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OSD 347: The government will issue you a list of approved freedoms. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
It was a big week in the courts for gun stuff.
Oct 15
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OSD 346: How they get you to tighten the tyranny ratchet
“Sure they’re black helicopters, but they’re *our* black helicopters.”
Oct 8
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OSD 345: Elites still matter
A nice thing about free markets is that they divorce money from caste.
Oct 1
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September 2025

OSD 344: The ATF shot itself in the foot with Franklin Armory’s new gun
Under US law, a short-barreled rifle is “a rifle having one or more barrels less than sixteen inches in length and any weapon made from a rifle (whether…
Sep 24
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OSD 343: The extremism of the other side
There’s an old joke that goes like this:
Sep 17
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OSD 342: We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 police states
Every government is as abusive as its options.
Sep 9
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OSD 341: The courts are not coming
When seconds count, the courts are decades away.
Sep 3
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August 2025

OSD 340: Hi, I’m here for the gangland?
There have never been more guns, and murder rates are at all-time lows.
Aug 27
19
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OSD 339: Going postal
Gun laws as time capsules.
Aug 19
13
OSD 338: Going public as a gun company
What a new IPO means.
Aug 13
9
OSD 337: What would a president who cares about gun rights do?
H1 2025 in review
Aug 6
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July 2025

OSD 336: How to rescue Sig Sauer
“Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM” cuts both ways.
Jul 29
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