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Huckabee Today | Mike Huckabee: December 18, 2024 | Huckabee Today | December 18, 2024
- Good evening and welcome to huckabee today.
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- The holidays are a wonderful time visiting with family
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- And friends.
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- All seems well and in most cases it is.
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- I've heard trump, but more than
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- Any big pile of presents under the tree.
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- The gift we want for our families is to be safe
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- All year long.
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- I say that because of the rash of crime the past few years,
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- Not just in the big cities a throughout the country.
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- It's a threat to everyone, regardless of where you live.
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- You care.
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- And what's more,
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- Local governments have reduced the number of police
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- Budgets are tight.
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- But a number of police
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- Have also resigned to move into private work.
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- Or maybe they've retired
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- To do something that is safer for them.
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- So maybe something
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- Where the justice system will actually have their back.
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- All of which has led to more and more of us with the desire
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- To better protect ourselves and our families.
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- Tonight we have with us someone who has created
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- What we think is an ideal self-protection solution.
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- And it's also one of our sponsors.
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- So we're joined now by the president
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- And ceo of bernard technologies, brian gans.
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- Brian, welcome to the show. thanks so much, governor.
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- You know, there's some exciting things going on with bernard.
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- We've been talking about bernard on our show,
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- Both the weekend show and also the daily show.
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- But something big has happened this year.
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- You have announced that you will move most of their production
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- Of the bernard system all to the united states.
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- So what all led to that decision to bring it home?
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- Well, we've always been proud to be an american company.
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- Our manufacturing facility
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- Is in the heartland of america in fort wayne, indiana.
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- But this, product was originally designed
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- By an inventor in south africa, and we started manufacturing
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- In south africa.
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- We we move production or assembly of the, launcher
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- In 2020 up to the united states.
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- But at that time, only 11% of our components came from the us.
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- And when the pandemic hit
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- And the supply chain disruption hit, our factory
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- Was down on more days and it was running.
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- And it was at that period of time that we said,
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- You know what?
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- If we want to produce a good quality product reliably,
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- It has to be made here in america.
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- And over the last four years,
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- We've gone from 11% of our supply chain
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- In the united states to 79% of our supply chain.
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- And we were somewhat happy there until president
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- Elect trump, was, elected.
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- And we said, you know what?
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- He's really showing us the way
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- He believes that the right thing to do.
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- As patriotic americans, is to bring the production here.
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- And i said to my team, within six months,
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- I want to be out of china completely.
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- Within 12 months, i want to be a 100% made in america product.
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- We are moving heaven and earth to do this.
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- But we feel that first is going to give us
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- A much more reliable supply chain.
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- You know, we can see just with what's happening in syria,
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- Just the fragility of the world.
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- And and secondly, it's
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- Going to give us a higher quality product
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- To know that every component is made here in the united states.
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- And third, we're giving jobs to americans.
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- Five years ago when we started, we had ten employees.
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- Today we have 175 employees.
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- And we are rapidly growing.
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- You know, i think it's pretty significant.
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- And a lot of people have criticized president
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- Trump for saying he'll put tariffs on those
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- Who get their supplies from other countries.
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- But the net result
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- Is that more and more companies like yours are saying,
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- You know,
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- If it's going to cost us more to ship it
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- In, it's going to be less expensive in the long run
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- To just do it here.
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- But i loved what you said about the supply chain,
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- Because i think every one of us experienced an issue
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- During the lockdowns and covid, and we ordered something
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- And we would here, it's, it's on a boat.
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- You know, it's in the harbor.
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- It's it's on a ship somewhere.
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- And it took forever to get simple things.
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- Car dealers couldn't sell a car because maybe
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- There was one component that were waiting on
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- From typically china.
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- And until that component came in, the whole car wouldn't work.
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- And it ended up,
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- Governor really,
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- Hollowing out the manufacturing base of america.
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- There were certain types of components
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- That you simply couldn't not get in the united states.
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- Now, we have said to a lot of
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- Our suppliers overseas we are moving away.
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- If you want to continue to be our supplier,
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- Move your production to the us, hire americans out.
