[The video above is] a good watch generally, and we want to zoom in on a particular aspect. At 6:54, Isaac explains why Glock’s critical innovation that changed the entire industry is … the slide stop. Hang on. The slide stop is a tiny piece of metal, and shouldn’t affect a gun’s overall design … Read more
Back in 1929, in The Thing: Why I Am a Catholic, G.K. Chesterton introduced a decision-making principle that came to be known as Chesterton’s fence: In the matter of reforming things, as distinct from deforming them, there is one plain and simple principle; a principle which will probably be called a paradox. There exists in such … Read more
[T]he optimal number of times for [incidents like the Arvada armed civilian shooting] to happen is zero. Sometimes you hear these kinds of stories and the circumstances seem like some horrific, star-crossed accident. Other times they seem like outright murder. And there are times in between. But in all cases, instead of making excuses or … Read more
Common sense. Violations of this flowchart are punishable by 10 years in federal prison. https://t.co/UKGCVe9F5T pic.twitter.com/IW6Nx2yQHx — Open Source Defense (@opensrcdefense) October 12, 2020 Contrary to popular belief, gun rights have been getting nearly-monotonically more popular for 25+ years. The installed base of AR-15s is ~50x what it was at the time of the ‘94 ban, … Read more
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