Riding Shotgun With Charlie

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #154 Bill Dalpe Patriot Firearms Training Bill Dalpe and I have been social media friends for a while.  I will admit that I've got another friend using "Patriot" for his training business and I may have gotten them mixed up at first. I met Bill at the GOAL Breakfast this past year and I took the Before You Carry & Defend class with my good friend Mark, who I've done a f...

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #154 Bill Dalpe Patriot Firearms Training Bill Dalpe and I have been social media friends for a while.  I will admit that I've got another friend using "Patriot" for his training business and I may have gotten them mixed up at first. I met Bill at the GOAL Breakfast this past year and I took the Before You Carry & Defend class with my good friend Mark, who I've done a f...

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #154 Bill Dalpe Patriot Firearms Training Bill Dalpe and I have been social media friends for a while.  I will admit that I've got another friend using "Patriot" for his training business and I may have gotten them mixed up at first. I met Bill at the GOAL Breakfast this past year and I took the Before You Carry & Defend class with my good friend Mark, who I've done a f...

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #153 Michael Schwartz San Diego County Gun Owners Gun Owners Radio   This past June I finally got to California to film some shows. One of the folks I absolutely had to have was Michael Schwartz. He's the founder of San Diego County Gun Owners (SDCGO) and co-host of Gun Owners Radio (GOR).  I booked a trip with John Petrolino (RSWC #093) and we headed to SDCGO's GunProm...

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #152 Alex Sansone The Suited Shootist   At the NRAAM in Houston this year, I got to co-emcee the Concealed Carry Fashion show presented by RealizeFAC with Amanda Sufffecool.  She and I have hosted these all around the country. We use models who are influencers, instructors, and activists in the firearm community. One of the models at NRAAM was Alex Sansone, The Suited S...

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #151 Ladies Event in Detroit Legally Armed In Detroit   It's not every day that you get to help teach 1,200+ women to shoot. I had a chance to attend Rick Ector's Ladies Event recently. Rick (RSWC #032) runs Legally Armed In Detroit. For the last 11 years, he's had a Ladies Event where women can come to learn to shoot a handgun. It started after a tragic story in the De...

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #151 Ladies Event in Detroit Legally Armed In Detroit   It's not every day that you get to help teach 1,200+ women to shoot. I had a chance to attend Rick Ector's Ladies Event recently. Rick (RSWC #032) runs Legally Armed In Detroit. For the last 11 years, he's had a Ladies Event where women can come to learn to shoot a handgun. It started after a tragic story in the De...

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #149 Santee The Santee TV   I know this sounds weird, but I love having some stalkers. OK, they're not real stalkers. But there are some folks who watch the show and are happy to meet me. Santee is one of them. She's been watching the show for a hot minute. She reached out to me after catching shows with Brooke Cheney (RSWC #075) and Jerah Hutchins (RSWC #133). She said...

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #149 Santee The Santee TV   I know this sounds weird, but I love having some stalkers. OK, they're not real stalkers. But there are some folks who watch the show and are happy to meet me. Santee is one of them. She's been watching the show for a hot minute. She reached out to me after catching shows with Brooke Cheney (RSWC #075) and Jerah Hutchins (RSWC #133). She said...

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #149 Santee The Santee TV   I know this sounds weird, but I love having some stalkers. OK, they're not real stalkers. But there are some folks who watch the show and are happy to meet me. Santee is one of them. She's been watching the show for a hot minute. She reached out to me after catching shows with Brooke Cheney (RSWC #075) and Jerah Hutchins (RSWC #133). She said...

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #148 Evan Nappen Gun Lawyer   Evan Nappen!  What can I say?!?! I used to listen to Evan on Gun For Hire Radio with Anthony Colandro (RSWC #003 & #025). He's always been educating and entertaining to listen to and that's when I became a fan. He has offices in New Jersey and New Hampshire.  I always wondered why.  I heard that he was doing a US Law Shield seminar in New J...

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #147 Umar Arrastia Close Quarter Countermeasures I really do have the coolest gig AND friends!  One of my friends and training partners, Mark L, sent me a Facebook event for an ACTIVE Killer Response Course. I swear it said ACTIVE Kicker! He then messaged me and said that the instructor Umar Arrastia would be a great passenger for the show.  I reached out to Umar and we...

