Open Source Defense

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

20

OSD 346: How they get you to tighten the tyranny ratchet

“Sure they’re black helicopters, but they’re *our* black helicopters.”

Oct 8

24

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OSD 345: Elites still matter

A nice thing about free markets is that they divorce money from caste.

Oct 1

19

3

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

24

2

OSD 343: The extremism of the other side

There’s an old joke that goes like this:

Sep 17

19

10

OSD 342: We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 police states

Every government is as abusive as its options.

Sep 9

19

3

OSD 341: The courts are not coming

When seconds count, the courts are decades away.

Sep 3

14

2

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

2

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

12

1

July 2025

OSD 336: How to rescue Sig Sauer

“Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM” cuts both ways.

Jul 29

27

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