Gun Rights Are Women's Rights, with Antonia Okafor

Hold These Truths with Dan Crenshaw

Dan Crenshaw

Politics, Energy, Healthcare, News, World, Society & Culture, Regulations, Finance, America, Freedom

4.6 • 16K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Antonia Okafor is a Second Amendment advocate and the Founder of EMPOWERED, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating, training, and equipping young women in the use of firearms for protection on college campuses. She joined us to talk about the practical reasons why young women should arm themselves, gun ownership in minority communities, and what's behind the skyrocketing demand for firearms since the rise of COVID-19.

Antonia was the Southwest Regional Director for Students for Concealed Carry on Campus and was instrumental in the passage and implementation of Texas’ 2015 “campus carry” law. Read her NY Times oped "Why I Bring My Gun to School" here. Follow Antonia on Twitter at @antonia_okafor.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	We hold these truths to be self-evident.
0:02.0	That all men are created.
0:04.0	There's a number of Congress I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office.
0:07.0	Experts on what they're talking about.
0:09.0	This is the podcast for insights into the issues.
0:11.0	China, bio-terrorism, Medicare for all, in-depth discussions.
0:16.0	Breaking it down into simple terms.
0:18.0	We hold these truths with Dan Crenshaw.
0:24.0	Many of you may or may not have noticed that it's getting more and more difficult
0:29.0	to purchase a firearm.
0:31.0	Places are running out of firearms.
0:34.0	The shelves are empty of ammunition in some places.
0:37.0	In Texas, we're probably pretty good about restocking those.
0:41.0	If you haven't noticed it, it might be because you've been a long-time gun owner
0:45.0	and you feel no need to go shopping for another weapon at this point.
0:49.0	You probably have a lot of ammo stocked up.
0:51.0	Again, maybe I'm talking to a lot of Texans when I say that.
0:55.0	But I think that's largely true.
0:57.0	But there's been a lot of new gun ownership across America.
1:01.0	I can't imagine why.
1:03.0	But it's an interesting phenomenon.
1:05.0	This seems to happen anytime.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dan Crenshaw, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Dan Crenshaw and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.