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The American gun community is more diverse - and more polarized - than ever. The idea of nuance is dying, but Jordan, Andrew, Matt and their guests are determined to save it.
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- 4 days ago2h 7m
Who Are The New Owners and What Is Going On? A Q&A With Madison, Matt and Jordan
Madison and Matt went out for drinks at a Nightmare Before Christmas pop-up bar and ended up sending Jordan an email about buying A Better Way 2A. A few months later they own the place, Jordan is still here, and now they're all together answering the questions you asked.The three of them got together for the first live Patreon Q&A so you could get to know the people Jordan trusted with ABW2A. If you’ve been here a while, you know how much of this place came from the people who showed up, stuck around, and made the next person feel welcome. This Q&A expands on that. If you want to support the show, head to our Patreon for exclusive merch, extra content, and to help us build a more inclusive gun community.Edited by Matthew Boerger
- Oct 13, 20261h 33m
Madeline Crumling on Hand Engraving, Trash Guns, and Finding Her Place in Gun Culture
Madeline Crumling joins A Better Way 2A to talk about what happens when fine art, gunsmithing, and a willingness to build extremely questionable-looking firearms all collide.Madeline is a gunsmith, master hand engraver, and founder of MC Weaponry. She talks about starting out in engineering before switching to fine art, finding a way to combine the artistic and mechanical sides of her brain, and eventually turning hand engraving into a full-time career.We get into the absurd amount of work that goes into high-end engraved firearms, including projects that can take an entire month, gold inlays, heirloom guns, and why she still engraves everything by hand under a microscope.Then there are the less respectable projects: guns made from scrap metal, a 1911 turned into a sci-fi monstrosity, a functioning Webley shaped like a fish, weird caliber conversions, and why guns don't always need to be practical to be worth making.Madeline also talks about transitioning after already establishing herself in the firearms industry, the support she found from people she didn't necessarily expect, the surprisingly large queer and trans gun community, and what it's like being openly trans in an industry where simply existing can turn you into a lightning rod online.It's a conversation about craftsmanship, creativity, gun culture, identity, and the underrated value of making something ridiculous simply because you can.If you want to support the show, head to our Patreon for exclusive merch, extra content, and to help us build a more inclusive gun community.Edited by Matthew Boerger
- Sep 28, 202659 min
Stephen Gutowski on the Supreme Court’s AR-15 Case, Trump’s Gun Record, and the ATF’s New 4473 Rules
Stephen Gutowski returns to A Better Way 2A to break down some of the biggest gun-policy stories happening right now.We start with the Supreme Court’s decision to take up challenges to assault-weapons bans, including Connecticut’s law, what the case could mean for AR-15 restrictions around the country, why magazine bans are a separate question, and how years of litigation could finally reshape one of the longest-running fights in American gun politics.We also get into why AR-15s occupy such an outsized place in both gun culture and the gun-control debate, what the data actually tells us about rifles and violent crime, and how media coverage can shape the public’s understanding of firearms.Then we turn to the ATF’s proposed changes involving sex at birth on Form 4473, why trans gun owners and FFLs are concerned about how those rules could work in practice, and whether gun regulation is being pulled into a much larger culture-war fight.Finally, Stephen gives his assessment of the Trump administration’s record on gun policy so far, including its Second Amendment lawsuits, ATF changes, personnel choices, conflicts within the administration, and the difference between looking narrowly at gun policy and taking a broader view of civil liberties.Stephen is the founder and editor of The Reload and one of the country’s most dedicated reporters covering firearms, gun policy, and the courts.If you want to support the show, head to our Patreon for exclusive merch, extra content, and to help us build a more inclusive gun community.Edited by Matthew Boerger
- Sep 21, 20261h 15m
Tacticool GF on Leaving YouTube, Queer Gun Culture, Protest, and Building Community Offline
Tacticool GF returns to A Better Way 2A for the second time to catch up on what life looks like after YouTube. She talks about why TGF was always meant to be a finite project, stepping back from firearms as the center of her life, competitive shooting, backpacking, photography, music, and spending a lot less time online.From there, the conversation gets into the changing demographics of gun culture, queer representation in shooting spaces, firearms policy affecting trans gun owners, protest culture and why Americans can be so reluctant to act offline, surveillance and the commodification of our personal data, economic anxiety, and what happens when crisis simply becomes the new normal. They close with a conversation about getting outside, protecting public land, and why TGF thinks building real community with people around you might be one of the most important things we can do right now.If you want to support the show, head to our Patreon for exclusive merch, extra content, and to help us build a more inclusive gun community.Edited by Matthew Boerger
