Jan 28, 2025
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#221
Mark Oliva
NSSF, Managing Director of Public Affairs
Heading down to Virginia for a few other shows, I was able to connect with Mark Oliva. He’s been on my radar as a potential passenger for sometime. I met him last year at SHOT. You can’t miss him. He wears a big cowboy hat. Many...
Jan 14, 2025
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#220
Matthias Quellenberg
San Diego Firearms Academy
In 2022, I went to GunProm, hosted by San Diego Gun Owners. It was a huge event with over 750 attendees, the biggest 2A dinner I’ve attended. I was there with John Petrolino and we didn’t really know many folks. We were put at the...
Dec 24, 2024
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#219
Liz Bush
Deputy Executive Director,
NRA General Operations
I had a chance to film some shows with the NRA staff at the NRA HQ in Fairfax, VA. With time in my schedule, I asked a friend on the BOD who else I could have. She suggested Liz Bush. I wasn’t familiar with her name, but...
Dec 10, 2024
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#218
Jacek Waliszewki
Code Name: Spike, Author
Sometimes the planets all line up for me. I was in Knoxville, TN, for the Gun Owners of America’s G.O.A.L.S event. I was talking with Kirk Whatley from Samson Mfg. Kirk has been a friend for a long time. He was RSWC #005 back when I was...
Nov 26, 2024
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#217
Desi Bergman
Not Me SD
I met Desi Bergman at GunProm held by San Diego County Gun Owners back in June of 2022. I met a lot of people that weekend. I may have been “over self-served.” But at Gun Rights Policy Conference in 2024, we got to meet again. And I’ll remember it this...