Second Amendment Battles, Energy Realities, and Escaping Ideological Captivity

On Friday, August 1, 2025, Kim Monson welcomes guests tackling constitutional rights, energy policy myths, and the ideological capture of American institutions. Daniel Finlinson from the Colorado State Shooting Association discusses lawsuits defending the Second Amendment, energy expert Robert Bryce exposes the media’s silence on natural gas dominance, and author Rich Guggenheim unveils his new book warning about gender ideology’s assault on families and children.

Defending Second Amendment Rights Through the Courts

Start listening at 15:50 – Hour 1

Daniel Finlinson, board member of the Colorado State Shooting Association, details the organization’s legal fight against Colorado’s excise tax on firearms and Senate Bill 3. The CSSA has partnered with national groups including the Firearms Policy Coalition and the NRA to challenge unconstitutional gun laws. Finlinson explains how these partnerships leverage precedent-setting victories from other states, including successful challenges to excise taxes in Cook County, Illinois. The same legislation being tested in Colorado has appeared in Washington State, demonstrating a coordinated nationwide push to restrict Second Amendment rights.

The CSSA, operating as an all-volunteer organization, directs every dollar raised directly to legal battles. Finlinson announces an upcoming event September 20-21 at Magnum Shooting Center South in Colorado Springs, featuring machine gun demonstrations, firearm raffles, and speakers highlighting why Colorado has become Michael Bloomberg’s testing ground for gun control.

“The Second Amendment is there to make sure that citizens of this great state and our great nation are able to protect the freedoms that are outlined in the Constitution.”

Daniel Finlinson, Colorado State Shooting Association Board Member

The Energy Transition the Media Will Not Tell You About

Start listening at 29:37 – Hour 1

Robert Bryce, author and energy policy expert, presents data from the Statistical Review of World Energy that mainstream media ignores. Natural gas continues to grow faster than any other form of primary energy globally, outpacing wind and solar combined by more than two to one. Despite relentless coverage promoting alternative energy, 87 percent of the world’s primary energy still comes from hydrocarbons, with solar contributing exactly 1 percent and wind about 2 percent.

Bryce announces his upcoming mini-documentary, Sunblock: The Global Fight to Save Farmland from Big Solar, releasing this Sunday. The film documents farmers and ranchers worldwide fighting projects that pave prime agricultural land. In Spain, over 100 farmers are battling a solar project that would bulldoze thousands of olive trees. The Big Beautiful Bill Act signed on July 4th will end most wind and solar subsidies by next year, potentially crippling the alternative energy land grab.

Bryce also addresses the Power Pathway transmission project, noting that both Elbert County and El Paso County commissioners have unanimously voted to refuse Xcel permission to cross their land. These high-voltage lines are designed to bring alternative energy from rural areas to Denver, sparking fierce local opposition from ordinary citizens fighting corporate interests at their kitchen tables.

“87% of the world’s primary energy still comes from hydrocarbons.”

Robert Bryce, Author and Energy Expert

Honoring Those Who Gave Their Lives for Liberty

Start listening at 66:04 – Hour 2

Paula Sarlls, president of the USMC Memorial Foundation, invites listeners to the 48th anniversary celebration on August 23rd. Country singer and Navy FMF corpsman Dave Bray will perform patriotic selections at an intimate outdoor setting. Tickets are $50, with VIP seating available for brick donors. The foundation continues raising funds for the memorial remodel, with hopes to break ground by August 2027 for their 50th anniversary.

“Well, all the funds go to the Memorial Foundation, and they’re only $50, unless you want a VIP ticket right up front. And if you buy a brick, you know, with our program, that you donate using the Buy a Brick program, you get, like, front row seating.”

Paula Sarlls, USMC Memorial Foundation President

Escaping Ideological Captivity and Protecting Children

Start listening at 59:16 – Hour 2

Rich Guggenheim discusses his new Amazon bestseller, Escaping the Rainbow Plantation. The book exposes what Guggenheim calls the “gender industrial complex,” a network of corporate interests, medical institutions, and government programs pushing gender ideology on children. As a gay man, Guggenheim argues that mainstream LGBT organizations have been colonized by an ideology that harms rather than helps.

Guggenheim traces the origins of gender ideology to John Money’s failed medical experiment on David Reimer, who eventually detransitioned and later committed suicide. He connects this history to modern practices at Planned Parenthood, which has become a major supplier of cross-sex hormones. A new study released this week documents medical complications from these treatments. The Supreme Court’s Scrametti decision upheld Tennessee’s ban on these procedures for minors, validating concerns about child safety.

The book details how five pillars of society, science, academia, medicine, media, and government, have been corrupted by gender ideology. Guggenheim shares his own experience being silenced at the Colorado State Capitol while testifying against legislation that allows transgender-identifying felons to change their names without notice. His lawsuit against the state legislature has oral arguments scheduled for September 10th.

“The Rainbow Plantation is really an ideological plantation, and the people who buy into this ideology are enslaved on this plantation.”

Rich Guggenheim, Author of Escaping the Rainbow Plantation