shawn Ryan Show · Oct 2023 · 1 episode · 1.1M views on this topicGovernment officials in the United States should not be allowed to use fake inciting incidents to suspend the right of citizens to possess firearms.
“We have to pay attention when government officials attempt to use some kind of fake inciting incident to suspend our right to possess firearms.”
Matt Walsh · Oct 2025 · 2 episodes · 239K views on this topicThe Second Amendment provides a right to bear arms that should not be dismissed just because the individuals exercising that right are perceived as being on the left.
“And Tim even said it's literally the first and second amendment. It is it's literally. So, we're I was on the same page as Tim, but now he says this because because it's people who they deem to be on the left exercising their freedom of speech and the Second Amendment.”
The Jimmy Dore Show · Feb 2026 · 3 episodes · 205K views on this topicCarrying a firearm is intended to de-escalate situations rather than provoke attacks.
“If I have a gun and it it inspires you to attack me, I should shoot you because you're a maniac. The guns to deescalate you from hitting me. That's what the gun's for, stupid liberals.”
The Jimmy Dore Show · Jan 2026 · 2 episodes · 134K views on this topicThe killing of Alex Prey was a justifiable act by law enforcement due to the threat he posed while armed.
“When a guy shows up to obstruct law enforcement to commit a crime with a loaded gun, it's not true. He was already hold. Let me just finish the since we're establishing beaten because you're not establishing the fact beaten on the ground. They Taken his gun. They shot him three times in the back.”
Michael Knowles · Feb 2026 · 1 episode · 95K views on this topicDonald Trump's rhetoric regarding restricting firearms near federal agents contradicts his status as a pro-Second Amendment president.
“My question is, how is it possible that Donald Trump is the most pro-second amendment president in history when the exact right-wing fever dream that we were fed for 25 years has come to fruition under his presidency and he is the one who has the words coming out of his mouth saying you cannot legal”
Michael Knowles · Feb 2026 · 1 episode · 95K views on this topicCitizens maintain their constitutional rights to bear arms and protest regardless of whether authorities approve of the specific circumstances.
“And they're like, "You don't get to interfere with police activity." Oh, okay. First of all, you do get to film them. You do. And you do get to carry a gun to protest. You get to those are”
The Jimmy Dore Show · Feb 2026 · 1 episode · 71K views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
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