• The MD process of purchasing a gun
• Gun Review Pt 1- ISSC M22 Semi Auto .22LR Pistol
• Rallies, Marches and Protest
• Second Amendment Song- Lucas Hoge
• General Planning, new black man with a gun site coming, new book
• Zombie Strike #41

Help me raise money for the City of Hope. It’s a independent medical and research institution setting the standards for cancer care nationwide. For many people, City of Hope is where hope begins.

I know pro-gun people love life. We do the right thing so that we can protect our families from criminals. We are passionate about our freedom, children, our communities and our country.

Make your checks payable to City of Hope and send them to me by mail, ASAP, to Kenn Blanchard, PO Box 2, Upper Marlboro, MD 20773 or donate online.

And lets give those fighting cancer more hope. Thank you.

Shout out to my friend babs at   http://womensoutdoornews.com

In the wilderness ministries  http://www.pastorkenn.ning.com  and www.itwm.org

HISTORY CHANNEL SEEKING MARKSMEN FOR SEASON 2 OF TOP SHOT!

If you are skilled with a pistol, rifle or any other firearm, you could win $100,000 in prizes on season 2 of History Channel’s hit competition show TOP SHOT. Producers are looking for anyone with mind-blowing shooting skills and a big personality to take on exciting physical challenges with multiple guns and mystery projectile weapons.

It doesn’t matter if you’re a professionally trained shooter or a self-taught, average Joe (or Jane!). As long as you’re in good physical shape, have mastered a firearm and can adapt to new weapons and demanding physical situations, you could be America’s next “Top Shot.”

To apply, email TopShotCasting@gmail.com with your name, city/state, phone number, a recent photo of yourself and a brief explanation of why you should be on the show. Deadline to apply is August 12, 2010. For more information, visit www.pilgrimfilms.tv and click on “CASTING” or call 818-478-4570 for more information.

* Applicants must be at least 21 years of age, a resident or citizen of the United States and reasonably proficient with shooting and marksmanship

• My Epiphany
• Interview with Denny Chapman- the cowboy from the History channels’ show Top Shot
• Gun Review #2 – the M1 Garand
• Zombie Strike #35
• “It’s Rainin” by Bones Hooks  (Originally sung by Jonny Lang)

And more, coming up next!

Top Shot Favorite:

http://www.taylorsfirearms.com

http://dennychapman.com

Zombie Strike # 35

It’s Rainin’- Bones Hooks sings a Jonny Lang tune.

Women and Guns Article of the week

1. Stuff I learned in South Carolina
2. slave rebellions,
3. what happened here in the city, when the decision came out,
4. Zombie Strike #32
5. Tip of the week How to Survive a Stadium Riot
6. What is gun ownership to a slave?

I got a chance to get away for my birthday to Charleston, SC.  It was rich in heritage.  Here is some of the stuff I learned while there.  Slave rebellions, Denmark Vesey, Exercise for Men, Zombie Strike #33, How to Survive a Stadium Riot, Maintenance man shoots intruder the day the McDonald V. Chicago case is heard in the US Supreme Court.

The best walking shoes from BlackHawk!

MidwayUSA has some too.

Two articles this week that stand out to me from the normally anti-gun Washington Post

Forestville man fatally shoots home invader

Washington Post – Courtland Milloy

Happy Independence!

This is June, my favorite month of the year.  I celebrate a birthday, usually gain or lose something physically.  Like this was the month I got my first whisker, now my first gray hair, etc.  Well this year I may discovered I have multiple personalities.  I think just three.  One is real gentle and loving.  One is wild and reckless, fun to be around, real silly, and one is just mean.   I think the other two keep him in check.  You ever felt like that?

This week on the Urban Shooter

• Zombie Strike #30, epilogue
• Crime in Chicago, a report from a journalist and Urban Shooter listener in Chicago –Jason
• I bought a new shotgun
• And Protecting What’s Yours.  Time to bring back that feature that can help you secure and save your life.
• News and views

News portion taken from www.myguns.net

Had an article published based on my commentary from episode 168 called WTF AZ on HumanEvents.com

Music – Bones Hooks sings, ” Sweet Home Chicago”

Protecting What’s Yours

According to a United States Department of Justice report:

• 38 percent of assaults and 60 percent of rapes occur during home invasions
• One in five homes undergoes a home invasion or break-in
• There are more than 8,000 home invasions every day in North America
• 50 percent of home invasions involve the use of a weapon; the most common weapons used are knives or other cutting instruments
• In 48 percent of home invasions, victims sustain physical injuries
• Victims age 60 or older make up 17 percent of home invasion victims
• In 68 percent of home invasions, victims and the accused are strangers; in 11 percent of these cases, victims and the accused are friends, business associates, or family

The best defense is always offense, so prepare yourself, your home, and your family to defend against home invasion:

• Zombie Strike

Zombie Strike is now going to be its own podcast.

