Liberty Roundtable Podcast
Radio Show Hour 1 – 9/05/2023
* Trump’s Indictments: A Bunch of Ham Sandwiches! – Sheriff Richard Mack (Ret)
* Guest: Dr. John R. Lott, CPRC Founder and President – CrimeResearch.org
* Dr. Lott, Jr., an economist and a world-recognized expert on guns and crime. During the Trump administration, he served as the Senior Advisor for Research and Statistics in the Office of Justice Programs and then the Office of Legal Policy in the US Department of Justice.
* The Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) is a research and education organization dedicated to conducting academic quality research on the relationship between laws regulating the ownership or use of guns, crime, and public safety; educating the public on the results of such research; and supporting other organizations, projects, and initiatives that are organized and operated for similar purposes. It has 501(C)(3) status, and does not accept donations from gun or ammunition makers or organizations such as the NRA or any other organizations involved in the gun control debate on either side of the issue.
* Recently, Biden ‘tweeted’ his support for an assault weapons ban, for safe storage requirements, for holding gun manufacturers liable for gun crimes, and for enacting universal background checks. Unfortunately, all of these measures will either have no effect or will increase crime. We have tried a federal assault weapon ban before, and it didn’t save lives.
* Dr. Lott’s Latest Book: Gun Control Myths: How politicians, the media, and botched “studies” have twisted the facts on gun control.
* Tucker Carlson believes that the United States will be in a “hot war” with Russia within the next year.
* Trump Is Top Choice for Nearly 60% of GOP Voters, WSJ Poll Shows.
* A top advisor for Never Back Down, the Super PAC supporting Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign, privately admitted to spreading negative information about rival candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, Politico reports.
* Never Back Down strategist Jeff Roe bragged to donors that the Super PAC was spreading opposition research on Vivek Ramaswamy. “Everything you read about him is from us,” Roe said in an audio recording obtained by Politico. “Every misstatement, every 360 he’s conducting or 180 that he is going through in life, is from our scrutiny and pressure.
* Secret Service agents corresponded with Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes as the group requested to provide security detail for supporters of President Donald Trump during a rally in late 2020, after the agency previously denied any contact with Rhodes, according to a report by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington – Ty Roush, Forbes.com