Today on "Catholic Drive Time" Why Some Americans Cling to Their Guns - Darrick Taylor – Crisis Magazine joins us to weigh in on Gun Control. The founders of the Republic wanted their citizens armed because they distrusted mercenaries and foreigners; but today Americans distrust each other probably more than anything else. The causes are somewhat obscure, but pretty much everyone agrees that, besides access to guns, a social breakdown of some sort—call it atomization—has led to people becoming so alienated that they are willing to kill others and often themselves. At the heart of the critiques of gun ownership in America often seems to be the insinuation that there is something wrong per se with gun ownership, and that it reveals something not quite right about the people who own them. If the public pressures credit card companies to not do business with arms manufacturers and sellers, if insurers refuse to insure those who own firearms, or charge hefty premiums for those with guns in their homes, the bottom line will win out. Our society is ultimately rooted in freedom of enterprise, Those who want to convince gun owners to willingly sacrifice their right to own firearms should make clear they still view them as fellow citizens and not as wards whom they can arbitrarily dispossess of that right by “non-democratic” means. NFL’s Panthers Add Transgender Cheerleader To Roster Largest to date caravan is expected to gain thousands more migrants as it travels north and grow to up to 15,000 people, according to estimates. “The index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs increased 14.3 percent over the last year, the largest 12-month increase since the period ending May 1979. ABC News poll released Sunday found only 37% approve of Biden's handling of the economic recovery, and even fewer approve of his handling of inflation (28%) and gas prices (27%). …. A new Economist / YouGov poll found that a majority (55%) of Americans believe that the U.S. is already in the midst of a recession. German Catholic bishops give Eucharist to Muslim and Protestant while barring pro-life group Follow Catholic Drive Time on social media Official Social Media Account IG: @CatholicDriveTime Twitter: @CatholicDrive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CatholicDriv... YouTube: Catholic Drive Time Joe Social Media IG: @TheCatholicHack Twitter: @Catholic_Hack Facebook: Joe McClane YouTube: Joe McClane Adrian Social Media IG: @ffonze Twitter: @AdrianFonze Facebook: Adrian Fonseca YouTube: Adrian Fonseca YouTube: Catholic Conversations Rudy Social Media IG: @ydursolrac Youtube: Glad Trad Podcast https://www.grnonline.com/ Listen in your car on your local GRN station - http://grnonline.com/stations/ Listen online at GRNonline.com Listen on your mobile with our GRN app (both IOS and Android) Listen on Facebook @GRNonline Listen on Twitter @GRNonline Listen on YouTube @GRNonline History of the GRN: Starting with absolutely nothing we placed our trust in the Lord and our Blessed Mother. By August of 1996, we were breaking ground for the construction of the Guadalupe Resource Center where our ministry has flourished. We now operate radio 37 stations that reach a potential listening audience of twenty million souls. The Guadalupe Radio Network is the largest EWTN affiliate in the USA. Visit our website to learn more about us, find a local GRN radio station, a schedule of our programming and so much more. http://grnonline.com/

He was a TRUE hero, TFP - Norman Fulkerson - the author of The American Knight, Col. John Ripley, USMC, is on with us to share his amazing life and leged. TFP, Tradition, Family, and Property, was supported by the late great Col. John Ripley and often saw the TFP as the Catholic equivalent. Norman Fulkerson knew Col. Ripley well, and has much to share about this American Knight, join us! https://www.grnonline.com/en/cdt #TFP #NormanFulkerson #AmericanKnight #ColJohnRipley #TraditionFamilyProperty #TFPstudentAction #CatholicDriveTime https://www.tfp.org/ From the Description of the American Knight, written by TFP member Norman Fulkerson: https://www.amazon.com/American-Knight-Life-Colonel-Ripley/dp/1877905410 "This first cradle-to-grave biography of Colonel John W. Ripley provides readers with the complete story about a great man who is considered by Marines, such as General Carl Mundy, former Commandant of the Marine Corps, to be on the same level as legends Chesty Puller and Dan Daly. Colonel Ripley is most commonly known for his heroics in Vietnam during the Easter Offensive of 1972, where Colonel Gerald Turley ordered him to hold and die, in the face of over 30,000 North Vietnamese and 200 enemy tanks. John Ripley proceeded to blow the Dong Ha bridge, preventing the enemy from crossing. He unhesitatingly obeyed and earned the nation s second highest honor, the Navy Cross. As stunning as the Dong Ha story is, there was much more to Colonel John Ripley. An American Knight: The Life of Colonel John W. Ripley, USMC narrates his early life and the influences which shaped his personality. In youth, he was a rambunctious Huckleberry Finn who spent his days getting into all kinds of mischief in Radford, Virginia. The stories from this time period, so well narrated in An American Knight, will leave the reader with at least a smile, if not a laugh. After his mischievous Huckleberry Finn days in Radford, he learned to discipline his wild side and, in spite of his intellectual weaknesses, went on to graduate from the Naval Academy. The strength of will with which he accomplished this task was later applied on the battlefield, where he earned the status of legend during his first tour in Vietnam as a 28-year-old Captain. Readers will also get to know about John Ripley, the father, but more importantly the chaste husband. When he was approached by people wanting to make a movie about his life he agreed as long as his character was not portrayed as having a romantic relationship in Vietnam. I have never been, he said, nor will I ever be unfaithful to my wife. The final chapters narrate the struggle Colonel Ripley endured with a bad liver. He would finally undergo two liver transplants, the last one of which was defined as the most dramatic in history. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLwmORXsWbA