{"podcast":{"title":"Making the Argument with Nick Freitas","slug":"making-the-argument-with-nick-freitas-698946","podcast_index_feed_id":698946,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/making-the-argument/","website_url":"https://making-the-argument.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/6d99c696-1f13-493b-83b7-a4e4549acce1/1ESggybpEYohpnO9Nhrb2peV.jpg","author":"Nick Freitas","episode_count":300,"summary":"Green Beret combat veteran Nick Freitas has earned a reputation as a leading advocate for conservative policies and philosophy across the nation. Since Nick began to serve as a Delegate in the Virginia House of Delegates, he has garnered over 100 million views on speeches that he has given in defense of those conservative ideals. In this podcast, Nick dives into the issues, policies, and political philosophies of our time to dissect the arguments presented by the left and to make the case for the conservative values and principles that make up the core of the conservative movement while telling relevant stories from his time in combat in Iraq and giving a behind the scenes look at the legislative process today.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-12T14:19:00.301610+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/making-the-argument-with-nick-freitas-698946"},"episode":{"title":"Can You Keep Your AR15? The Supreme Court is about to Decide.","slug":"can-you-keep-your-ar15-the-supreme-court-is-about-to-decide","published_at":"2026-07-06T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/making-the-argument-with-nick-freitas-698946/can-you-keep-your-ar15-the-supreme-court-is-about-to-decide","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/making-the-argument-with-nick-freitas-698946","url":"https://nfreitpodc.wpengine.com/can-you-keep-your-ar15-the-supreme-court-is-about-to-decide-","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/97a5c59e-1c96-4646-8cd6-a0be747e7dd3.mp3","summary":"With multiple lower court rulings around so-called assault weapons, the Supreme Court is going to make one of the most important decisions on the 2nd amendment. SPONSOR: Lear Capital Central banks are buying gold at a near-record pace, and with persistent inflation, rising deficits, and ongoing money printing, more investors are looking to own something real. Lear Capital makes it easy to get informed with a free info kit, at no cost and no obligation. Call 800-707-4575 or get your free info kit at https://www.Nick4Lear.com ----- GET YOUR MERCH HERE: https://shop.nickjfreitas.com/ BECOME A MEMBER OF THE IC: https://NickJFreitas.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nickjfreitas/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NickFreitasVA Twitter: https://twitter.com/NickJFreitas YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Nickjfreitas TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nickjfreitas3.0 00:00:00 – The Supreme Court takes up state AR-15 bans 00:01:23 – How we got here: Hawaii, Snope and the building pressure 00:04:07 – Viramontes v. Cook County 00:08:33 – Grant v. Lamont 00:10:35 – The gun control argument in three pillars 00:14:12 – Defensive gun uses: the stories that never make the news 00:18:14 – Text, history and the Bruen test 00:24:17 – The Second Amendment isn't just self-defense, it's securing a free state 00:27:19 – The math: 2 million defensive uses vs. 50,000 deaths 00:33:49 – The real fix: lock up repeat offenders 00:35:13 – Where gun bans always lead 00:37:11 – Prediction","meta_description":"With multiple lower court rulings around so-called assault weapons, the Supreme Court is going to make one of the most important decisions on the 2nd amen…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2352,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/making-the-argument-with-nick-freitas-698946/episodes/can-you-keep-your-ar15-the-supreme-court-is-about-to-decide/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/making-the-argument-with-nick-freitas-698946/can-you-keep-your-ar15-the-supreme-court-is-about-to-decide.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}