- Aug 24, 20261h 5m
Robert Edgar Mills on Gun Rights, Personal Responsibility, and Political Purity Tests
Robert “Edgar” Mills is back on the podcast for round two.Edgar is a retired Green Beret, firearms instructor, owner of Osprey Shooting Solutions in Rome, Georgia, and host of the Junto Podcast. This time around, we get into what it actually means to believe the Second Amendment belongs to everyone, including people you disagree with politically.We talk about ideological purity tests in the gun community, libertarianism, mutual aid, community responsibility, armed teachers, training standards, concealed carry, defensive gun use, why avoidance is one of the best forms of self-defense, and what you should actually do if you ever have to use a firearm to protect yourself.Somehow we also end up on Che Guevara, William Tecumseh Sherman, communism, Dick Cheney, Disney World metal detectors, and why Jordan apparently made it through the Marines without learning how to swim or climb a rope.Edgar is one of those people we don't agree with on everything, which is exactly why these conversations are worth having.If you want to support the show, head to our Patreon for exclusive merch, extra content, and to help us build a more inclusive gun community.Edited by Matthew Boerger
- Aug 4, 20261h 36m
Steve Bradshaw Returns: War, Politics, PTSD, and Tractor Boy’s Midwest Loud
Steve Bradshaw from Tractor Boy returns to the podcast for a conversation that moves between politics, military service, music, and the strange reality of trying to make sense of the world right now.We talk about ICE, the war with Iran, government propaganda, political loyalty, social media, and why it has become so difficult to agree on even the basic facts of what is happening around us. Steve also reflects on his time in the Army, the lasting effects of PTSD, the fear veterans face when criticizing the government, and how songwriting has helped him process some of those experiences.Later, we get into Tractor Boy’s new album, Midwest Loud, the stories behind songs like “Blue Harvester,” “Broken GWOTer,” “Hive Mind,” and “Now It Can Be Told,” and why heavy music is sometimes the best way to explain class, war, conspiracy culture, and everything else rattling around in your head.We also settle on some practical advice for surviving modern life: lift weights, spend less time online, listen to Van Halen in your garage, and drink a beer with your neighbors.If you want to support the show, head to our Patreon for exclusive merch, extra content, and to help us build a more inclusive gun community.Edited by Matthew Boerger
- Jul 21, 20261h 23m
Black Flag Civilian on Guns, Mutual Aid, and Building Power Outside Politics
In this episode, we’re joined by James from Black Flag Civilian to talk about building stronger communities in a way that goes far beyond owning guns or waiting for politicians to save us.We get into mutual aid, community defense, healthy masculinity, the failures of performative activism, and why real political power comes from people organizing and taking care of one another. James also explains why he makes preparedness content using normal working-class language instead of burying useful ideas under political theory and activist jargon.We also talk about gun violence, anti-Zionism, electoral politics, creating left-wing cultural spaces for men, letting people grow beyond their past beliefs, ADHD, supportive wives, camouflage, radios, and why Darn Tough socks may be the greatest quality-of-life improvement you can make.Find Black Flag Civilian on YouTube and support his work through SubscribeStar.Support A Better Way 2A on Patreon for additional episodes and access to our Discord community.Donate to RAINNIf you want to support the show, head to our Patreon for exclusive merch, extra content, and to help us build a more inclusive gun community.Edited by Matthew Boerger
- Jul 6, 20261h 23m
Spose: Political Rap, Class War, and Why He Bought a Gun
This one was super rad! Spose is a rapper from Maine, an independent artist, a dad, and the guy a lot of people first heard from “I’m Awesome.” His new EP, The American Flag Is a Red Flag, is a much sharper political turn, with songs like A World Without Billionaires and Open Their Wallets connecting with people who are sick of pretending everything is fine.We got into political rap, capitalism, class war, being an independent artist, why America keeps pushing people toward desperation, and how his views on guns changed from “nobody needs these” to realizing the state should not be the only one with power.We also talked about fatherhood, therapy, masculinity, public life, online weirdos, self defense, Palestine, war, Tom MacDonald catching strays, and why most normal people want the same basic things: safety, dignity, and a future for their kids. We can't thank him enough for coming on!If you want to support the show, head to our Patreon for exclusive merch, extra content, and to help us build a more inclusive gun community.Edited by Matthew Boerger
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