April 26, 2025 • 7 mins
It may be a week late but we discuss the 250th anniversary of the Shot Heard Around The World that initiated the American Revolution
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(00:15):
Welcome to the Live To Shootpodcast.
My name is Jeff Dole and I'vebeen a licensed firearm dealer
for the last 17 years.
And this podcast talk about allthings related Second Amendment,
as well as anything else goingin the world, a sports story,
or.
Anything else that I might findinteresting.
So welcome, welcome, welcome.
This is the podcast where westand tall for our God-given
rights.
We cut through the antipropaganda and we celebrate it,
(00:35):
what it means to be freeAmerican.
If you're a patriot with firefor liberty, you're, you're at
home.
So I, I regret to say that Iintended to do this podcast last
week, this episode and timecaught up with me and.
Things slipped up and I didn'trealize where I was in the
calendar and just life got inthe way and, and I just did not
(00:59):
get it done.
I, I did not get this put out,so I'm putting it out a week
late.
But what am I talking about?
I'm talking about the 250thanniversary of the shot heard
around the world.
The beginning of the revolutionand why it's so important and
why I've talked about it acouple times on this podcast is,
is you'll, you'll see e evidenceof, of why this is such an
(01:20):
important topic for all of us inthe Second Amendment community.
So.
We're gonna go back to April19th, 1775 when it all began the
battles of Lexington andConcord.
The shot heard around the world,the moment when ordinary
Americans picked up theirmuskets and said, no more to
tyranny.
This wasn't just the start ofthe Ian American Revolution.
(01:41):
It's the beating heart of why wehave the Second Amendment.
So lock and load.
Grab your favorite range hat.
Let's dive into the story ofcourage, defiance and how it, it
ties directly to your rights tokeep and bear arms.
So let's set the scene.
It's 1775.
Conies are fed up.
The British crown's been taxingthem without representation,
(02:03):
quartering soldiers in theirhomes, and worst father trying
to disarm them.
And the red coats were after thecolumnists powder in arms stored
in Concord, Massachusetts.
They thought they could justmarch in, seize weapons and
crush the spirit of therebellion.
Big mistake.
So on April 19th, general ThomasGage sent about 700 British
troops from Boston to Concord.
(02:25):
But you've all heard the story.
The columnists weren asleep uponRevere, William Dawes and others
rode through the night warning.
You know the militia, theBritish are, the British are
coming.
Actually the red coats arecoming is what they actually
said.
But by dawn, about 77 minutemen, farmers shopkeepers
everyday folk, folk clergy stoodon Lexington green muskets in
(02:47):
hand, staring down the redcoats.
Captain John Parker, theirleader reportedly said, stand
your ground.
Don't fire unless fired upon,but they mean to have war.
Let it begin here.
Then a shot.
Nobody knows who fired it, butthat spark lit the fuse.
Now, they've done somereenactments, some studies, and
(03:08):
they're pretty confident thatthe British, the red coats fired
that opening shot.
The British opened fire.
They killed eight men, men andwounded about nine or 10.
The survivors scattered, but thefight was far from over.
By the time the red coatsreached Concord.
Hundreds of Milish men fromsurrounding towns had rallied.
They ambushed the British at theNorth Bridge and harassed them
(03:30):
all the way back to Boston,picking them off from behind
stone walls and trees.
And by the end of the day, theBritish had lost 273 men.
The colonists.
Less than a hundred.
This wasn't just a skirmish.
This was the moment whenAmericans proved they wouldn't
be disarmed.
They wouldn't be subjugated.
They were armed citizens, notsubjects, and they fought for
(03:53):
their freedom with the tools ofliberty, their firearms.
Now let's connect dots.
Founding fathers didn't write.
The right.
The people that keep and beararms shall not be infringed on a
whim.
They lived through Lexington inConcord.
They saw what happened whentyrannical government tried to
disarm its people.
They, the British wanted thecolonist guns because an armed
(04:16):
populist is a threat to controlthe men.
Prove that on April 19th, 1775,when the founders drafted the
Bill of Rights.
They knew the Second Amendmentwasn't about hunting or sport.
It wasn't just ensuring thatpeople could resist oppression
just like those men, men did.
It was about ensuring that thosepeople could resist oppression
(04:38):
just like the men, men, JamesMadison, Thomas Jefferson.
George Mason, they all wroteabout it, the necessity of armed
citizenry.
Mason said to disarm the peopleis the best and most effectual
way to enslave them.
Sound familiar?
That's exactly what the Britishtried and that's what the
anti-gun politicians are stilltrying to do today.
The militia at Lexington Concordweren't some organized army.