Thanks for listening!

Sources confirm the black man with a gun as Rev. Kenn Blanchard, entered the range at 5 pm armed with a Glock 17 and a Browning Hi power. After turning over his driver’s license and putting on his eye and ear protection he walked onto stall three and almost at once began his shooting spree.

He just kept firing, over and over, again and again said a witness that requested not to be named. From the moment he arrived it was clear this man had one thing on his mind.

We won’t be right back with this anticlimactic conclusion after these messages.

• Zombie Strike #28
• Have Gun Will Travel-TSA
• Interview with Todd Jarrett on traveling with firearms.
• Smooth from Santana a la Kenn

I saw this cool satirical article in “The Onion” that gave me the idea to use as the news flash and topic for this weeks show.  This black gun man is going to open fire —up the grill.   With the Memorial Day coming this week it is the unofficial start of the summer.  I thought about those days when school was out and we had a summer vacation.

If you are traveling with firearms, listen for some tips and insights I have for you from Todd Jarrett.  He is a professional shooter, competitor, trainer and exhibitionist that is always dealing with TSA and the airline industry with guns.   They call it traveling with ‘Special Items.”  He was a gun rep with several different companies over the years and a nice guy on top of it all.  I recorded this conversation with my old iphone and a voice recording app.  It is not the best but it is not bad.

There are a lot of myths about transporting firearms on airplanes.  The bottom line is that the Transportation Security Administration  (TSA) is the ultimate authority.

Here are my common sense rules of thumb:

• Declare your unloaded firearms
• Lock the case
• Keep a low profile
• Follow TSA rules and regs. Comply with any additional given by the airlines.

A few myths about carrying firearms

• Not allowed to carry pistols
• Only shotguns allowed
• Each airline has its own policy
• You will be put on a watchlist if you travel with a firearm
• You can’t transport ammo
• You need a concealed carry permit, hunting license or some certification to transport a firearm.

Zombie Strike continues thanks to the talented Derek Ward with episode #28.  The Strike team is still in Wyoming of all places dealing with some supernatural funky stuff.

Think I’ll fire up the grill this weekend and play a little Santana.  Sing with me as I do one of my favorites, “Smooth”.

Thank you for listening.  Please give a review on itunes or leave feedback on the site.  Love you.  Shalom Baby, Kenn

• Interview with the author of “Ministry of Defense; Executive protection for your ministry.” Www.PabloBirriel.com
• Weddings and Shotguns
• Zombie Strike #27
• Question of the week:  Marriage
• A song dedicated to the southwest that may still be underwater: I Can’t Stand the Rain

Oh yeah!  by Yello, played on “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” and “The Secret of My Success”

This was a whirlwind week for me, it rained a lot but that was a good thing as I just planted some flowers in my yard.  I went to the trap and skeet range again, ate breakfast with my retired buddies at the VFW (I joined) and prepared for a wedding.

The thought of weddings prompted a couple of thoughts I share on the show and the “Question of the Week”.  Marriage, civil unions, bachelor parties, wedding parties and carrying at a church all influence this weeks show.  I expect a few frowns from the monologue. I had fun with it and remixed a forgotten tune from two movies.

Pablo Birriel gave an interesting viewpoint about security in a place of worship.  He is the author of “Ministry of Defense”.  Like me, Pablo is a colorful Christian that didn’t grow up in church.  He brings a rich knowledge base from the streets to securing the sanctuary. http://pablobirriel.com

I had my first article published on www.humanevents.com about “Black Conservatism” which was a treatise about me and what the mainstream refuses to see about a person of color that doesn’t fall for their propaganda.

I sent out a email to all that subscribe to the Urban Shooter list and gave a run down of all the events I have going on or attempting that I can share.

I am now on www.windowstoliberty.com internet radio and can no longer say I am just a podcast.  I am truly the host of a pro-gun variety “show”.

