Riding Shotgun With Charlie

Riding Shotgun With Charlie   #264 Trevor Baucom  Adaptive Defensive Shooters Summit   This summer I got to interview Chad Barber from NRA's America's Rifles Challenge from an undisclosed location in New Hampshire. He reached out and said that Trevor Baucom was running the Adaptive Defensive Shooter Summit at the SIG Academy and would be a great guest. So I headed north to the Live Free or Die sta...

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #263 Mark Abady We Shoot I met Mark Abady in passing at SHOT Show in 2025. A New Jersey friend made the introduction, but it was quick and we both moved on. We Shoot has been around for seven years. The range and gun store have been on my radar for awhile. Valentina Green (RSWC #256) said they were up for being on a show so I headed down to central New Jersey to make it...

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #261 Dan Hagan, Esq. Mass Gun Lawyer I've been running into Dan Hagan at several of the pro-gun events in Massachusetts. At one event, we talked a bit more. Then I found out how many cases he was doing in the Western Mass and the impact he's had on them. So it was time to reach out and have him on the show. We met at a local gun store and took it from there.  Like many...

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #261 Chad Barber NRA ARC    At the NRA"s Great American Outdoor Show in February, I met Chad while he was doing a demonstration of the America's Rifle Challenge. When I found out he was only a couple hours north in New Hampshire, I knew we needed to do a show!   Like many others, Chad started shooting as a youth. In Michigan, he was shooting BB guns and .22s. He spent t...

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #260 Toby Leary The Civil Rights Coalition Cape Gun Works RapidFire Radio   Massachusetts has been seeing the opposite of Bruen since 2023. The Beacon Hill politicians have been doubling down on attacking the Rights of the Bay State gun owners and the non-gun owning subjects, too.    It started with the "Gun Law Listening Tour", where one state representative was tasked...

RSWC PitStop Jeff Gonzales Trident Concepts I got to catch up with Jeff at the NRA Annual Meetings in Houston, 2026. Thanks to NRA Voices of the Second Amendment. Trident Concepts website https://tridentconcepts.com/ Trident Concepts on FB https://www.facebook.com/TridentConcepts Trident Concepts on IG https://www.instagram.com/tridentconcepts/ Trident Concepts on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/u...

RSWC PitStop Tom Gresham Gun Talk I got to catch up with Tom at NRA Annual Meetings in Houston, 2026. Thanks to NRA Voices of the Second Amendment. He's a giant in the 2A community and 2A media. It was very cool to have him come up to me and say that he'd like to do a segment. Gun Talk website https://www.guntalk.com/ Gun Talk on FB https://www.facebook.com/guntalkmedia Gun Talk on IG https://www....

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #259 Joe LoPorto NRA State Director, New Jersey Firearm Owners Syndicate    I met Joe LoPorto with some of the other friends from New Jersey while we were at the Great American Outdoor Show in Harrisburg. Since then, Joe has jumped from a career to working for the NRA as the State Director of the northern New England states.   When he was a young boy, he really was into...

RSWC PitStop Jon Green Director of Training & Education, Gun Owners Action League Jon has been my longest friend in the 2A world. I took an NRA Basic Pistol Course from him in August 2002! It's an honor to call him a friend and mentor. Gun Owners Action League https://www.goal.org/ GOAL on FB https://www.facebook.com/GunOwnersActionLeague/ GOAL on IG https://www.instagram.com/goal_massachusetts GO...

RSWC PitStop Gabby Franco AMP Mindset I caught up with Gabby at NRA AM in Houston 2026. She got into something new that she's been working on! Website https://www.gabbyfranco.com/ AMP Mindset website https://ampmindset.com/ Gabby on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@gabbyfranco Gabby on IG https://www.instagram.com/gabbyfrancots4 Gabby on FB https://www.facebook.com/gabbyfrancotopshot/ Let's get th...

RSWC PitStop Chris Freshman Front Site App I got to learn about the FrontSite app at NRA Annual Meetings in Houston 2026. Check out this interview! Chris has a very cool app here! Let's get the #StagecoachAcrossAmerica Front Site App https://www.frontsiteapp.com/ Front Site on FB https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561233886148 Front Site on IG  https://www.instagram.com/thefrontsiteapp/ Fro...

