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(00:15):
Welcome to the Lift Sheetpodcast.
My name is Jeff Dole and I'vebeen a licensed farm dealer for
the last 17 years.
In this podcast, talk about allthings related to the second
amendment, as well as anythingelse going on in the world or a
sports story or anything elsethat I might find interesting.
So happy new year and welcome to2025.
I hope it's gotten off to agreat start for you.
It has for me.
(00:36):
So far anyway, and I apologizeif you're, I don't know if I'll
be able to eliminate this, butthis, a storm is moving in or a
cold front.
It was 67 this morning when Iwent to run and the temperature
is supposed to drop down intothe twenties over the next few
hours and the wind had reallykicked up here.
So it is crazy, but you know,one thing I do, I'm an FFL and,
(01:00):
you know, I've talked about thisbefore I do transfers.
I don't sell.
Um, you know, online or, youknow, I don't have a storefront
or anything like that.
I just help facilitate onlinetransfers and things like that.
It's a side gig.
Another thing I put out is I putout a weekly newsletter.
In this newsletter, I typically,you know, put three or four
stories that I thought wereinteresting.
(01:22):
From a variety of differentperspectives.
Probably usually include avideo.
Sometimes it's a lightheartedvideo.
Sometimes it's a breakdown of arecent supreme court ruling.
Not my me doing the video, butof some of the other influencers
out there that I follow.
It's just really for me to, youknow, grab the information and
send it out to people that don'thave time every day to, you
(01:42):
know, look for all this stuff.
And so I thought today I wouldjust go over a couple stories,
you know, go through a couple,two or three stories that I'm
going to be putting in mynewsletter that'll go out
tomorrow and just kind of giveyou a sense of that.
So the first story that's goingto be going is, and this is
probably the big one, is fromthe Reload.
And that's one of my favoritesites.
Transcripts provided byTranscription Outsourcing, LLC.
(02:03):
In the heading, the headline isATF Confirms Director to Resign
on January 18th.
And the article says ATFDirector Steven Dettelbach plans
to resign just days beforeDonald Trump retakes office.
On Thursday, the ATF told theReload that Dettelbach submitted
his resignation to President JoeBiden with an effective date of
January 18th, 2025.
That is the first officialconfirmation of Dettelbach's
(02:25):
plans since he told the New YorkTimes he planned to step down
before the end of Biden's term.
The agency did not say who wouldreplace Heldbach in the interim,
but described his resignation asa normal part of the transition
between presidentialadministrations.
His resignation Also marks theofficial end of Biden's attempt
to use the ATF as the primarybody for enacting new gun
(02:47):
restrictions.
He couldn't get through Congresswhen Biden nominated Doldebach
as a more muted alternative tohis failed initial nominees.
He still shared many of Biden'spolicy preferences on guns.
And aggressively pursued therules, restricting pistol
braces, home built gun building,and used and used gun sales
(03:07):
handed down by the president.
In his resignation letter Delboxsays it was an honor.
It was the honor of myprofessional career.
to serve at ATF in youradministration.
As you said when nominating meto the ATF Director, the mission
of this agency isn'tcontroversial, it's public
safety.
I have not seen the brave andtalented people at ATF live out
(03:29):
your words for years and we haverealized results.
He claimed the ATF helped toeliminate a historic spike in
crime.
As I leave the ATF, the countryhas experienced two years of
historic decreases in theviolent crime rate, including
drops in firearm related crimes.
That progress did not occur byaccident.
The heroic, talented, and hardworking people at ATF, along
(03:53):
with our many partners, foughthard and risked everything to
gain that ground.
And Americans are better for it.
Gun rights advocates rejectedthat characterization, though.
Alan Gottlieb Care chairman ofthe citizens committee for the
right to keep and bear armspainted Delbox tenure as one
that further politicized theagency.
Since that's one less personthat we'll have to fire after he
(04:15):
takes office, meaning Trump, whobacked Trump and then consulted
in the transition at Mar a Lago.
And it is one less gunprohibition, prohibition lobby
on the government payroll.
So.
Dettelbach is resigning and thearticle goes on.
