Archive - Open Source Defense

OSD 333: In all the silencer talk, everyone forgot about SBRs and AOWs

We’ve spent so much time these past few weeks talking about the impending explosion in silencer sales (tldr we’re headed for a future where every gun…

Jul 9

OSD 332: Napkin math on the NFA market once tax stamps are free

With the Senate Parliamentarian having ruled that suppressors can’t be removed from the NFA through the reconciliation process, it looks like…

Jul 1

June 2025

OSD 331: What will guns look like without barrel length laws?

Until it was abolished 1983, a federal agency called the Civil Aeronautics Board regulated the interstate airline industry in the US.

Jun 25

OSD 330: The rise of sensorship

Imagine you’re buying a new thermostat for your house.

Jun 17

OSD 329: Take the pen

If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a gas pedal — forever.

Jun 11

OSD 328: Give ‘em a mile and they’ll take an inch

On barrel length laws.

Jun 4

May 2025

OSD 327: What happens if suppressors get deregulated?

There are three pieces to this:

May 27

OSD 326: The NFA is coming from inside the House

On the rumors about companies undermining NFA reform.

May 19

OSD 325: “Big thanks to Pope Leo XIV for coming on the pod”

On the structural force of communication technology.

May 13

OSD 324: The gun library of Alexandria

On Active Self Protection and similar knowledge bases.

May 5

April 2025

OSD 323: Home defense is an unsolved problem

Guns are the worst option for home defense, except for everything else.

Apr 28

OSD 322: Building the government’s eye of Sauron

On Palantir, and government competence tech vs. government empowerment tech.

Apr 22

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