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Today we're joined by Tim Ballard, anti-sex-trafficking advocate and former special agent for the Department of Homeland Security, who has conducted multiple rescues of children who have been kidnapped and sold for sex. His story is the center of a new box office hit, "Sound of Freedom," starring Jim Caviezel, which shines a light on the horrors of the global sex trafficking industry. The media, though, aren’t happy about this film and its success – they’re calling it part of a QAnon conspiracy theory. We discuss how close to reality the film is and its wild box office success in relation to Disney's new Indiana Jones movie. We take a look at some statistics and the fact that the media attempting to push people away from this film will only push people to the right. We look at other recent stories of child trafficking happening right here in the U.S. and explain the reason this is becoming more and more of an issue: Not shockingly, most of it comes down to porn and the destruction it causes. Tim explains how we can fight back through awareness, and one step is sharing this film. You can get your tickets to see 'Sound of Freedom' here: angel.com/freedom. --- Timecodes: (01:16) Why make "Sound of Freedom"? / Tim's story (03:43) Box office success / Disney's ties to "Sound of Freedom" (06:04) Media gaslighting & sabotage (17:40) Movie theater difficulties at screenings (20:55) Other stories of trafficking (27:30) What can people do? --- Today's Sponsors: Good Ranchers — get $30 OFF your box today at GoodRanchers.com – make sure to use code 'ALLIE' when you subscribe. You'll also lock in your price for two full years with a subscription to Good Ranchers! ExpressVPN — have more anonymity online. Go to ExpressVPN.com/ALLIE and get three extra months FREE. My Patriot Supply — prepare yourself for anything with long-term emergency food storage. Get your new, lower-price 4-Week Emergency Food Kit at PrepareWithAllie.com. PublicSq. — download the PublicSq app from the App Store or Google Play, create a free account, and begin your search for freedom-loving businesses! Family Leadership Summit — Blaze Media is teaming up with “The FAMiLY Leader,” a pro-family, pro-marriage, pro-life organization, to host The Summit, the first presidential forum of the election season. Join us this Friday in Iowa as Tucker Carlson sits down one-on-one with each of the candidates to ask them the questions Christian voters want to hear answered. Head over to BlazeMediaSummit.com to subscribe and use the code SUMMIT for 30 percent off your subscription. --- Relevant Episodes: Ep 299 | The Fight Against Sex Trafficking | Guest: Jaco Booyens https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-299-the-fight-against-sex-trafficking-guest-jaco-booyens/id1359249098?i=1000490902387 Ep 498 | Exposing the Threat Porn Poses to Kids | Guest: Benjamin Nolot https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-498-exposing-the-threat-porn-poses-to-kids-guest/id1359249098?i=1000537150888 --- Buy Allie's book, You're Not Enough (& That's Okay): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love: https://alliebethstuckey.com/book Relatable merchandise – use promo code 'ALLIE10' for a discount: https://shop.blazemedia.com/collections/allie-stuckey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was a tough news day. The school shooting in Nashville is the latest mass shooting in the United States. There have been 130 mass shootings this year alone. We’ll talk about what happened in Nashville and the role of the AR-15 in America’s gun violence history.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

• • “3 children, 3 adults killed in shooting at Nashville private school” from PBS NewsHour

• • 2023 gun violence statistics from Gun Violence Archive

• • “We spent 7 months examining the AR-15’s role in America. Here’s what we learned.” from The Washington Post

• • (Some of the images in this article may be disturbing.) “The Blast Effect: This is how bullets from an AR-15 blow the body apart” from The Washington Post

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