Rev. Kenn Blanchard, a.k.a., the Black Man with a Gun has been on the 
frontlines of several social battles. This podcasting former US Marine,
former law enforcement officer, trainer, Second Amendment activist, and ordained Christian pastor is not afraid to talk openly about suicide. He is creating a project using music and YouTube to reach anyone he can to not take their life. Music is universal as is the human condition.  Depression, and mental
 illness can affect anyone.  Using the alias of seasoned and burgeoning blues guitarist, he hopes to share inspiration, encouragement and r ..read more

Creating a YouTube channel focused on suicide prevention in character might be the strangest thing I’ve done in my 59 years of life.  The subject is evergreen but it is not the happiest topic you ever want to hear. After being a gun rights activist for thirty years that has been podcasting since 2007, video was something I did randomly.  I never had a specific goal as I do now with this new channel called Spoon Says.  I am hoping to save a life. Many of us may know of someone who died by suicide. Some of us may know someone personally or even have had thoughts about suicide ours ..read more

Do you really need training* to successfully defend yourself with a firearm? The answer may surprise you. “This just in…” More than one study has shown that Americans defend themselves with firearms somewhere around 2 million times per year. In the vast majority of those encounters (~90%) no shots are fired, but even when they are, the good guys prevail the vast majority of the time. And by that, I mean that they survive the attack and they avoid serious legal fallout. How do I know? Because…let’s be honest…if any significant percentage of 2 million armed citizens were losing to their ..read more

Rebranding My Podcast and Not Losing Ground  Nobody likes to lose.  It is the fear of loss that keeps us from doing much in life.  Podcasters and social media producers are really loss adverse because other people can see our followers and subscribers.  If you want to rebrand your social media property, I say go for it.  You may lose some people but if you persevere through the dip, you will be ok.  If you have a track record of being a change agent, folks won’t miss a beat if you decide to change.  They will already have an idea of who you are and may be ok ..read more

It’s been a year since… In my world, my Mrs retires. I sell a motorcycle and can’t wait to get another. I start a new job and learned to telework. This season I’m enjoying seeing my son buy his first home. I witnessed my friend become a pastor. I am becoming a guitarist. I’m not where I want to be yet but this is My Journey. The music this week is called School Boy Crush from Average White Band. Was my jam since the first time I heard it on 8 track. Had just as much fun making the video this week. Both skills are increasing. I am happy. The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step ..read more

We live in interesting times. Since the pandemic of the coronavirus, I have been skeptical and mistrusting of the vaccine until a week ago. I took my mother to get her shot and have been contemplating the process ever since. A doctor broke some stuff down to me and I decided to try to find a way to get vaccinated. I didn’t fit any of the categories to get the shot early. I wasn’t over 65. I wasn’t in a high-risk category. I was not a first responder. Yada yada yada. Even my physician says she wasn’t offering any. A couple of days later I received a text from my pastor asking if I wanted it. I ..read more

I have done some great things in my lifetime but I want to help just one more person not to give in to the battle within. I am creating a positive, encouraging and thought provoking podcast powered by the mantra of Cpl Desmond Doss, “Lord, let me get just one more.” It will and can be found at http://kennspodcast.com. I know the world doesn’t like positive stuff so I ameliorated the choice of the title to turn the negative into a positive. I am hoping it works. I just want to save one more. I’ve been in many situations where friends called on me to help them, listen to them, and convince the ..read more

This is a message to all new Second Amendment Activist. All the cool kids are talking about Kyle Rittenhouse. Kyle Rittenhouse shot three men, killing two of them and wounding the third, during a protest police brutality in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 2020.  He was acquitted of all charges.  I’d like to make a few points that may have been overlooked in the Second Amendment victory and high fives. This is a teachable moment. The Second Amendment (2A) community and the anti-stabilize America bots from foreign governments set the internet ablaze with rumors and stoked the fires celebrating ..read more

What is Gun Violence? If you intelligently break down the the term gun violence it means that guns are violent.  Think about that, “violent guns.”  There is no such thing.  A gun is an inanimate object incapable of doing anything except rusting if not operated by human hands.  The proposed changes to gun laws don’t work because guns do not equal murder.  There are already 20,000 gun laws of varying degrees across America.  States and individual cities can impose even tighter laws than the federal government and do.  Not one law has saved the life of a child k ..read more

While I’ve been a supporter of Thomas Massie since he was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2012, it wasn’t long before I began to have some doubts. As his time in Congress has progressed we no longer need to rely on his promises and platitudes but can look at his actual record. An objective assessment reveals a lack of any meaningful action and begs the question first asked in 1986 by Janet Jackson: “What have you done for me lately?” If you value the Second Amendment, the answer is, “not much.” Of particular note is his continuing failure to co-sponsor H.R. 38, the Concealed ..read more