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Gun Talk

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4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Former Secret Service agent Mike Laverne of TactaLoad joins Ryan Gresham on Gun Talk Nation to talk about wild law enforcement stories, the evolution of tactical gear, and the development of the Flash 5 shotgun stock.

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0:00.0	And you guys do this crap every day.
0:01.7	Yeah.
0:02.1	It's no longer interesting anymore.
0:03.5	It's just...
0:04.2	I mean, really, right?
0:05.9	We're just, we're sitting there having some lunch and, I mean, talking about all kinds of wild stuff.
0:11.3	Yeah.
0:11.8	Yeah.
0:12.1	What one story would be a crazy story for someone to have is like a Tuesday for a cop.
0:17.6	Yeah.
0:21.3	I'm Ryan Gresham.
0:24.1	And this?
0:28.5	This is Gun Talk Nation.
0:35.7	Gun Talk Nation is brought to you by T-SOS, Vortex, Range Ready, and Ruger.
0:44.4	Welcome in to Gun Talk Nation.
0:47.3	Today on Gun Talk Nation, we got Mike Laverne, or Laverne.
0:51.7	Laverne Ye.
0:53.2	Laverne-Ye.
0:53.7	Yeah, from down to Bayou.
0:57.7	Originally from Lafayette. Yeah, Lafayette, Louisiana, for those listening,
1:01.3	who are like, what are these guys talking about right now? Cajins.
1:04.2	Ma, yeah. I can do a pretty terrible fake Cajian accent,
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