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Student of the Gun Radio

Larry Vickers Interview & Negligent Death in Georgia | SOTG 1314

Student of the Gun Radio

Jarrad Markel

News, Sports, Wilderness, Politics

4.6 • 798 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Audiobooks Now Available on Amazon

The meeting discussed the availability of audiobooks for Nicholas Orr's fiction books, including the Pipe Hitters Novel Series, now accessible on Amazon.

The professor explained the process of creating audiobooks, noting the previous complexities and the recent simplification by Amazon, making it more affordable for independent authors. They also mentioned a brief technical issue with Amazon's website, which affected access to the audiobooks.

The discussion concluded with an announcement of an upcoming tech talk, focusing on a rifle chambered in .22 Nosler and the VUDU-X 1 to 6 optic, with a link to the article provided in the show notes.

Glock Pistol Model Discontinuation

The discussion focused on Glock's discontinuation of several pistol models, with Jarrad noting that the G19 Gen 4 and MOS Gen 4 were among the affected models, though the G45 and 19 X-ray remained unchanged.

The professor emphasized that while some customers expressed concern about the changes, the market ultimately decides which models succeed, and manufacturers cannot accommodate every request.

They also discussed how the gun community often criticizes manufacturers for lack of innovation while simultaneously opposing any changes, making it difficult for companies to satisfy their customers.

Challenges in Firearms Industry Leadership

Jarrad and the professor discussed the unique challenges faced by the firearms industry, particularly regarding political involvement and the need for unapologetic leadership.

Jarrad expressed uncertainty about whether gun enthusiasts truly desire strong leadership, suggesting that potential leaders might hesitate due to doubts about followership.

They also discussed the complex decision-making process companies face when dealing with political pressures, such as the potential loss of sales in certain states, and the impact such decisions could have on employees and their families.

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0:00.0

All right, all you cast and kittens out there in the student of gun listening audience, it's time for

0:04.3

Student of the Gun Radio. Yes, indeed. Episode 13, 14, 14, 17, 17, 18, 19, 20. All right. Yeah, what

0:14.6

are we got for you guys today? We got a super special interview for you. My friend, Larry Vickers, Larry and I have known each other for a while now.

0:24.4

We have tons of mutual friends that we, some of them we knew we had and some of them we didn't

0:30.1

know we had.

0:31.6

We're going to talk about all kinds of stuff.

0:34.7

You don't want to miss that.

0:37.0

We've got a, we got a question. Yes, indeed. We got a

0:41.2

question. So somebody took advantage of student of the gun.com slash ask. We got that for you guys.

0:47.6

We got a tech talk. We're going to talk tech. We've got a student of the gun home room for you.

0:52.9

Hey, should you just i really i hate being

0:58.4

right all the time you know what i mean do you no i do i kind of just get tired of being like

1:05.8

nostridamus like being right all the time but uh but we were we're being wrong yeah we are and we were uh because last

1:14.2

week what did we talk about last week we talked about your responsibility to identify your target

1:21.2

and to be able to positively know what you're shooting at, daytime and nighttime and all times.

1:29.4

And then what happens?

1:32.0

Somebody didn't do that.

1:34.0

And now somebody innocent is dead.

1:36.8

So we'll do that.

1:38.5

And then, of course, during the bonus hour or the bonus portion, I guess you would say,

1:45.0

the bonus portion in case you guys haven't figured out how this works now, we do one super long episode,

1:50.8

which is available to the grad program, who are our Patreon type people.

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