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Saving Lives: Walk the Talk America & The Armory Project | Gun Talk Nation

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Leisure, News, Politics, Hobbies

4.41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Gun Talk Nation, we explore how The Armory Project and Walk the Talk America are breaking stigma, saving lives, and protecting Second Amendment rights through innovative firearm storage solutions for those facing mental health challenges.
Host Ryan Gresham is joined by Mike Sodini (Walk the Talk America) and Gala True (The Armory Project) to discuss:
  • Why not all firearm legislation is bad—and how Louisiana is leading with a model that could work nationwide.
  • How FFLs (federal firearm licensees) can offer temporary, voluntary gun storage without legal liability.
  • Practical ways to start open conversations about mental health in the gun community.
  • Real-world success stories of how temporary firearm storage helped individuals in crisis.
  • Training mental health professionals to better understand gun culture and build bridges with firearm owners.

Whether you’re a firearms enthusiast, mental health advocate, or concerned friend, this discussion offers practical, rights-respecting solutions to prevent tragedies while keeping the 2A community strong.

This Gun Talk Nation is brought to you by Savage Arms, Guns & Gear, Black Hills Ammunition, Ruger, Safariland, and Range Ready Studios.

About Gun Talk Nation
Gun Talk Media's Gun Talk Nation with Ryan Gresham is a weekly multi-platform podcast that offers a fresh look at all things firearms-related. Featuring notable guests and a lot of laughs. Gun Talk Nation is available as an audio podcast or in video format.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

We as gun people always think is legislation is bad.

0:03.7

We hear the word legislation.

0:04.9

We automatically assume it's bad, right?

0:07.4

We're freedom-loving, Mike.

0:10.2

Gallup prove that there can be good legislation.

0:17.0

I'm Ryan Gresham.

0:19.9

And this?

0:25.9

This is Gun Talk Nation.

0:34.7

Gun Talk Nation is brought to you by Savage.

0:36.2

Guns and gear.

0:42.1

Black Hills Ammunition. Ruger, Safari Land, and Range Ready.

0:48.4

Hey, welcome in Gun Tad Nation. Today on Gun Talk Nation, we're going to talk about something that it's like one of those things that you don't talk about, but we should be talking about, right

0:53.1

guys? Mental health, guns, and everything that goes along with that.

0:58.5

So we've got Mike from Walk to Talk America.

1:01.7

We've got Gala from the Armory Project.

1:04.8

And you guys are doing a project here in Louisiana, but it's expanding out.

1:09.7

Obviously, Walk to talk, mental health and

1:11.7

guns. Mike, you guys have been handling that for years. But I'm just going to jump right in,

1:18.9

thinking about there's a stigma there. And what is it that you guys hear from gun owners when you talk about this subject?

1:31.6

Well, I mean, I think for years, gun owners have just been afraid to come forward and seek mental health treatment and ask for help or even inquire about what to, like you can do in a time of crisis right um there is a fear

1:49.3

where that people have that hey what's the fear well the fear is that you lose your gun rights

1:54.6

right is that a real thing they should be concerned about or is that changing? Well, that's why we're here today

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