Armed Lifestyle Magazine Anthony Colandro Writing Shotgun With Charlie Here's an interview I did with Anthony Colandro from Gun For Hire Range & Gun For Hire Radio. I interviewed him in 2016 for the first time. And I'm glad I reached out and stopped at Gun For Hire on my way down to Washington, DC, to interview Kenn Blanchard. We've become friends. Expanding my circle of friends was a goal when I...

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #146 Anne Mauro Collegiate Shotgun Coach,  University of Maryland   At SHOT Show 2022, Cheryl Todd (RSWC #060) messaged me and said I need to have Anne Mauro on the stagecoach. After some group texts and making plans during a vacation week, I hit the road for Maryland.  Anne is a shotgun coach at the University of Maryland, where she runs a top notch program that she gr...

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #145 Dave Kopacz Red Pill Politics Radio Flag Day/2A Rally   I met Dave Kopacz a few years ago when I was helping a friend run a campaign for state senate. He's been fighting for our Rights in Massachusetts for a number of years now. For the last 8 years, he's been hosting the Flag Day/2A Rally, which is going to be on June 11, 2022, at the Century Sportsman Club in Aub...

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #145 Dave Kopacz Red Pill Politics Radio Flag Day/2A Rally   I met Dave Kopacz a few years ago when I was helping a friend run a campaign for state senate. He's been fighting for our Rights in Massachusetts for a number of years now. For the last 8 years, he's been hosting the Flag Day/2A Rally, which is going to be on June 11, 2022, at the Century Sportsman Club in Aub...

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #144 Mary Forgues The DC Project   At SHOT Show 2022, I was checking Dianna Muller's (RSWC #059) presentation on The DC Project (DCP) and ran into several DCP ladies who I've had on the show.  Holly Sullivan (RSWC #036, CCDL) introduced us and said I needed to have Mary Forgues on the show, which should be easy since she isn't that far from me. I was thrilled that Mary...

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #143 Toby Leary Cape Gun Works RapidFire Radio   A long time ago, in a galaxy far away… I took the then Combat Focus Shooting course with Rob Pincus. Legit, it was 2013. Two of the other classmates were Toby Leary and Brendon Bricklin, the owners of Cape Gun Works (CGW). I eventually became a Utah instructor and asked them if they wanted to host a Utah course for their...

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #142 Mike & Big Keith The Gun Experiment Podcast   This is a 'big show' for Mike & Big Keith from The Gun Experiment. They haven't been seen on video. Mike reached out to me and asked to be on their podcast.  When I found out they were only a couple hours away, I said I wanted them on my show in return. Big Keith even offered to let us use his vintage Lincoln!  Here's a...

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #142 Mike & Big Keith The Gun Experiment Podcast   This is a 'big show' for Mike & Big Keith from The Gun Experiment. They haven't been seen on video. Mike reached out to me and asked to be on their podcast.  When I found out they were only a couple hours away, I said I wanted them on my show in return. Big Keith even offered to let us use his vintage Lincoln!  Here's a...

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #142 Mike & Big Keith The Gun Experiment Podcast   This is a 'big show' for Mike & Big Keith from The Gun Experiment. They haven't been seen on video. Mike reached out to me and asked to be on their podcast.  When I found out they were only a couple hours away, I said I wanted them on my show in return. Big Keith even offered to let us use his vintage Lincoln!  Here's a...

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #141 Val Evans "Mama Bear" Armed Women of America   Last October, I was emceeing the Rod Of Iron Freedom Festival at the Tommy Gun Warehouse at KAHR Arms in Pennsylvania. It was a great event and I got to hang out with some of my 2A friends, including Stephen Willeford, RSWC #088, and I got to make new friends.  Stephen, a few others, and I spent about an hour talking a...

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #140 Frank C Tait NRA Board of Directors Candidate   You never know who you're going to see when you're roaming around SHOT Show. I ran into Frank C Tait in Las Vegas in January 2022 and we exchanged info.  This year is the third year that he's been running for the NRA Board of Directors (BOD). Hopefully this will be the year for him!   Frank and I met in Philadelphia a...

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #139 Kerrie Ann Auclair The DC Project Armed Women of America   I have a YouTube playlist of all the DC Project (DCP) members who have been on the show.  When I found out Kerrie Ann was the new member for Massachusetts, I sent her the list and asked if she would be on the show.  Last fall, we both took a course from Gun Owners Action League (GOAL) and had a chance to ta...