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OSD 383: The boy who cried Wolford
Jake Fogleman at The Reload wrote a good analysis of the Supreme Court’s two most recent Second Amendment rulings. The post (paywalled, but you should all be subscribers) focuses on how the Court was at pains to keep its rulings narrow. The...
OSD 382: You’re so vague you probably think this law is about you, part 2
Robert Cekada, the new director of the ATF, did a candid interview with Colion Noir last week:
Here’s a key part about pistol braces, at 15:39 (bold emphasis added):
Right now the safest place for folks to be — and they’re not going to...
OSD 381: A chaotic tyrant is better than an effective one
On June 9, Anthropic released its newest model, Fable 5. On June 12, the US government asserted military export controls to ban Anthropic from making Fable 5 available to anybody who is not a US citizen. That includes non-citizens residing...
OSD 380: Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition
In 2018, Peter Thiel famously dropped this line in a talk with LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman: “Crypto is decentralizing, AI is centralizing. Or, if you want to frame it more ideologically, crypto is libertarian and AI is communist.”
Realit...
OSD 379: You don’t even go here
This week The Reload covered the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously dismissing a lawsuit that challenged Minnesota’s ability to pick and choose which states’ carry permits it honors. Today, Minnesota honors carry permits from 33 ot...
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