I'm just going to summarize someof these articles but I found it
interesting that he said thatthey reduce crime because my
(04:38):
next article that I'm pulling isfrom ammo land, I believe, yes.
And his headline is, is if 2024proved anything, it was gun
control still fails.
So the past 12 months havetaught us.
Anything as a nation, it wouldhave to be that gun control has
actually failed in its purportedmission of preventing criminals
from getting guns and thatproponents of the restricted gun
(05:01):
laws are both delusional andliving in denial when they claim
otherwise.
This is while the number ofhomicides decreased in 2023 by
more than 11 percent accordingto the most recent available
data estimates from the FBI, theuse of firearms in those
killings remain high.
This is In the article it says,according to the popular website
hijackass, excuse my French, dotcom, so far this year Chicago
(05:25):
has seen 606 homicides of which536 involved firearms, another
2, 414 people have been woundedby gunfire.
California's strict gun laws,touted by every town in the USA
today, Report haven't stoppedhomicides in the Golden State.
One look at Sacramento's blightpast six few months, just Google
Sacramento, just GoogleSacramento homicides, tells the
(05:47):
tale of a state's capital, andthat's just one city.
Despite a 14 percent decline inhomicides last year, California
still seems to rack up moreslayings than any other state.
1929, 20, 22, 23, even Texas.
Even of Texas, which had 1845and 22, which is often cited by
(06:07):
anti gunners for its lack oflaws, and Florida, which had
1066, infamously dubbed the gunshined state by anti gunners.
The Sacramento media reportedearlier this year how guns are
still overwhelming the mostcommon weapon used to kill
someone, so it might beinteresting to ask Governor
Gavin Newsom cheerleaders howall those restrictive gun
(06:29):
control laws are working.
According to Statista.
com, the worst gun murder rateanywhere in the country is in
Washington D.
C.
where it is still difficult tolegally own a farm.
The chart also shows, forexample, Maryland with a higher
murder rate and stricter gunrules than neighboring Virginia.
(06:50):
It could be argued that theseare apples to oranges
comparisons.
But wait, Illinois has a murderrate higher than neighboring
Indiana, and Montana, the statewith the highest percentage of
gun users in the country,according to World View
Population, has a far lowermurder rate than Delaware, which
is much smaller, but has asimilar population of one
million people.
(07:11):
So, but none of this will stopmurdering.
Gun control proposed from Dannymore long after more regulations
and more erosion of our rightsand they will either ignore or
simply either argue that thedata above is anecdotal if not
irrelevant, which is why gunowners, especially in Democrat
controlled states can expectmore of the same in 2025.
(07:31):
So that's from Emily and thenthe final article trying to, you
know, link all these together isfrom jurist news and I've never
I don't think I've ever had anarticle from them.
But I'll, you know, differentplaces always have different
events and sometimes I will linkthings that are not necessarily,
you know, on the conservativeside, but, uh, hopefully that,
(07:54):
you know, my readers candisseminate some of that and not
think that I'm supporting thatopinion.
So this article is New Gun LawsTake Effect January 1.
So, and this is from Juris News.
It says, Gun laws across the U.
S.
states are undergoing changes in2025 with many states
strengthening gun safety laws,while others have expanded the
(08:14):
rights of firearm owners,reflecting the popularization of
the issue of gun control in thecountry.
While new laws taking effectWednesday in California,
Colorado, New York, Delaware,and Minnesota have focused on
increasing gun control invarious ways, laws in New
Hampshire and Kentucky haveexpanded in favor of
strengthening the right to ownand use firearms.
(08:35):
Legislation enacted during 2024in South Carolina and Louisiana
that legalized open carrywithout permission.
A permit further paints apicture of a country moving in
two different directions.
In California, several laws aretaking effect, including AB
1483, AB 1598, and AB 2917.
New rules including thestrengthening of limitations
(08:58):
pertaining to the permit.
Purchase of handguns, includingconsumer warnings on firearm
sales and creating guidance forcourts when considering
restraining orders related togun violence.
New York has enacted a similarlaw to California requiring
consumer warnings whenpurchasing firearms.
Colorado's new law requires gunowners who store their weapons
(09:18):
in an unoccupied vehicle to doso in a locked, out of view,
hard sided container.
Colorado has also Increasedtraining requirements for
concealed carry permits whileprohibiting particular
misdemeanor offenders fromobtaining the permits.
The new concealed carry lawswill go into effect in July.
Meanwhile, New Hampshire's newgun laws for 2025 bar employers
(09:41):
from preventing employee storageof firearms in locked vehicles.
In 2022, President Reagan andJoe Biden signed the Bipartisan
Safer Community Act, whichrepresent The first
comprehensive gun reform billundertaken by Congress in 30
years.
The bill expanded backgroundchecks and restrictions on who
owned a gun, but fell short ofthe goals set by progressive
(10:05):
lawmakers.
Last year, the administrationissued an executive order
intended to reduce gun violence,and in July, the Department of
Justice expanded firearmbackground checks requirements
for gun dealers.
With the pro Trump, pro gunTrump administration Republican
majority.
in Congress and in gun rightsfriendly U.
S.
Supreme Court that the countrystands to face a potential
(10:27):
reckoning over the widening gapin the treatment of gun violence
and safety issues across thenations.
So there is going to be areckoning according to this
article.
So those are a couple articles,some articles that will be
appearing in this week'snewsletter.
I haven't worked out the entirecontent yet.
It goes out on Monday mornings.
If you are interested in it.
(10:48):
You can, in the notes of thispodcast is the link to
subscribe.
And you can also get that aswell as hear the podcast.
Sometimes the newsletter, thecontent in the newsletter and
the podcast overlap.
Sometimes they're completelydifferent.
Sometimes I pull from thenewsletter for the podcast, like
I'm doing today.
Sometimes I don't.
But if you want to get moreFirearm news, second amendment
(11:10):
news that news, my newsletter isa great way to, to do that and
not have to scour the differentinternet sites.
Let me do a little of that workfor you.
So I appreciate you listening.
Have a great day and have agreat week.
Talk to you later.
Welcome to the Lift Sheetpodcast.
My name is Jeff Dole and I'vebeen a licensed farm dealer for
the last 17 years.
In this podcast, talk about allthings related to the second
amendment, as well as anythingelse going on in the world or a
sports story or anything elsethat I might find interesting.
So happy new year and welcome to2025.
I hope it's gotten off to agreat start for you.
It has for me.
(00:36):
So far anyway, and I apologizeif you're, I don't know if I'll
be able to eliminate this, butthis, a storm is moving in or a
cold front.
It was 67 this morning when Iwent to run and the temperature
is supposed to drop down intothe twenties over the next few
hours and the wind had reallykicked up here.
So it is crazy, but you know,one thing I do, I'm an FFL and,
(01:00):
you know, I've talked about thisbefore I do transfers.
I don't sell.
Um, you know, online or, youknow, I don't have a storefront
or anything like that.
I just help facilitate onlinetransfers and things like that.
It's a side gig.
Another thing I put out is I putout a weekly newsletter.
In this newsletter, I typically,you know, put three or four
stories that I thought wereinteresting.
(01:22):
From a variety of differentperspectives.
Probably usually include avideo.
Sometimes it's a lightheartedvideo.
Sometimes it's a breakdown of arecent supreme court ruling.
Not my me doing the video, butof some of the other influencers
out there that I follow.
It's just really for me to, youknow, grab the information and
send it out to people that don'thave time every day to, you
(01:42):
know, look for all this stuff.
And so I thought today I wouldjust go over a couple stories,
you know, go through a couple,two or three stories that I'm
going to be putting in mynewsletter that'll go out
tomorrow and just kind of giveyou a sense of that.
So the first story that's goingto be going is, and this is
probably the big one, is fromthe Reload.
And that's one of my favoritesites.
Transcripts provided byTranscription Outsourcing, LLC.
(02:03):
In the heading, the headline isATF Confirms Director to Resign
on January 18th.
And the article says ATFDirector Steven Dettelbach plans
to resign just days beforeDonald Trump retakes office.
