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Student of the Gun Radio

Charlie Kirk & The Role of Violence in Man's Life | SOTG 1308

Student of the Gun Radio

Jarrad Markel

News, Sports, Wilderness, Politics

4.6 • 798 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 88 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Before anything else, we felt we had to address the Charlie Kirk situation, with what happened to him, why it most likely happened, and what kind of a man Charlie was. This was disgusting anf reprehensible, and we can't just pretend that now is the time for love and togetherness with our foes… 

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Book Announcement

Professor Markel announced that Nick Orr's new novella, "Mockingbird," in the Pipe Hitters Novel series, is available for pre-order on Amazon Kindle and will be released on September 15th. The conversation ended with the introduction of the show and its co-hosts.

Firearms Training Home Study Program

The professor explained the home study program, which provides structured learning materials including written, video, and testing content to prepare students for in-person firearms training. He emphasized that the program allows students to learn safety rules and techniques before arriving at the range, maximizing the time spent on practical training during the live session.

Jarrad highlighted that the home study course covers specific techniques and tactics used in the training, giving students a head start on understanding expectations and allowing them to absorb instruction more quickly during the live session.

Gun Safety and Emergency Training

The meeting focused on a discussion about responsible gun ownership and emergency medical training. Professor Paul Markel shared his experience hosting a radio show with Tom Gresham and discussed his book "Beyond the Boo Boo," which covers traumatic medical training for citizens.

John, a retired physician, called into the show to discuss the importance of stop-the-bleed training and shared his experience as a certified instructor. They emphasized the need for quick action in emergency situations and the simplicity of stop-the-bleed techniques, suggesting that anyone can learn to help save lives in the event of a shooting or other traumatic incident.

Battery vs. Tritium Optics Discussion

The discussion focused on the benefits and drawbacks of battery-powered versus nuclear-powered (tritium) optics, with Professor Markel explaining that while tritium sights offer perpetual power without battery changes, they are more expensive initially and have a limited lifespan of 8-9 years before needing professional refurbishment. 

Sonny Puzikas and the Role of Violence in Man's Life

Jarrad sits down with the great Sonny Puzikas for a long discussion on life, faith, and what place that violence has in the world, as well as in a man's life. This is a fantastic interview that you don't wanna miss, and only members of the Grad Program will hear the full, uncut thing. So consider signing up today!

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey there, good morning, everybody. So we are currently recording this right here. We had already recorded SOTG radio a couple days ago, but the Charlie Kirk assassination shooting, killing, whatever you want to phrase it as, just happened yesterday. We're currently recording this on the 11th. And we knew you guys wouldn't want to wait a full week to hear what we think about the situation. So we thought we'd hop on real quick and talk to you guys right here.

0:23.6

So without further ado, here is Professor Paul to give you his thoughts on the situation.

0:29.6

Yeah, thanks, Zach.

0:32.6

I don't have any prepared remarks as in I didn't write anything down, so I'm just going to speak from the heart.

0:41.5

Yesterday, I ran, and I'm still running through a full battery of emotions, extreme sadness and frustration, disappointment, extreme anger, all at once going back and forth up and down.

0:59.9

I'll admit to you guys that when I first got the herd that he had been shot and then his condition was

1:06.4

when he had been shot and taken away and they didn't say, hey, he's okay.

1:13.4

They just said nothing.

1:15.4

I really felt that it was not going to be good news.

1:20.4

And I just turned my phone off and I went out in the woods and started cutting firewood.

1:25.6

I spent a couple hours cutting firewood because I couldn't just sit around.

1:32.4

And truthfully, I was getting really frustrated with our people because every 30 seconds,

1:39.2

somebody was hypothesizing.

1:42.1

You know, oh, this, this, this, it's like, we don't know know just do me a favor and shut up about it for a

1:48.1

second so i just turned my phone off and the truth is i had my phone turned off most of last night

1:53.7

and today i got up and and i didn't i hadn't put all the i had to now i had i had I did that thing to myself where I went out and got a bunch of logs and brought them home.

2:06.2

And then so this morning I had to get up and cut them into manageable pieces and then split them into more manageable pieces.

2:13.3

So I did that this morning.

2:15.8

Not that you give a crap about that.

2:18.9

And I did that just because I wanted to do something productive.

2:22.3

I felt like rather than just wallow, just get on Lauren heaven X or Facebook or whatever that I just needed to get my blood moving and do something productive,

2:34.8

which is what I did.

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