Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 088: The Liar's Ball

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In This Episode:

• Erin and Weer'd talk about a hilariously inaccurate tweet by David Hogg and what happened next, and then give an update on the Operation Blazing Sword "Spread the Love" Fundraiser'
• Oddball recommend knives for young children;
• Weer'd brings us part two of his fisk of Dick's Sporting Goods' CEO starring some special guests;
• and one of those guests is Michael Bloomberg,whose Super Bowl ad deserves a topic all its own.

Show Notes

First Topic:

• David Hogg's tweet
• No, David Hogg, Minority And LGBT People Did Not Start The Anti-Gun Movement
• The David Allen Wright III "Spread the Love" Fundraiser

Oddball Corner Pocket:

• Victorinox Classic SD
• Victorinox Tinker
• Victorinox Cadet
• Case Sodbuster Jr
• Opinel #6
• Buck 112
• CRKT Pilar
• Leatherman Micra
• Leatherman Squirt PS4
• Mora Basic 511
• Buck Bucklite Max II

Weer'd Audio Fisk:

• Corporations and guns: How companies are reshaping the gun control debate
• Dick's CEO Says Anti-Gun Policy Shrank Company by a 'Quarter Billion Dollars'
• Bureau of Justice Statistics: Guns Used in Crime (PDF)
• Walmart plans to dramatically step back from ammunition sales after 'horrific' shootings
• Newly Unsealed Documents Show Top FDIC Officials Running Operation Choke Point
• There's no downplaying the impact of Operation Choke Point
• Wells Fargo says it will keep lending to gun industry
• Dicks Ed Stack Flirts with 3rd Party Run

Second Topic:

• Michael Bloomberg Superbowl Ad
• Suspect sought in Richmond murder case
• Fort Bend County murder suspect acquitted of murder charge after 5 years
• Michael Bloomberg's Claim About 'Children' Killed by 'Gun Violence' Is Off by 73%
• Here's every school shooting since Trump took office | Mike Bloomberg 2020
• Bloomberg's latest stats on school gun violence ignore reality