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- And i will tell you honestly,
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- About half of our vendors have said
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- They will move production to the us.
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- They will hire american.
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- So you know what
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- President trump needed to do was to get the ball rolling.
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- Let's get it started.
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- Because we cannot afford to have
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- No metal injection molded parts made in america.
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- And for a long time we had to go overseas to get those parts.
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- Today, you can get those parts here in america.
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- And i think it's really because of president trump threatening,
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- The, the tariffs.
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- And i, you know, i'm completely supportive of this initiative.
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- You know, it's interesting that you are,
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- Because i hear a lot of ceos of american companies
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- Who recognize that if we can do this in america, it's better.
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- Brian, i remember during world war two
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- When particularly detroit, detroit, i often like to say
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- They saved america.
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- We call them the arsenal of democracy.
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- They took all of that
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- Manufacturing proficiency that they had to build cars,
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- And they quickly retrofitted that to be able to make tanks
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- And jeeps and airplanes and things that saved the world.
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- And so when we talk about the arsenal of democracy,
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- We're really talking about our ability to manufacture things,
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- Not being dependent upon people who don't like us.
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- And ultimately being able to protect our own freedom.
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- That's a lot of what you're going to be able to do by
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- Creating all of these products here at home.
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- But your product is, in fact, protecting our freedom. yes.
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- And so that's what i want us to get into a little bit, because,
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- As you know, my wife and i got the burner system.
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- We have shown it to so many of our friends and family.
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- Thanksgiving.
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- We had 45 people at our house,
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- And we went out to the backyard and gave them a demonstration
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- Because we kept telling them about it.
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- So now i know why i'm getting those extra sales
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- In little rock. that's why they're coming.
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- Because all his family members said this is great
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- For the exact reason that you here every day at the company,
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- People want to be able to protect themselves,
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- But they really
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- Don't want to have to take a human life to do it.
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- So let's get into the philosophy behind a less lethal,
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- I guess we could call it a weapon,
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- But less lethal if you use it.
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- You probably aren't going to kill anyone,
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- But you won't keep them from killing you. yeah.
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- You know, the last time
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- I was on the show with you, governor,
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- I think i shared an incident that i had,
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- A decade ago in a road rage incident
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- Where i got out of my car without my gun,
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- And i got out of my car without my gun because i wasn't
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- Prepared to take a life over a road rage incident.
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- Well, it drove home to me
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- The fact that if you're not prepared to take that life,
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- Then what? what value is the gun?
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- It is not a prop.
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- It is not something that you should pull out
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- Unless you're prepared to use it.
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- This incident required something less than lethal force.
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- The fbi has done an analysis, and they've said that
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- Only approximately 1% of confrontations
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- Actually require lethal force.
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- So there has to be a better way to use non-lethal force
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- To stop and assail it.
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- And that was really behind the development of the burner.
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- We wanted to be able to, deter assailant,
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- Disarming assailant, and disorienting assailant
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- So that we have 20, 30 minutes to get away and call police.
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- And that's really what we accomplished
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- With the burner system.
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- So a lot of people may not understand how it really works,
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- Because the same weapon has a variety
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- Of applications, whether it's, as you call it, the kinetic,
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- Projectile or whether it's tear
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- Gas, ar maybe,
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- A, i'm trying to think of the other a tear gas and or
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- And pepper.
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- Pepper spray. yes. pepper spray.
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- But i think the beauty is
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- That you can utilize it from up to 65ft,
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- Which is a whole lot safer to be able to keep somebody
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- From moving forward than it is to have someone three feet away.
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- Law enforcement says distance equals safety.
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- When my, youngest daughter was in medical school,
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- She got out of,
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- The hospital late at night in bad parts of boston.
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- She was scared to death.
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- Walking to her car, and i had given her pepper spray.
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- But pepper spray is really a close quarter combat weapon.
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- You have to be sort of as close as we are.
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- She's 110 pounds.
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- I mean, this was a good situation.
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- I gave her one of the very first burners.