The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

Special thanks to www.esseyepro.com for supplying the gifts awarded to Urban Shooter Association members.

Thanks for listening and supporting,

• Zombie Strike #26, with an intro by the author.
• New zombie target coming.
• Shooting Trap with my fishing buddies.
• Blackhawk! rocks.
• Knoxx Recoil Reduction system.

James Brown

I feel good.  My paintball wounds are still healing.  I wish someone had told me about that.  My son is home from his first year of college.  Go Homey.  I’m his biggest fan.  Great young man.  He didn’t ask to come into the world so going to make sure he gets the benefits of my mistakes to be better, stronger, faster.  I didn’t go to the pistol range this week, but I did go trap shooting.  Not going to the NRA annual meeting but want to know what you see, hear and are doing this weekend, so if you tweet, could you include #kennblanchardNRA on your tweet so I can live vicariously through you.  I submitted my first article to Guns and Patriots, so look for my first piece there about black conservatives and the invisible man.  Zombie Strike is back and I am damn happy about it.  Actually, I feel good about it all.

James Brown

When I was a kid, we were like the evans family on Good times but we had a house.  When things were going good, my dad would invite his buddies over for drinks and they would play his james brown records.  When my step dad was laughing it was safe to be home.  My best memories of home always had James Brown playing in the background.  How can you not be happy with the Godfather of Soul.  If I really wanted to make my step father laugh I would entertain his friends if asked to show a new dance move or something.   You can’t go wrong with a James Brown move.  It would turn the party out.  If you have never seen one of his moves, I found a you tube clip and put it on urbanshooterpodcast dot com’s show notes page.

Trap shooting.

Trap shooting is one of the three major forms of competitive clay pigeon shooting (shotgun shooting at clay targets). The others are Skeet shooting and sporting clays.

I went to a really nice facility in Prince Georges County, MD.  It’s a park and planning trap and skeet range.  With the shotguns donated by Berretta.  Really nice shotguns I might add.  I think I shot using a White Onyx and that sucker on the site is like 2K.  They are based out of Maryland but I have never talked to them.  I have to work on that.  I shot with my retired fishing buddies that were anxious to get together before our saltwater fishing season started.

Trap is where you have one orange clay Frisbee target that gets chucked out of a computer run shooting house that throws it so all shooters will receive exactly the same targets as all other shooters, hence providing the equal difficulty for all. 10 left, 10 right and 5 straight-away targets to each competitor in a randomized sequence. There is a microphone release system provides equality in target release times. But sometimes a cough or other body noise will unintentionally launch a bird.

The process of a round goes like this: There were three of us shooters, one to each station, I think there were five stations.  You load one round into your shotgun which should have a choke on it and be a long barreled shotgun of at least 28” long.  Or your shot will not make it.  The shotgun rounds are not like the buckshot or police defensive loads we normally think about when you shoot a shotgun and it beats your shoulder into submission.  This is a lighter load with special shot.  There is a limit to the size.  Its really calm, like golf with a gun.  Once you are ready,  you load and not until then, then You say pull, are something and a clay bird is launched.  You After firing at his target, the first shooter waits for the second shooter to complete firing, then moves to station two, with the shooter on station six smoothly moving to station one. This procedure continues through the squad until the completion of the round.  You shoot a box of 25 and you count how many of the 25 you have hit.

I would really like to see more urban shooters out enjoying this sport.

New Product review.

Speaking of shotguns what about the brutally of recoil?  I know a lot of gun owners that live in the city at least have a shotgun.  For one, if you are in the gun unfriendly place of the District of Columbia, it is all you can have without attracting unwarranted attention.   You buy a Remington 870, a Winchester or a Mossberg and then it sits in the closet.  If you take it out to shoot, where do you go?  Most ranges around this area, frown on shotgun use but if you go out in the country or find an outdoor range to blast it, you will soon find out that it is not the most pleasurable thing in the world.  Lord help you if you have one with a pistol grip only stock.  You will not be firing a box of loads with that puppy.  The torque on your wrist is nasty.  But I got a solution for you.

When I was at Blackhawk I got a peek and a new product that you can buy for recoil reduction called the Knoxx system.  It replaces the stock with a synthetic one with some cool engineering.  And the cool part is I have used it, shot with it and it works.  It’s not expensive and I have one for my 870 Remington now.

http://www.dawsonprecision.com

toddjarrett.com

windowstoliberty.com

blackhawk.com

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