(04:59):
It was you and me, ordinaryfolks with their own rifles,
powder, and a will to fight.
The Second Amendment protectsthat same right today.
Your ability to own the tool ofself-defense and resistance,
whether it's an AR 15 shotgun, ahandgun, whatever it might, the
modern musk is in your safe, andit's there because of what those
Patriots did 250 years ago.
(05:20):
Now.
Don't let anyone tell you theSecond Amendment is outdated.
Tyranny doesn't retire.
Government's overreach alwayshave, always will.
Just look at the AFS rule onbanning.
In California found banningstandard rifles.
They're not after public safety.
They're after control.
Same as red coats, LexingtonConcord.
Remind us of why we can't letthat happen.
(05:40):
So.
What does Lexington, Concordmean in for us in 2025?
Everything, this isn't justhistory, it's a warning and it's
a call to action.
Men, men didn't wait for thepermission to arm themselves.
They didn't register theirmuskets or beg for a permit.
They knew their rights came fromGod, not a king, and they backed
it up with actions.
I.
And that's the spirit we stillneed today.
Every time you hear about gun, agun con control push, whether
(06:03):
it's red flag, a magazine bans,assault weapon, hysteria.
Think about those 77 men onLexington Green.
They face down the most powerfularmy in the world because they
refuse to be disarmed.
We don't have red coat marchingon Concord today, but we have go
bureaucrats and politicianschipping away at our rights, one
regulation at a time.
(06:24):
Lexington Cor Con also teachesus about readiness.
Those men, men won't call men tomen for a reason.
They got, they go grab theirrifles and they're ready.
Are you ready?
Train.
Do what it takes.
Be the modern militiamen.
So you often hear, you knowBiden would say, you know, they,
they think they can, you know.
(06:46):
Take down the government and we,well, you know, we've got f
fifteens.
Well, these were 77 men againstthe, the largest nation in the,
in the world, the largestempire.
So it, it doesn't take ffifteens to take down tyranny.
So be diligent.
Keep up the fight defend ourrights.
(07:09):
Keep the lefties away from ourguns and be action, action,
action oriented.
This is the Live to Shootpodcast.
I'm Jeff Doddle.
Follow me, share this withothers.
Do whatever it takes.
Just get the word out.
But you know, I'm a week late.
But we celebrate what thosepeople did 250 years ago and
(07:29):
what we're still fighting fortoday.
The right to keep and bear arms.
Thank you and have a great week.
Welcome to the Live To Shootpodcast.
My name is Jeff Dole and I'vebeen a licensed firearm dealer
for the last 17 years.
And this podcast talk about allthings related Second Amendment,
as well as anything else goingin the world, a sports story,
or.
Anything else that I might findinteresting.
So welcome, welcome, welcome.
This is the podcast where westand tall for our God-given
rights.
We cut through the antipropaganda and we celebrate it,
(00:35):
what it means to be freeAmerican.
If you're a patriot with firefor liberty, you're, you're at
home.
So I, I regret to say that Iintended to do this podcast last
week, this episode and timecaught up with me and.
Things slipped up and I didn'trealize where I was in the
calendar and just life got inthe way and, and I just did not
(00:59):
get it done.
I, I did not get this put out,so I'm putting it out a week
late.
But what am I talking about?
I'm talking about the 250thanniversary of the shot heard
around the world.
The beginning of the revolutionand why it's so important and
why I've talked about it acouple times on this podcast is,
is you'll, you'll see e evidenceof, of why this is such an
(01:20):
important topic for all of us inthe Second Amendment community.
So.
We're gonna go back to April19th, 1775 when it all began the
battles of Lexington andConcord.
The shot heard around the world,the moment when ordinary
Americans picked up theirmuskets and said, no more to
tyranny.
This wasn't just the start ofthe Ian American Revolution.
(01:41):
It's the beating heart of why wehave the Second Amendment.
So lock and load.
Grab your favorite range hat.
Let's dive into the story ofcourage, defiance and how it, it
ties directly to your rights tokeep and bear arms.
So let's set the scene.
It's 1775.
Conies are fed up.
The British crown's been taxingthem without representation,
(02:03):
quartering soldiers in theirhomes, and worst father trying
to disarm them.
And the red coats were after thecolumnists powder in arms stored
in Concord, Massachusetts.
They thought they could justmarch in, seize weapons and
crush the spirit of therebellion.
Big mistake.
So on April 19th, general ThomasGage sent about 700 British
troops from Boston to Concord.
(02:25):
But you've all heard the story.
The columnists weren asleep uponRevere, William Dawes and others
rode through the night warning.
You know the militia, theBritish are, the British are
coming.