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- I had a crimson trace laser on the end of it,
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- And i said, honey, when you're walking,
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- Have your purse in front of you, your hand on your burner.
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- If somebody is making you feel uncomfortable
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- At two in the morning and they're following you.
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- Turn around.
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- Put the red dot on their chest.
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- If they mean you no harm, they will turn around
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- And apologize and walk away.
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- And then you should probably apologize to
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- Because you just scared the hell out of this person.
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- But it gave her a sense of freedom.
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- It gave her the ability to what we say
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- And burn it to live safe, and to not be afraid.
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- And i think that that really is the most important gift
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- That we can give to somebody.
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- The ability to allow them
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- To protect themselves and not be afraid,
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- Going about their day to day life.
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- You know, in the winter time especially, i think about
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- People that
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- May want to use a taser device and they can be very effective.
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- But if you're coming up against
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- Somebody and they're wearing a very heavy coat
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- And they have thick, garments on,
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- That taser is most likely not going to stop them.
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- It might just make them mad.
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- Well, now you got a problem.
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- Look, i'm a big fan of, taser, but it is really
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- A law enforcement weapon.
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- The maximum range on it, practical range is about 21ft.
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- So you really don't get that distance.
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- And also
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- You don't have the ability to go in your backyard and practice
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- The way you do with your burner.
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- I mean, you and i are both gun owners, and we know that it
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- Like anything important in life, it requires practice.
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- It requires muscle memory.
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- We have a law enforcement training team, and they say
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- You never rise to the occasion.
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- You fall back on your training.
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- So, you know, we encourage all of our, customers,
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- And we do it ourselves.
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- You go in the back yard, and you practice with it
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- So that if you are confronted with a dangerous situation
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- And your heart is pumping and your adrenaline is flowing,
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- You don't panic. you don't freeze.
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- You've done it so many times. you know where the safety is.
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- You know how hard you have to pull the trigger.
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- You've been practicing aiming the gun.
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- So, you know, i think with the taser,
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- You can't really do that. each cartridge is $35.
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- You're not going in your backyard and practicing.
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- You know, for us, each of the practice rounds is $0.03.
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- So, you know, it's easy to go back into the backyard
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- And practice.
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- Well, we want to continue the conversation.
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- We're going to be back
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- With more talking with brian gans, ceo of berna.
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- We'll be back in just a moment. so sit tight.
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- We are back with
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- The president and ceo of burner technologies, brian gans.
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- Brian, just before the break, we were talking about
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- The versatility of it.
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- I love that you mentioned that you can go out in the backyard
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- Because somebody who's going to say, oh my goodness,
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- I couldn't go out there and fire a gun. why?
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- The neighbors would be scared to death if they heard it.
- 00:12:15.026 --> 00:12:17.395
- One of the things that so impressed my wife and me
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- Was that there's not this incredibly loud report,
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- From the squeeze, the trigger.
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- It's not really loud at all.
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- And it does not have any recoil.
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- So my experience is that many of the women
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- That have come over to our home,
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- And they wanted to see how it worked.
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- And they, you know, i don't know, i'm not really
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- That i said just stand up there, pointed it at that tree
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- And squeeze the trigger.
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- Yeah.
- 00:12:47.892 --> 00:12:48.726
- And the first reaction they had was,
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- Well, gee, i can do this because it did not scare them.
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- It didn't fly back
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- Like a nine millimeter would if you're not prepared for it.
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- And it didn't scare them to death with the sound.
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- So yes,
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- You can actually rehearse this, you know, in your backyard.
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- You know, there is a
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- What we refer to as an moment the first time you shoot a bird.
- 00:13:05.776 --> 00:13:10.014
- You know, as i said, i've been a gun owner my whole life.
- 00:13:10.014 --> 00:13:13.217
- And honestly, as we developed it, i was a little skeptical.
- 00:13:13.217 --> 00:13:17.054
- Is this really going to be able to stop somebody?
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- We have a retail store in las vegas.
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- We're actually opening up five more retail stores,
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- Including one right here in cool springs.
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- I went to visit it today, but when people shoot it
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- For the first time, they know immediately.
