HR 1808, also known as the "Assault Weapons Ban of 2021" did not become law in 2021. It probably won't become law in 2022. But it will never actually go away... 

Isaac gives quick run-through of what this bill would do, the arguments made for and against it last week, and its eerie similarities to the Assault Weapons ban of 1994. 

Crime rates since the 1994 AWB   

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After a heroic Good Samaritan stopped a mass shooter over the weekend, Isaac had some questions. Why are the advocates for big government always so gloomy? Why do they gnash their teeth when individuals do well? Can we squeeze a Bill Waterson joke into a serious look at horrifying tyranny? All these questions and more will be answered. 

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The ongoing demand for gun confiscations, body armor bans, and night vision limits now includes calls for... handheld radio controls! Isaac dissects a recent Slate article lamenting the ability of far-right extremists to use handheld radios to communicate after they have been de-platformed from Twitter.   

Original Article: Far-Right Extremists Are Using Personal Radios to Plan Violence 

To be honest, this only barely scratches the surface of all the preposterous assumptions the article is built on, but hey, it's a start. We specifically ignored the technical errors with this journalism like all the pre-existing SIGINT capabilities that exist, the fact that all spectrum around DC is monitored and recorded by a host of three-letter agencies, the wide proliferation of SDRs, and more - just because that would be an endless list of infinite rabbit trails. 

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The SCOTUS ruling on NYSRPA v. Bruen has a lot of implications for the future legal battles surrounding gun rights. This weekend Isaac was able to spend some time with Matt Larosiere from Fudd Busters, discussing the ramifications of this decision. It's a pretty wide-ranging conversation on past and current legal theory, but it also gets into what we can expect in the future.

Fudd Busters Initial Analysis on Bruen: https://youtu.be/50qvyP00qws

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As Independence Day approaches, we reflect on the Tree of Liberty. It's a pretty long metaphorical exploration, but it goes over the different branches on the Tree, some very recent Supreme Court Rulings, and ways that different trees have in the past been refreshed with the blood of patriots and tyrants with very different results.

Additional Reading:

The Origin and Principles of the American Revolution 
By Friederich Gentz   

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Today, Felix and Sasha stopped by to talk about a whole swath of topics, from the economy of training to the lag in military adaptation, from the consequences in Ukraine to the responsibilities of early adopters.

They are producing some of the best gear and training content on the internet, so check them out below:
 
Website: redbeardtactical.com   
Instagram: redbeardtactical.de 
Patreon: RedbeardTactical 

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Ok, so there are LOTS of myths about gun control and gun violence, but here are five that are dominating the current news cycle and undergird a lot of the current thinking about guns.

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A couple of months ago, we talked about lessons from footage of the first defensive fights in Ukrainian. Today we're talking about some larger lessons related to defense innovation. Is the American Military model more like Ukraine's or Russia's? 

War on the Rocks podcast  
The Imagineers of War  

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Wild Arms Research and Developmemt has spent the last few years building destructive devices. Specifically, developing recoilless launchers and rocket launchers like the Panzerfaust and Fliegerfaust, and then publishing the research for public edification. Isaac Botkin and Jonathan Wild have a free-ranging discussion on munitions design, launcher research, and the two books they have produced so far:

Man Portable Air Defense System : Fliegerfaust
Expedient Recoilless Launcher: Panzerfaust

And, check out video of test firings of the Fliegerfaust: https://youtu.be/5fskM6iUSbA

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It's been a while since we did a Q&A episode, so Isaac fired up his much-throttled Instagram account for a live conversation with real people who asked real questions. This included queries about 3D printers, suppressor laws, customer support, and of course, lots of curiosity about new products.

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