The 2nd Amendment in Action

In this episode we tell the stories of three individuals that put their right to bear arms into practice to protect their life and liberty. 

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Welcome to the Live Shoot podcast. My name is Jeff Dole and I've been a licensed firearm dealer for the last 18 years. And this podcast is talking about all things related, the amendment, anything else going in the world, sports story or anything else I might find interesting. So welcome, welcome, welcome. So wanna jump into, I've been accumulating a lot of stories here over the last few months. In fact, I, I collect stories, new stories. I have a newsletter you can sign up for it in the, show notes I send out every week as well with just stories. And so throughout the week I collect stories. I save them into a, a Google Doc, and then I go pull those out for this podcast for the newsletter. And. That document is, I, I think it's almost a hundred pages long now of stories. But let's jump into, you know, the second Amendment. And, you know, one of the great things about the Second Amendment is, and the purpose of it is self-defense. So, you know, we go back to our founding fathers and, and we look at why, why did they put the Second Amendment into the Constitution, into the Bill of Rights? And people keep, you know, Joe Biden, you know about hunting and, you know, having your shotgun and, and all that. And it was really about defending your liberty and your freedom. And the founding fathers were about. It'd come from a place where the king had come in to confiscate their arms and they weren't gonna allow it to happen. And so they put in that the, your right to bear arms would not be infringed by this new government that they were creating. They were making a promise. To us that they could, they would not do that. And as comes with that, is the ability to defend yourself from tyrant or anybody else that's trying to take you away, your freedom or your liberty. And so let's talk jump into some people that were have been using the Second Amendment for that very purpose. So let's go to cocoa Florida. It's in the Gulf Coast. And. You're 22-year-old guy and you're minding your own business. You're in the parking lot of some apartments and right in front of building 1634 and up comes this guy you've got some history with, he's dumb. He's been trying to create a beef with you and outta the shadow steps. Dry Smith, he's 21 years old and he's got a full on rifle. Not a toy, a real rifle. And he is got it pointed right at us. Okay? And he's like, he's trying to audition as some bad guy from a Michael Bay movie. And so what are you gonna do? Do you run, do you cover? He. No, you draw your legally carried handgun and you drop the threat before he can even pull the trigger. Boom. One shot self-defense. Pure and simple. He got hauled off to Cape Canaveral Hospital by a witness, but it's too late. Game over for the aggressor now the cocoa pd. Kicks off a homicide investigation as you would expect. But here's the beauty floor. It's got their stand your ground on the books and prelims are screaming. You know, this was a lawful self-defense. No duty to retreat when death, or great bodily harm is, is staring you down. So the shooters cooperating, guns recovered, and as of now, no charges. Zip, zilch. That's the second amendment. Doing its job. So let's stay in Florida and we're gonna go to where, you know, there's been a bunch of action. And this is in front of a McDonald's in Davenport, Polk County. Another 21-year-old. He's making Big Macs, the local McDonald's when two, you know, guys, Peter Story and Nicholas Jones. Both, you know, under 21 roll up. Through the drive through place, the slammed online orders are piling up. Soto does the right thing. He says, sorry fellas, we're too backed up. Come back later. But these two geniuses aren't having it. They threatened to beat Soto's ass and vowed away in the parking lot. After he shift in threat check, then they barge. Inside escalating, the beef manager's scrambling to play peacemaker. One of them starts yapping about having a switch, which is the illegal auto. See on that, turns a Glock into a machine gun and a 30 round mag. Loaded for bear and not the friendly kind. So Soto, no fool, he grabs his gun from the back. Legally, mind you points it their way to deescalate. But words fail, things go physical. Surveillance catches it all. Soto advances shove, tussle, and the gun goes off. Story takes one of the neck. It's not life threatening, thank goodness. But, and he's expected to make a full recovery. Soto smart enough to scoop up the casing after that, but that lands him in for a tampering Charge the deal. Disorderly conduct