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- I don't want to be on the receiving end of this. yeah.
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- So if you're a gun owner, there's a real moment.
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- But interestingly, if you're not a gun owner,
- 00:13:39.076 --> 00:13:41.679
- There is an moment similar to what you said, which is people,
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- If they're not a
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- Gun owner and they fired a gun before the noise, the
- 00:13:46.484 --> 00:13:49.887
- The recoil really is off putting.
- 00:13:49.887 --> 00:13:52.356
- When they shoot this, we get the same exact comment.
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- I can do this. yeah, i could carry this.
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- So it works for both gun owners and and for non gun owners.
- 00:13:57.328 --> 00:14:02.033
- Well as you know, my wife and i both are gun owners.
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- We have concealed carry permits.
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- We've been trained,
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- We've gone through training on several different occasions.
- 00:14:08.572 --> 00:14:11.275
- And yet, nobody wants to pull out a gun
- 00:14:11.275 --> 00:14:17.281
- Unless you absolutely have to, unless your life is on the line.
- 00:14:17.281 --> 00:14:19.650
- There's so many breaks in my house
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- At two in the morning and a home invader.
- 00:14:20.651 --> 00:14:23.487
- Maybe the burner stops them, but
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- I won't hesitate at that point to protect my family, my home.
- 00:14:25.556 --> 00:14:29.160
- But in a typical, typical situation,
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- Lethal force is not always required.
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- I think my favorite of the
- 00:14:35.800 --> 00:14:37.868
- Burnett systems is the combination pepper spray
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- And tear gas, because that's pretty well
- 00:14:42.006 --> 00:14:45.176
- Even if you just get near them and it hits,
- 00:14:45.176 --> 00:14:48.679
- They're not going to be looking straight at you.
- 00:14:48.679 --> 00:14:51.749
- They're going to be rubbing their eyes,
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- They're going to be coughing,
- 00:14:53.184 --> 00:14:54.685
- And it's going to give you a few minutes
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- To get away from there and defuze
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- The situation and neutralize the threat to yourself.
- 00:15:00.725 --> 00:15:03.861
- But what do you find most people
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- In ar, i would say not enjoy, but
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- What is the most preferred,
- 00:15:09.900 --> 00:15:13.237
- Maybe type of burner application?
- 00:15:13.237 --> 00:15:16.307
- Well, first off, there are thousands of real world cases.
- 00:15:16.307 --> 00:15:20.911
- We're going to be announcing, this week that we sold
- 00:15:20.911 --> 00:15:24.949
- Our 500,000th launcher during the month of november.
- 00:15:24.949 --> 00:15:28.386
- So we've been doing this a little over five years.
- 00:15:28.386 --> 00:15:30.988
- In that period of time, we've sold over 500,000 of these guns.
- 00:15:30.988 --> 00:15:35.693
- And, and there are thousands of real world reports of it
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- Being used.
- 00:15:39.163 --> 00:15:40.064
- It's been used to stop home invasions
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- And carjackings and muggings.
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- It's been used thousands
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- Of times by law enforcement to stop a crime.
- 00:15:45.736 --> 00:15:48.739
- And during all of that,
- 00:15:48.739 --> 00:15:49.940
- Not a single life has been lost or taken.
- 00:15:49.940 --> 00:15:53.177
- You know, i mentioned to you i always load my gun
- 00:15:53.177 --> 00:15:56.914
- So that the first two rounds out are kinetic rounds.
- 00:15:56.914 --> 00:15:59.316
- Because the kinetic round is just a hard polymer round.
- 00:15:59.316 --> 00:16:03.888
- It's what law enforcement refers to is pain compliance.
- 00:16:03.888 --> 00:16:06.824
- It hurts.
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- I've been shot with it.
- 00:16:08.559 --> 00:16:09.860
- It really hurts.
- 00:16:09.860 --> 00:16:11.062
- And for most people, it is enough deterrent
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- To stop them if they keep coming,
- 00:16:14.098 --> 00:16:17.168
- Then the chemical irritant rounds
- 00:16:17.168 --> 00:16:18.769
- The tear gas and the pepper that causes people
- 00:16:18.769 --> 00:16:21.539
- To involuntarily close their eyes.