On Thursday, the ATF told theReload that Dettelbach submitted
his resignation to President JoeBiden with an effective date of
January 18th, 2025.
That is the first officialconfirmation of Dettelbach's
(02:25):
plans since he told the New YorkTimes he planned to step down
before the end of Biden's term.
The agency did not say who wouldreplace Heldbach in the interim,
but described his resignation asa normal part of the transition
between presidentialadministrations.
His resignation Also marks theofficial end of Biden's attempt
to use the ATF as the primarybody for enacting new gun
(02:47):
restrictions.
He couldn't get through Congresswhen Biden nominated Doldebach
as a more muted alternative tohis failed initial nominees.
He still shared many of Biden'spolicy preferences on guns.
And aggressively pursued therules, restricting pistol
braces, home built gun building,and used and used gun sales
(03:07):
handed down by the president.
In his resignation letter Delboxsays it was an honor.
It was the honor of myprofessional career.
to serve at ATF in youradministration.
As you said when nominating meto the ATF Director, the mission
of this agency isn'tcontroversial, it's public
safety.
I have not seen the brave andtalented people at ATF live out
(03:29):
your words for years and we haverealized results.
He claimed the ATF helped toeliminate a historic spike in
crime.
As I leave the ATF, the countryhas experienced two years of
historic decreases in theviolent crime rate, including
drops in firearm related crimes.
That progress did not occur byaccident.
The heroic, talented, and hardworking people at ATF, along
(03:53):
with our many partners, foughthard and risked everything to
gain that ground.
And Americans are better for it.
Gun rights advocates rejectedthat characterization, though.
Alan Gottlieb Care chairman ofthe citizens committee for the
right to keep and bear armspainted Delbox tenure as one
that further politicized theagency.
Since that's one less personthat we'll have to fire after he
(04:15):
takes office, meaning Trump, whobacked Trump and then consulted
in the transition at Mar a Lago.
And it is one less gunprohibition, prohibition lobby
on the government payroll.
So.
Dettelbach is resigning and thearticle goes on.
I'm just going to summarize someof these articles but I found it
interesting that he said thatthey reduce crime because my
(04:38):
next article that I'm pulling isfrom ammo land, I believe, yes.
And his headline is, is if 2024proved anything, it was gun
control still fails.
So the past 12 months havetaught us.
Anything as a nation, it wouldhave to be that gun control has
actually failed in its purportedmission of preventing criminals
from getting guns and thatproponents of the restricted gun
(05:01):
laws are both delusional andliving in denial when they claim
otherwise.
This is while the number ofhomicides decreased in 2023 by
more than 11 percent accordingto the most recent available
data estimates from the FBI, theuse of firearms in those
killings remain high.
This is In the article it says,according to the popular website
hijackass, excuse my French, dotcom, so far this year Chicago
(05:25):
has seen 606 homicides of which536 involved firearms, another
2, 414 people have been woundedby gunfire.
California's strict gun laws,touted by every town in the USA
today, Report haven't stoppedhomicides in the Golden State.
One look at Sacramento's blightpast six few months, just Google
Sacramento, just GoogleSacramento homicides, tells the
(05:47):
tale of a state's capital, andthat's just one city.
Despite a 14 percent decline inhomicides last year, California
still seems to rack up moreslayings than any other state.
1929, 20, 22, 23, even Texas.
Even of Texas, which had 1845and 22, which is often cited by
(06:07):
anti gunners for its lack oflaws, and Florida, which had
1066, infamously dubbed the gunshined state by anti gunners.
The Sacramento media reportedearlier this year how guns are
still overwhelming the mostcommon weapon used to kill
someone, so it might beinteresting to ask Governor
Gavin Newsom cheerleaders howall those restrictive gun
(06:29):
control laws are working.
According to Statista.
com, the worst gun murder rateanywhere in the country is in
Washington D.
C.
where it is still difficult tolegally own a farm.
The chart also shows, forexample, Maryland with a higher
murder rate and stricter gunrules than neighboring Virginia.
(06:50):
It could be argued that theseare apples to oranges
comparisons.
