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By T.REX ARMSTechnology
T.REX TALK episodes
- How the New York Times Covers GunTube - With Thomas Gibbons-Neff
Last week, the New York Times published a fascinating article "How YouTube is Changing American Gun Culture." Even more fascinatingly, it ended up on the front page. Today, Isaac talks to the reporter who researched and wrote the story.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/us/gun-youtube-firearm-videos.html1 hr 11 min - 15 Days of Trump - Speed, Surprise, and Violence of ActionIn the first two weeks, the new administration has taken a perfectly normal course of action, such as new appointments, new executive orders, and executed it very quickly. However, they have combined this expected action with an unprecedented level of cost-cutting. Billions of dollars of grants, contracts, programs, and other spending have already been canceled, leaving entrenched bureaucrats scrambling to find an effective response.https://foundationforfreedomonline.com/https://www.youtube.com/@MikeBenzCyberClips/videos35 min
- History of the ATF 4: Learning all the Wrong LessonsOur long-running series of long explorations into past ATF activities finally makes it to current day! And what may surprise you are the ways that bad laws, bad assumptions, and deep ignorance continue to cause tension and resentment... in and out of the Bureau. We also finally address the question of what happens to good ATF agents trying to do their duty.https://davekopel.org/Waco/LawRev/warrant.htmhttps://www.amazon.com/No-More-Wacos-Enforcement-wellesley-ebook/dp/B002KQ60WYhttps://www.amazon.com/Firearm-Anatomy-Book-STEN-Submachine/dp/1495975800https://www.sb-tactical.com/about-us/company/https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2017/09/08/i-smell-cash-how-the-atf-spent-millions-of-dollars-unchecked/https://nypost.com/2013/09/25/smoking-gun-atf-agents-busted-in-cigarette-sting/https://www.amazon.com/Government-Here-Kill-You-Negligence/dp/1510722262https://web.archive.org/web/20220524032117/https://www.cleanupatf.org/https://katv.com/news/local/sen-tom-cotton-says-atf-agents-werent-wearing-body-cameras-during-raid-at-malinowski-homehttps://www.thetrace.org/2024/10/atf-gun-dealer-licenses-revoked-biden/1 hr 2 min
- History of the ATF 3: Doubling Down on DisasterAfter the horror of Ruby Ridge and the brutality of Waco, you might expect the newly elected Clinton Administration to blame their predecessors and walk back some of the abuses of the ATF. Instead, they launched an comprehensive coverup campaign, commended the Waco commanders, and rammed through a new Assault Weapons Ban. How did they get away with it?Sources:https://www.amazon.com/No-More-Wacos-Enforcement-wellesley/dp/1573921254https://www.amazon.com/This-Not-Assault-Penetrating-Regarding/dp/0738863424https://www.amazon.com/Government-Here-Kill-You-Negligence/dp/1510722262https://www.c-span.org/program/house-committee/waco-investigation-day-10-part-1/95925https://crimeresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Roth-Koper-Assault-Weapons-Ban-1997.pdf35 min
- History of the ATF 2: Ruby Ridge and WacoOur last video made the case that the ATF, while built to crack down on criminals, was actually set on a collision course with regular Americans. In this video, we document 50 years of its trajectory from Prohibition to the deadly sieges at Ruby Ridge and Waco.Sources:https://historyheist.com/glossary/bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives/)https://guncite.com/journals/senrpt/senrpt.htmlhttps://famous-trials.com/rubyridge/1151-fbirevisedruleshttps://sandpointreader.com/stand-off-ruby-ridge-25-years-later-2/https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP99-01448R000402060001-6.pdfhttps://www.amazon.com/No-More-Wacos-Enforcement-wellesley/dp/1573921254https://www.amazon.com/This-Not-Assault-Penetrating-Regarding/dp/073886342445 min
- Building Drone Platforms for Citizens - with Canine Defense
Drones are hot right now, and David Han Jr. joins us to describe his business startup, which designs and builds robust drone platforms for the American citizenry. Our conversation covers not just UAV technology and uses, but also the manufacturing and design mindsets needed to develop for a more resilient Citizen Defense Industry.
https://www.k9defense.tech/https://x.com/K9DefenseTech
1 hr 4 min - History of the ATF - Part 1: How Prohibition Built the Bureau
This is a video on the T-Rex lab channel, but due to the number of requests, we're also posting it here for easier listening.
The actions of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives don't get as much attention as they should, but most people are generally aware of their recent history. However, to get a better understanding of how they developed as an enforcement agency, we have to go back to their first assignment. This will be a multi-part examination of where the ATF came from, and where they should go.Sources:https://www.amazon.com/Last-Call-Rise-Fall-Prohibition/dp/074327704Xhttps://www.amazon.com/History-American-People-Paul-Johnson/dp/0060930349/https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Times-Revised-Twenties-Perennial/dp/0060935502https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=DFwWAAAAIAAJ&pg=GBS.PP6&hl=enhttps://www.thecornellreview.org/well-regulated-the-nfa-hearings-1-6-an-unforgivable-betrayal/30 min - The True Meaning of Christmas
Isaac sits down with our COO Bryan to talk about Christmas, and Bryan brings an interesting topic to the table. Merry Christmas from all of us at T.REX to you and your families!
35 min - How to Build a Future-Proof Manufacturing Industry
We've been talking a lot about American manufacturing tools and technologies over on the T.REX LABS channel, but there's a lot more to it than just the hardware. How do you get a new generation of folks involved in making stuff? How do you inspire them to pursue this as a discipline and a career. Today we've got an international guest giving us his perspective on our manufacturing strengths and weaknesses.
1 hr 10 min - Hostile Ideologies in Movies and Video Games
Creativity in film, television, and other fictional media seems to be at a pretty low ebb in the 21st century. Isaac and Ryan talk about their experiences in the film industry, and why some of the trends are not mere laziness but hostile ideologies at work. In some ways this is more dramatically visible and consequential in the video game space.
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The official podcast of T.REX ARMS. Weekly thoughts and conversations between various team members discussing equipment, training, history, politics, and of course, the behind-the-scenes stuff…
regarding the business and technology of developing and making tactical gear. Produced by Isaac Botkin.
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