Actually the red coats arecoming is what they actually
said.
But by dawn, about 77 minutemen, farmers shopkeepers
everyday folk, folk clergy stoodon Lexington green muskets in
(02:47):
hand, staring down the redcoats.
Captain John Parker, theirleader reportedly said, stand
your ground.
Don't fire unless fired upon,but they mean to have war.
Let it begin here.
Then a shot.
Nobody knows who fired it, butthat spark lit the fuse.
Now, they've done somereenactments, some studies, and
(03:08):
they're pretty confident thatthe British, the red coats fired
that opening shot.
The British opened fire.
They killed eight men, men andwounded about nine or 10.
The survivors scattered, but thefight was far from over.
By the time the red coatsreached Concord.
Hundreds of Milish men fromsurrounding towns had rallied.
They ambushed the British at theNorth Bridge and harassed them
(03:30):
all the way back to Boston,picking them off from behind
stone walls and trees.
And by the end of the day, theBritish had lost 273 men.
The colonists.
Less than a hundred.
This wasn't just a skirmish.
This was the moment whenAmericans proved they wouldn't
be disarmed.
They wouldn't be subjugated.
They were armed citizens, notsubjects, and they fought for
(03:53):
their freedom with the tools ofliberty, their firearms.
Now let's connect dots.
Founding fathers didn't write.
The right.
The people that keep and beararms shall not be infringed on a
whim.
They lived through Lexington inConcord.
They saw what happened whentyrannical government tried to
disarm its people.
They, the British wanted thecolonist guns because an armed
(04:16):
populist is a threat to controlthe men.
Prove that on April 19th, 1775,when the founders drafted the
Bill of Rights.
They knew the Second Amendmentwasn't about hunting or sport.
It wasn't just ensuring thatpeople could resist oppression
just like those men, men did.
It was about ensuring that thosepeople could resist oppression
(04:38):
just like the men, men, JamesMadison, Thomas Jefferson.
George Mason, they all wroteabout it, the necessity of armed
citizenry.
Mason said to disarm the peopleis the best and most effectual
way to enslave them.
Sound familiar?
That's exactly what the Britishtried and that's what the
anti-gun politicians are stilltrying to do today.
The militia at Lexington Concordweren't some organized army.
(04:59):
It was you and me, ordinaryfolks with their own rifles,
powder, and a will to fight.
The Second Amendment protectsthat same right today.
Your ability to own the tool ofself-defense and resistance,
whether it's an AR 15 shotgun, ahandgun, whatever it might, the
modern musk is in your safe, andit's there because of what those
Patriots did 250 years ago.
(05:20):
Now.
Don't let anyone tell you theSecond Amendment is outdated.
Tyranny doesn't retire.
Government's overreach alwayshave, always will.
Just look at the AFS rule onbanning.
In California found banningstandard rifles.
They're not after public safety.
They're after control.
Same as red coats, LexingtonConcord.
Remind us of why we can't letthat happen.
(05:40):
So.
What does Lexington, Concordmean in for us in 2025?
Everything, this isn't justhistory, it's a warning and it's
a call to action.
Men, men didn't wait for thepermission to arm themselves.
They didn't register theirmuskets or beg for a permit.
They knew their rights came fromGod, not a king, and they backed
it up with actions.
I.
And that's the spirit we stillneed today.
Every time you hear about gun, agun con control push, whether
(06:03):
it's red flag, a magazine bans,assault weapon, hysteria.
Think about those 77 men onLexington Green.
They face down the most powerfularmy in the world because they
refuse to be disarmed.
We don't have red coat marchingon Concord today, but we have go
bureaucrats and politicianschipping away at our rights, one
regulation at a time.
(06:24):
Lexington Cor Con also teachesus about readiness.
Those men, men won't call men tomen for a reason.
They got, they go grab theirrifles and they're ready.
Are you ready?
Train.
Do what it takes.
Be the modern militiamen.
So you often hear, you knowBiden would say, you know, they,
they think they can, you know.
(06:46):
Take down the government and we,well, you know, we've got f
fifteens.
Well, these were 77 men againstthe, the largest nation in the,
in the world, the largestempire.
So it, it doesn't take ffifteens to take down tyranny.
So be diligent.
Keep up the fight defend ourrights.
(07:09):
Keep the lefties away from ourguns and be action, action,
action oriented.
This is the Live to Shootpodcast.
I'm Jeff Doddle.
Follow me, share this withothers.
Do whatever it takes.
Just get the word out.
But you know, I'm a week late.
But we celebrate what thosepeople did 250 years ago and
(07:29):
what we're still fighting fortoday.
The right to keep and bear arms.
Thank you and have a great week.
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