Topic: Muskets

The University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) was placed on lockdown after a history professor was spotted carrying a six-foot-long antique musket for a class presentation. The incident triggered a new text alert system, which school officials praised as a success despite the lack of an actual threat. The hosts characterize these frequent lockdowns and alerts as "slave training" designed to instill a state of constant fear.

The show concludes with a critique of the "muskets" meme used by gun control advocates to argue the Second Amendment is outdated. John Dvorak mentions his upcoming appearance on *TWiT* to discuss his theory that Google Glass is a "hoax." The final segment features a "miracle baby" story from a China earthquake, used by ABC's Diane Sawyer to end the news on an uplifting note.