{"id":12163,"date":"2019-09-25T02:31:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T02:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=12163"},"modified":"2019-09-25T02:31:21","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T02:31:21","slug":"congratulations-to-charlie-cook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=12163","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations To Charlie Cook"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:5086,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.saf.org&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5599,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCq52xMnT0OWhvABvFlXvDXw&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5600,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UClgGJDBJWk0fecpCZHbGGlQ&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5601,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/nwfreethinker.blogspot.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5602,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.the-minuteman.org\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/07\\\/saying-goodbye-friend&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251015104026\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.the-minuteman.org\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/07\\\/saying-goodbye-friend\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 08:59:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 08:59:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5603,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/slowfacts.wordpress.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5604,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/politesocietypodcast.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.politesocietypodcast.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics -->\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=UA-147431441-1\"><\/script>\n<script>\n  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];\n  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}\n  gtag('js', new Date());\n\n  gtag('config', 'UA-147431441-1');\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Charlie Cook was chosen as the 2019 Ray Carter Blogger of the Year by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Second Amendment Foundation<\/a>. Charlie produces <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCq52xMnT0OWhvABvFlXvDXw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Riding Shotgun with Charlie<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UClgGJDBJWk0fecpCZHbGGlQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charlie&#8217;s Gun Grams<\/a>. Both of these can be found on YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The award is named in honor of the late Ray Carter. Ray, or Gay Cynic to use his <em>nom de plume<\/em>, worked for the Second Amendment Foundation as Director of Development. He loved blogging and blogged at <a href=\"https:\/\/nwfreethinker.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Free Thinker<\/a>. Ray died in 2016 after a long battle with cancer. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-minuteman.org\/2016\/06\/07\/saying-goodbye-friend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Minuteman had this tribute on his life<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ray-Carter-Blogger-of-the-Years.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ray-Carter-Blogger-of-the-Years.jpg 960w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ray-Carter-Blogger-of-the-Years-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ray-Carter-Blogger-of-the-Years-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ray-Carter-Blogger-of-the-Years-940x705.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Left to right:  Rob Morse (2018), <a href=\"https:\/\/slowfacts.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slow Facts<\/a>; John Richardson (2017), <a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/\">No Lawyers &#8211; Only Guns and Money<\/a>; Charlie Cook; Paul Lathrop (2016) <a href=\"http:\/\/politesocietypodcast.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polite Society Podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charlie may not be a blogger in the truest sense of the word but he was very deserving of this award.  Despite having met Ray only once in person, I think he would approve.  Charlie reaches millions with his Gun Grams and his Riding Shotgun with Charlie YouTube videos.  Getting the pro-gun message out using New Media is what it is all about. <\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlie Cook was chosen as the 2019 Ray Carter Blogger of the Year by the Second Amendment Foundation. 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