- 00:16:21.539 --> 00:16:23.474
- So we refer to it as temporary blindness.
- 00:16:23.474 --> 00:16:25.643
- But when you get this on
- 00:16:25.643 --> 00:16:26.877
- Your skin, your skin is on fire, your eyes shut involuntarily.
- 00:16:26.877 --> 00:16:30.881
- You're in respiratory distress.
- 00:16:30.881 --> 00:16:32.550
- Most people drop whatever they're holding
- 00:16:32.550 --> 00:16:35.086
- Because they don't want to fall.
- 00:16:35.086 --> 00:16:36.087
- They get down to their hands and knees
- 00:16:36.087 --> 00:16:37.755
- And this gives you an opportunity
- 00:16:37.755 --> 00:16:39.290
- To get out of harm's way and to call the police.
- 00:16:39.290 --> 00:16:41.859
- One of the things that is very appealing
- 00:16:41.859 --> 00:16:43.994
- To a lot of americans is that this is a product
- 00:16:43.994 --> 00:16:47.098
- That can be sold in all 50 states.
- 00:16:47.098 --> 00:16:49.467
- If i lived in new york or california
- 00:16:49.467 --> 00:16:51.435
- Or even some other states, massachusetts,
- 00:16:51.435 --> 00:16:54.738
- I can't just go online and order,
- 00:16:54.738 --> 00:16:57.741
- A traditional firearm because they won't sell it to me.
- 00:16:57.741 --> 00:17:01.579
- I can't get it shipped.
- 00:17:01.579 --> 00:17:03.414
- This is unique. all 50 states.
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- It is legal
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- To have the burner system and it can be shipped
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- To that person's home.
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- It is.
- 00:17:11.355 --> 00:17:12.156
- We can ship out directly next day.
- 00:17:12.156 --> 00:17:14.892
- We also, interestingly, have a few municipalities
- 00:17:14.892 --> 00:17:20.231
- That ban not the,
- 00:17:20.664 --> 00:17:23.834
- Weapons themselves assembly, but the chemical irritant rounds.
- 00:17:23.834 --> 00:17:26.971
- And then there are a few cities that actually ban the weapon,
- 00:17:26.971 --> 00:17:29.840
- And they are the cities, you would guess.
- 00:17:29.840 --> 00:17:32.009
- New york city, in its infinite wisdom, has been this weapon.
- 00:17:32.009 --> 00:17:35.579
- But i'll tell you something.
- 00:17:35.579 --> 00:17:36.981
- With new york city, we recently had this horrific
- 00:17:36.981 --> 00:17:40.985
- Shooting of this, health care ceo.
- 00:17:40.985 --> 00:17:44.421
- And as a ceo, this really got me concerned.
- 00:17:44.421 --> 00:17:48.225
- I carry, a backpack with a burner shield in it.
- 00:17:48.225 --> 00:17:52.530
- This is a very lightweight,
- 00:17:52.530 --> 00:17:54.365
- Flexible piece of body armor that will stop
- 00:17:54.365 --> 00:17:56.700
- Every handgun round known to america.
- 00:17:56.700 --> 00:17:58.969
- There is only one state in the union
- 00:17:58.969 --> 00:18:01.705
- Where you can't own this new york.
- 00:18:01.705 --> 00:18:04.508
- And its infinite wisdom does not want to allow
- 00:18:04.508 --> 00:18:07.444
- Ordinary citizens to protect themselves.
- 00:18:07.444 --> 00:18:10.147
- Because maybe bad guys will carry it.
- 00:18:10.147 --> 00:18:13.217
- Well, you know, the fbi did a study 90%
- 00:18:13.217 --> 00:18:16.854
- Of criminals that carry a gun,
- 00:18:16.854 --> 00:18:18.956
- They're not carrying a registered gun.
- 00:18:18.956 --> 00:18:20.591
- Yeah, they're carrying a stolen gun.