trespassing, though works now. Polk County, sheriff Grady died. He's a two, a legend and calls it straight. He said Soto had every right to stand his ground. Those threats create a well-founded fear of violence. No official ruling yet, but Judds word, it's gold. This isn't some Wild West shootout. It was a hardworking kid protecting himself from a couple of entitled hotheads who thought fast food came with a side of felonies. If concealed Carry wasn't on the menu that night, soda might've been waiting in the parking lot Now. Sheriff Judd, he's one, got some of the best one-liners. He said It was just a mess. Love it. But that then now let's head up north to Shreveport, Louisiana, where the stakes get even higher Now. This is back in the summer, six 30 in the morning. Dawn's cracking and, and you're a homeowner and you're just sitting and sipping coffee when an argument from the night before boils over the aggressor, rolls up to your house, strapped with his own gun, and starts blasting holes in your front door. Shots ring out like fireworks on the fourth. Your home. Your castle under siege, you're gonna hide in the closet. Nope. You grab your defensive tool, a return fire, a right, a return fire through the door and nail the dirt bag in the lower leg. He crumples bleeds out his deci bad decisions and cops haul him off on attempted second degree murder and felon in possession. Shards your wing too. But docs say you're gonna pull through. This was a te another textbook, castle Doctrine Patriot no Retreat in his own house. The Second Amendment turns a potential massacre into a misdemeanor for the bad guy and get this while the Feds love low balling these stats, FBI has been caught under reporting Armed citizen stops like this as the j like it's their day job. Real life keeps proving wrong. One armed homeowner, one exchange, volley and evil takes a knee. If you're not training for that split second decision, go to the range tomorrow. So now for our last heart Pounder Road Rage on Steroids. This is in Pennsylvania. Again, back in the summer, it's another three 30 in the morning. You know nothing good happens when you're out this late and you're in your Prius. You're minding your you're minding the merges when some road warrior and an Audi, he decides you're his personal pinata. He tells you for two blocks, rams you onto the curb, into a demolition jury jumps out, swinging a metal baseball bat. Full Lou Gehrig starts caving in your jarvis's door. Breaks your glass shattering metals crunching. Bat inches from your skull, fear for your life, understatement of the year. You draw your legally held handgun. Squeeze the trigger and drop the bat. Slinger cold, he hits the pavement. Done. Smart move you peel out. Park a block away, dial 9 1 1 and hand over your gun to the badges. They cuff you initial like, but the Lehigh Valley da reviews the tape and says, justified no charge. You're a free man alive because you exercised your God-given, right Pennsylvania's got reciprocity with 30 concealed states and that concealed carry for, for turning roadkill into road warriors. Without that equalizer, you'd be even news, even evening news tonight. So thank the aggressors that they, those, they think they're untouchable. They meet the equalizer. So we were in Florida twice, Louisiana, Pennsylvania apartments, asphalt McDonald's. Every place you could possibly imagine places had to pe people had to use their their selves, their their second amendment rights to defend themselves. That just proves what the Second Amendment can't do. It can protect you when things go bad. Now, these are some crazy stories. This didn't happen every day and I don't necessarily always agree with, with the way some of these were handled out, but, but again. I'm not there making that decision when things get heated. But you need to think through what would you do if you were in this case and people were threatening you and you had access to your legally carried firearm. Pulling the trigger is no easy decision because there's ramifications. Things may go bad for you, but I'd rather be in jail facing some sort of, a gun charge than being dead. And especially if my family's with me, that's even more important. I've gotta protect them and I've gotta protect my life. Those are my priorities. So we continue to celebrate the Second Amendment with this podcast. Share these stories to everybody to encourage you. To continue to defend the Second Amendment because it's vital. The cops are not on minutes away. They can be even hours away potentially. And you've gotta have the ability to defend yourself when things go bad. So take care, subscribe to this podcast, share it with others, do what you need to do. And we will be back again next week.