RSWC PitStop  David Cole Delta Bravo Charlie I got to interview David Cole. I used to listen to him on a friend's podcast and was glad to get some time with him. Delta Bravo Charlie website https://www.deltabravocharlie.com/ NRA Website https://home.nra.org/  

RSWC PitStop Michael Sodini Walk The Talk America WTTA website https://walkthetalkamerica.org/ Free and anonymous mental health screening https://walkthetalkamerica.org/love/ WTTA podcast https://walkthetalkamerica.org/podcast Donate to WTTA  https://walkthetalkamerica.org/support-us/#donate NRA Website https://home.nra.org/  

RSWC PitStop Brandon Fisher Precision Defense Solutions I got to catch up with Brandon Fisher from Precision Defense Solutions from Ohio. We talked at the NRA Annual Meetings in Houston 2026. Precision Defense Solutions website https://ncpda.us/index.html Precision Defense Solutions on FB https://www.facebook.com/pdsoh2/ NRA Website https://home.nra.org/  

RSWC PitStop Tonya Taylor NRA FAL I didn't know what an FAL is. It's a Frontline Activist Leader.  I had a spot in my schedule and I put it out there. Tonya answered the call and came down and did a show at the NRA Annual Meetings in Houston, 2026. NRA FAL https://www.nraila.org/grassroots/volunteer/ NRA FAL Find Your FAL https://www.nraila.org/grassroots/find-your-frontlines-activist-leader/ NRA...

RSWC PitStop Tes Salb HIVIZ Shooting Systems I got to catch up with Tes at NRA Annual Meeting in Houston 2026. Thanks to NRA for hosting Voices of the Second Amendment. Thanks to Beretta Holdings for sponsoring Voices. HIVIZ on FB https://www.facebook.com/HIVIZSights HIVIZ website https://www.hivizsights.com/ Tes Salb Shooting https://www.facebook.com/TesSalbShooting  

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #257 John & JJ Occhipinti North Jersey Friends of the NRA   It takes all kinds of people with all kinds of skills to make things happen. Running the second largest Friends of the NRA dinner in the country isn't easy, but John & JJ Occhipinti make it look like it is.    This year the North Jersey Friends of the NRA dinner is on October 7, 2026 at The Grove in Cedar Grove...

RSWC PitStop Jeff Yeager & Matt Kennerson Appleseed Project Jeff & Matt talk all things Appleseed Project at NRA Annual Meetings in Houston 2026. Thanks to NRA for hosting Voices of the Second Amendment.  Thanks to Beretta Holdings for sponsoring the Voices. Let's get the #StagecoachAcrossAmerica

RSWC PitStop Steve Bozich Bare Arms Steve updates us on what's going on with Bare Arms and his printing company. Thanks to the NRA for hosting Voices of the Second Amendment.  Thanks to Beretta Holdings for sponsoring Voices.

RSWC PitStop Dan Schmutter, Esq. Law Firm of Hartman & Winnicki Dan talks to us about a Knife Rights case he had recently.   Thanks to the NRA for having the Voices of the Second Amendment.  Thanks to Beretta Holdings for sponsoring the Voices!

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #255 Valentina Richardson Green Naturally Armed Sometimes, someone takes everything by storm and comes out of nowhere. I think this happened with Valentina, but I found out she was paying dues quickly. We've been following each other on the socials for a while and I know she's been working and doing classes at Gun For Hire range in New Jersey. We got a chance to meet at...

PitStop Alex Ooley Forge of Freedom Podcast Recorded at NRA Annual Meetings in Houston in April 2026. Forge of Freedom website https://forgeoffreedom.com/ Forge of Freedom on FB https://www.facebook.com/forgeoffreedom Forge of Freedom on IG https://www.instagram.com/theforgeoffreedom  

PitStop Julie Golob I got to catch up with Julie at the NRA Annual Meetings in Houston in April 2026. Julie was the very first person I met at SHOT Show 2017. Julie Golob website https://www.juliegolob.com/ Julie on IG https://www.instagram.com/juliegolob Julie on FB https://www.facebook.com/JulieGolob/ Springfield Armory https://www.springfield-armory.com/  

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #254 Rick Patterson CCRKBA Board Member & Liberty's Keystone   It's nice to be able to film a show that isn't too far from home. Rick Patterson is only in Connecticut. He's a board member of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. And he owns Liberty's Keystone. We had an interesting conversation about some of the goings on on the international level...