- 00:18:20.591 --> 00:18:22.526
- If you outlaw guns, the only people that
- 00:18:22.526 --> 00:18:24.528
- Have guns are outlaws.
- 00:18:24.528 --> 00:18:25.763
- Well, that's a good point.
- 00:18:25.763 --> 00:18:26.964
- The gentleman who is accused of the murder of the united
- 00:18:26.964 --> 00:18:29.934
- Health ceo created a ghost gun off a 3d printer.
- 00:18:29.934 --> 00:18:34.972
- No registration.
- 00:18:34.972 --> 00:18:36.373
- There was no background check.
- 00:18:36.373 --> 00:18:38.409
- That is exactly what a lot of people are afraid
- 00:18:38.409 --> 00:18:41.545
- Of is that a person can just manufacture a weapon.
- 00:18:41.545 --> 00:18:45.616
- Plus, in his case, a suppressor.
- 00:18:45.616 --> 00:18:48.619
- I mean, that whole thing is, is just unnerving to me.
- 00:18:48.619 --> 00:18:53.757
- And then he was shot in the back
- 00:18:53.757 --> 00:18:55.326
- As he's just going into a conference.
- 00:18:55.326 --> 00:18:57.795
- The whole thing.
- 00:18:57.795 --> 00:18:58.495
- Yeah, i found it.
- 00:18:58.495 --> 00:18:59.430
- So off putting, though,
- 00:18:59.430 --> 00:19:00.664
- That people are treating this guy like robin hood.
- 00:19:00.664 --> 00:19:02.866
- Oh my gosh.
- 00:19:02.866 --> 00:19:04.168
- You know, i,
- 00:19:04.168 --> 00:19:05.269
- I always have a burner
- 00:19:05.269 --> 00:19:06.637
- Shield in my backpack
- 00:19:06.637 --> 00:19:07.705
- Because you never know
- 00:19:07.705 --> 00:19:09.540
- When you're going to be in that situation.
- 00:19:09.540 --> 00:19:11.875
- And, you know, like insurance, it is better to have it
- 00:19:11.875 --> 00:19:14.979
- And not need it than to need it and not have it.
- 00:19:14.979 --> 00:19:17.514
- And there are far too many people
- 00:19:17.514 --> 00:19:19.083
- Who have been in that case.
- 00:19:19.083 --> 00:19:20.784
- You talked a moment ago about the growth of the company,
- 00:19:20.784 --> 00:19:22.953
- And i was reading the the growth has been exponential.
- 00:19:22.953 --> 00:19:27.024
- I mean, it has been almost staggering is surprising.
- 00:19:27.024 --> 00:19:29.994
- You can keep up with the demand because
- 00:19:29.994 --> 00:19:31.962
- You were selling like $1 million a year worth of product
- 00:19:31.962 --> 00:19:35.633
- A few years ago.
- 00:19:35.633 --> 00:19:37.434
- That's almost your daily sales.
- 00:19:37.434 --> 00:19:39.570
- Yeah.
- 00:19:39.570 --> 00:19:40.504
- We announced last week that on black friday
- 00:19:40.504 --> 00:19:42.473
- We sold more than $1 million of product,
- 00:19:42.473 --> 00:19:45.309
- Only to the record,
- 00:19:45.309 --> 00:19:46.777
- Only to be broken on cyber monday when we sold 1.4 million.
- 00:19:46.777 --> 00:19:50.547
- And then two days ago, we announced that
- 00:19:50.547 --> 00:19:52.616
- For the quarter, we took $28 million of orders.
- 00:19:52.616 --> 00:19:56.553
- But as you said, back in 2019,
- 00:19:56.553 --> 00:20:00.157
- 924,000 was our annual sales.
- 00:20:00.157 --> 00:20:02.993
- So it is clear, governor,
- 00:20:02.993 --> 00:20:04.561
- That we are striking a responsive chord.
- 00:20:04.561 --> 00:20:06.764
- There is a void in the market that we are filling.
- 00:20:06.764 --> 00:20:09.700
- And it's it's as much for gun owners, for non gun owners.
