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In a tense discussion regarding hostile threats, Tim Kennedy recounts an incident where ISIS made credible attempts to recruit local individuals specifically targeting him and his family in Texas while they were gaining ground in Northern Iraq. Upon receiving a call from the FBI confirming that assassins were actively searching for someone on the street to kill them, Kennedy reacted with defiant excitement rather than fear, immediately going live on Fox News to broadcast his home address to the world as an invitation for attackers. He explained that he viewed this not as a security risk but as a challenge, stating clearly that anyone sent to harm him or his family would never return alive. His wife was initially furious at his decision to expose their location publicly, though she eventually returned after realizing the gravity of the situation and the inherent right they possessed to defend themselves against such tyranny. The conversation shifts to Kennedy's perspective on courage versus fear during violent confrontations, noting that while fear is contagious among unarmed populations facing attackers like ISIS or radicalized terrorists, so too is courage when one person stands up to say "no." This sentiment extends to his professional life as a former athlete in the USADA pool, where he describes a harrowing moment driving home and seeing a car follow him for five turns before pulling into his driveway with a gun pointed at him. He notes that many athletes might have reacted by shooting the pursuer immediately, highlighting the lethal reality of self-defense scenarios within the United States compared to overseas conflicts like those in Afghanistan or China. Kennedy strongly opposes modern "smart guns" designed with fingerprint and facial recognition technology following tragedies like the Aurora theater shooting, dismissing them as unnecessary restrictions on inherent rights. He argues that no government entity should have authority over his ability to protect himself and his family, asserting that bearing arms is a God-given right rather than a privilege granted by legislation or safety protocols involving subpoenas or warrants. This stance aligns with his broader view of the Constitution's amendments as protections against tyrannical government overreach, emphasizing that citizens should not rely on bureaucratic permission to access tools necessary for defense but instead possess an inherent freedom to utilize whatever means are deemed required to safeguard their property and liberty. In a more speculative tone regarding future defensive capabilities, Kennedy expresses his desire for heavy weaponry like cannons or miniguns attached to motorcycles rather than regulated firearms, joking about the Black Rifle Coffee Company's potential use of Minions on Teslas and even proposing an idea to Elon Musk to build trebuchets that could launch electric vehicles at enemies. He contrasts these fantasies with a sponsorship segment promoting Element Nutrition, where he discusses how dehydration affects adrenal function before 90 minutes into the day, suggesting proper electrolyte intake can curb cravings and improve brain regulation without needing excessive caffeine. The episode concludes by directing listeners to the full-length podcast for more in-depth discussions on these topics of liberty, defense, and personal responsibility against government encroachment.
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speaking about bad decisions what was
that story of Isis making a credible
threat against you yeah what a bunch of
cowards though
um so this is like Pete calipat you know
Isis is taking over Northern Iraq and
they're starting to gain ground and
they're capturing people and art and
American Arms and they're selling it on
the black market and like a bunch of
land that we had fought for we were
losing to
Isis they were also trying you know they
they radicalized a whole bunch of
mosques in the United States and I get a
call from the
FBI saying that Isis was trying to
recruit somebody locally to find me and
my family and where we
lived to come and kill us and I was
like I say can you say that again like
yeah we're they're trying to find
somebody locally to kill you and your
family I was like
that's [ __ ] sick that's such great
news dude I've been traveling all over
the world what you're telling me is that
these idiots are going to come to my
house in Texas so I call my friend that
works for Fox News he like hey man can
you put me on live and they're like yeah
I'm like all right check it out so my
address so I get live on Fox News and I
say my address live on Fox television I
was like you can send absolutely anybody
that you want to my house to try and
kill me and my family just know that
you're never going to get them back I'm
going to kill them all how did this go
down with you wife she was so mad at me
yeah she like she's like I'm out and she
like pops smoke just for like a day but
then she came right back cuz you
know I got the goods and no not really
she was really mad but um not it wasn't
surprising that they of course they're
so tough when there's like 20 of them
and they're attacking a village that's
unarmed with a bunch of little girls
they would they they would even like
deal with one man that would like stand
up when I say like be that somebody
um in every situation it always only
takes one
person fear is contagious but so is
courage you know when one person stands
up and is like no this is wrong and then
somebody else is like yeah there's
something off about this I agree with
