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Private security personnel long outnumbered U.S. troops in the Afghanistan war, and now that it’s ended, the for-profit business of training guns-for-hire is booming — literally — in the backyards of many rural Americans. In this special episode, Host Laura Flanders travels to the tiny town of Hoffman in Richmond County, North Carolina, where residents live next to a loud private training ground. They have real concerns about who is receiving training there and why, especially after the January 6th, 2021 insurrection at the Capitol. Laura interviews local political figures who approved the permit for Oak Grove Technologies’ tactical training site — but now regret that approval. And she travels to nearby Hoke County, where a diverse coalition of local stakeholders were able to stop the expansion of Reservoir International, another training outfit seeking to expand its footprint near the county seat of Raeford.

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