- 00:20:09.700 --> 00:20:13.704
- So 65% of our sales are to gun owners.
- 00:20:13.704 --> 00:20:17.941
- Now none of these gun owners are giving up their guns.
- 00:20:17.941 --> 00:20:20.711
- Yeah.
- 00:20:20.711 --> 00:20:21.245
- But they want something
- 00:20:21.245 --> 00:20:22.913
- Further down on the continuum of force.
- 00:20:22.913 --> 00:20:24.982
- You talk about if somebody came into your house.
- 00:20:24.982 --> 00:20:27.718
- Well, if you use your lethal firearm,
- 00:20:27.718 --> 00:20:31.522
- First off, you're not wearing your hearing protection.
- 00:20:31.522 --> 00:20:33.791
- You know that you're going
- 00:20:33.791 --> 00:20:34.725
- To be temporarily deaf after you shoot this.
- 00:20:34.725 --> 00:20:37.161
- That bullet can go through a wall.
- 00:20:37.161 --> 00:20:38.696
- It could kill people, that it's unintended.
- 00:20:38.696 --> 00:20:41.632
- On the other hand,
- 00:20:41.632 --> 00:20:42.700
- If you start with a non-lethal weapon like the burner
- 00:20:42.700 --> 00:20:46.136
- And you end up having to pull out your lethal weapon
- 00:20:46.136 --> 00:20:49.406
- When you go to court,
- 00:20:49.406 --> 00:20:50.974
- You know,
- 00:20:50.974 --> 00:20:51.508
- I would love to defend
- 00:20:51.508 --> 00:20:52.309
- That case,
- 00:20:52.309 --> 00:20:53.143
- To go in front of the jury and say,
- 00:20:53.143 --> 00:20:54.445
- Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, my client
- 00:20:54.445 --> 00:20:57.581
- Chose less lethal first he researched, less lethal.
- 00:20:57.581 --> 00:21:01.352
- He trained was less, less lethal.
- 00:21:01.352 --> 00:21:03.420
- And it was only when there were so many assailants or they kept
- 00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:07.124
- Coming that he was forced to resort to lethal force.
- 00:21:07.124 --> 00:21:10.928
- Nobody would convict you.
- 00:21:10.928 --> 00:21:13.097
- So we think that.
- 00:21:13.097 --> 00:21:14.498
- Not that our gun replaces firearms.
- 00:21:14.498 --> 00:21:18.535
- It augments firearms.
- 00:21:18.535 --> 00:21:20.471
- And i think that's a great way to look at it.
- 00:21:20.471 --> 00:21:22.272
- Well, i love american stories.
- 00:21:22.272 --> 00:21:24.174
- I love success stories.
- 00:21:24.174 --> 00:21:25.809
- This is an american success story,
- 00:21:25.809 --> 00:21:28.445
- But i especially love it because it's making people
- 00:21:28.445 --> 00:21:31.715
- And their families safer and more secure.
- 00:21:31.715 --> 00:21:41.002
- Brian, great to visit with you.
- 00:21:41.002 --> 00:21:42.527
- Governor. thank you very much.
- 00:21:42.527 --> 00:21:43.828
- And i just want to congratulate you again on the nomination.
- 00:21:43.828 --> 00:21:47.265
- I could not think of a better person for this position.
- 00:21:47.265 --> 00:21:50.468
- Thank you.
- 00:21:50.468 --> 00:21:51.002
- Very excited about it.
- 00:21:51.002 --> 00:21:52.437
- But, it does mean
- 00:21:52.437 --> 00:21:53.805
- I won't get to have these kind of conversations.
- 00:21:53.805 --> 00:21:55.573
- I'll come over and visit you in israel.
- 00:21:55.573 --> 00:21:57.175
- I look forward to that.
- 00:21:57.175 --> 00:21:58.777
- Well, brian ganz, so good to have you today.
- 00:21:58.777 --> 00:22:02.080
- And i want to just
- 00:22:02.080 --> 00:22:03.281
- Say good luck going forward and making our country safe
- 00:22:03.281 --> 00:22:07.085
- Again.
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