that guy and then it just like a tidal
wave of Courage just spontaneously
combusts amongst all these people and
they're like [ __ ] no you can't do this
um you know I had hundreds of people
being like we'll sit on your street all
night long you know we're setting up
rotating guards and I was like I don't
want that man I need a Kus kill like
what do I got to do what's a Kus kill oh
yeah so um when you go out remember
you're speaking to a muggle yeah when
you go outside of the continental US and
fight abroad you are o conus right so
like getting fighting and killing a
terrorist in Afghanistan right um that's
just like a war oon yeah o conus but if
you're in the United States and and
let's say you were
in Cina at you're at a Christmas party
and this terrorist that has been
radicalized walks into this Christmas
party and plans to kill everybody
because they think Christmas is bad
because it has to do with Jesus you know
and they're like and you're like pow Kus
kill right sick have you got one no no
ruined it
yeah loser uh and was the and any was
there ever any more come upin about that
n the FBI was pissed at me for a little
while um the news was pissed my wife was
pissed um but you were excited I wased I
was hopeful yeah yeah you immediately
went on whatever it is like big guns.com
and got more no I didn't need anymore
yeah Hope's not a plan it just didn't
pan out to be
anything super funny story I was in the
usada um the United States anti-doping
pool because I was professional athlete
and I was driving home during this
period And I see this car and I kind of
lived in this area that there's not a
lot of through traffic so I see this car
you know following them makes a turn
makes a turn makes a turn like five
turns later they're on my street and
they slow down as I turn in my driveway
and he pulls up in front of my house and
by the time you know he puts his vehicle
into park he has a gun in his face right
you would have shot the usada guy that's
right I'm us it's
like all right let's go get my piss I
imagine that there's a lot of athletes
that would have probably quite liked to
have shot the usada guy yeah they were
pretty sure Jon Jones would have
probably been able to shoot the usada
guy that would have been a solution for
him I don't think he needs any more
drama what a talented athlete though uh
biofire have you heard of this so it's a
smart gun that was invented by a guy who
started working on it after the Aurora
theater shooting MH uh fingerprint and
facial recognition and it only fires if
the right persons what do you think of
smart guns lame why I don't they're
stupid I don't want
that
um so can my wife shoot my gun you add
users to the profile yeah uh who
controls that
profile you suppos just you like safes
that I'm only supposed to access unless
the FBI calls the manufacturer and gets
permission to gain access to my without
a subpoena or
warrant that happened this year probably
not as secure as that you got subpoena
to no I didn't this was something that
happened this year I'm just giving an
example of okay if anybody else has so
this second Amendment thing nobody gives
me authority to this inherent right for
me to protect myself and my family the
government is not saying that I get to
protect me and my family this is my
god-given right to protect me and my
family this is not somebody has access
to a program to give me the tool to
protect my family I just have this right
and I have should have access to any
tools that I deem necessary to protect
myself my family my property and even
more by extension Freedom so against the
tyrannical government but over
government overreach you know it's it's
not just like hunting Sports and me and
my family this is hunting Sports me and
my family and if the government gets too
big and gets too nosy into my life this
is what happened in 1776 like we were
pretty cool until we weren't cool and
then you guys started asking too much of
us and then we said no and then we
killed all of you that's I know this is
a hard thing it's a very difficult day
for me I've survived two July 4th since
I've been here I actually wore a t-shirt
that said happy treason day ungrateful
Colonials I wore that on on July 4th
last year yeah it's it's a hard thing to
wrap yourself around unless this this is
what pumps in should be pumping in
Americans blood it's like we are Rebels
we have always been Rebels you cannot
tell me what to do there's nothing that
you can say to me every single one of
those beautiful amendments in that
fantastic one of the
best pieces of words ever put together
in history is the Constitution and it
says that those are our god-given rights
and nobody has a right to control those
the freedom of speech freedom of
religion freedom of the press like o
overreach to you coming into my home
like due process the right to bear arms
all of those things are my rights so
like no I don't want a system I don't
want a fingerprint I don't want FAL
facial recognition I want a
cannon and I want a Gatling gun minigun
attached to my motorcycle and I want a
tank and I should be able to have it I'm
pretty sure the Black Rifle guys have
got a Minun attached to a Tesla we did
that is that you yeah I mean no no that
that was Matt Jared right but you've
played around with right okay we were
trying to talk Elon Musk into building a
trebuchet that would launch a t Tesla at
what at anything an enemy no oh my God
they're they're send Teslas be awesome I
mean any electric vehicle should just be
launched into the stratosphere except
Teslas because they're pretty fast
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