But wait, Illinois has a murderrate higher than neighboring
Indiana, and Montana, the statewith the highest percentage of
gun users in the country,according to World View
Population, has a far lowermurder rate than Delaware, which
is much smaller, but has asimilar population of one
million people.
(07:11):
So, but none of this will stopmurdering.
Gun control proposed from Dannymore long after more regulations
and more erosion of our rightsand they will either ignore or
simply either argue that thedata above is anecdotal if not
irrelevant, which is why gunowners, especially in Democrat
controlled states can expectmore of the same in 2025.
(07:31):
So that's from Emily and thenthe final article trying to, you
know, link all these together isfrom jurist news and I've never
I don't think I've ever had anarticle from them.
But I'll, you know, differentplaces always have different
events and sometimes I will linkthings that are not necessarily,
you know, on the conservativeside, but, uh, hopefully that,
(07:54):
you know, my readers candisseminate some of that and not
think that I'm supporting thatopinion.
So this article is New Gun LawsTake Effect January 1.
So, and this is from Juris News.
It says, Gun laws across the U.
S.
states are undergoing changes in2025 with many states
strengthening gun safety laws,while others have expanded the
(08:14):
rights of firearm owners,reflecting the popularization of
the issue of gun control in thecountry.
While new laws taking effectWednesday in California,
Colorado, New York, Delaware,and Minnesota have focused on
increasing gun control invarious ways, laws in New
Hampshire and Kentucky haveexpanded in favor of
strengthening the right to ownand use firearms.
(08:35):
Legislation enacted during 2024in South Carolina and Louisiana
that legalized open carrywithout permission.
A permit further paints apicture of a country moving in
two different directions.
In California, several laws aretaking effect, including AB
1483, AB 1598, and AB 2917.
New rules including thestrengthening of limitations
(08:58):
pertaining to the permit.
Purchase of handguns, includingconsumer warnings on firearm
sales and creating guidance forcourts when considering
restraining orders related togun violence.
New York has enacted a similarlaw to California requiring
consumer warnings whenpurchasing firearms.
Colorado's new law requires gunowners who store their weapons
(09:18):
in an unoccupied vehicle to doso in a locked, out of view,
hard sided container.
Colorado has also Increasedtraining requirements for
concealed carry permits whileprohibiting particular
misdemeanor offenders fromobtaining the permits.
The new concealed carry lawswill go into effect in July.
Meanwhile, New Hampshire's newgun laws for 2025 bar employers
(09:41):
from preventing employee storageof firearms in locked vehicles.
In 2022, President Reagan andJoe Biden signed the Bipartisan
Safer Community Act, whichrepresent The first
comprehensive gun reform billundertaken by Congress in 30
years.
The bill expanded backgroundchecks and restrictions on who
owned a gun, but fell short ofthe goals set by progressive
(10:05):
lawmakers.
Last year, the administrationissued an executive order
intended to reduce gun violence,and in July, the Department of
Justice expanded firearmbackground checks requirements
for gun dealers.
With the pro Trump, pro gunTrump administration Republican
majority.
in Congress and in gun rightsfriendly U.
S.
Supreme Court that the countrystands to face a potential
(10:27):
reckoning over the widening gapin the treatment of gun violence
and safety issues across thenations.
So there is going to be areckoning according to this
article.
So those are a couple articles,some articles that will be
appearing in this week'snewsletter.
I haven't worked out the entirecontent yet.
It goes out on Monday mornings.
If you are interested in it.
(10:48):
You can, in the notes of thispodcast is the link to
subscribe.
And you can also get that aswell as hear the podcast.
Sometimes the newsletter, thecontent in the newsletter and
the podcast overlap.
Sometimes they're completelydifferent.
Sometimes I pull from thenewsletter for the podcast, like
I'm doing today.
Sometimes I don't.
But if you want to get moreFirearm news, second amendment
(11:10):
news that news, my newsletter isa great way to, to do that and
not have to scour the differentinternet sites.
Let me do a little of that workfor you.
So I appreciate you listening.
Have a great day and have agreat week.
Talk to you later.
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