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A 2025 Intervention or: "Seriously Chummer, You Really Want to Do This?" Look, I get it. You saw John Wick 3. You played Counter-Strike. You read about NATO PDWs and armor-piercing capabilities. The 5.7×28mm sounds cool as hell on paper. But before you drop $400-1,900

Or: Why "G19 or stay home" might be missing the point entirely There's a persistent orthodoxy in concealed carry circles that sounds something like this: "Carry the biggest gun you can conceal. If you can't carry a Glock 19 (or an M&

A man died in the Safeway parking lot while I was getting groceries. That evening, our friends talked about The Raincoats at Powell's. My wife played me Kleenex/Liliput when we got home. I worked on a Lasers & Feelings hack about 80's Vegas with four

There's a moment when you're holding a loaded rifle and someone next to you starts getting careless with their muzzle direction. Time slows. Your peripheral vision sharpens. Every instructor on the line turns toward the problem like iron filings toward a sudden magnetic field. What happens

The democratization of destructive technology is making traditional governance obsolete, but the alternatives emerging aren't necessarily better or worse - they're just different trade-offs that work for different groups. The real question isn't which system is "correct," but whether we can build

How the AR-15 Became America's Political Compass An analysis of institutional authority, civilian armament, and the fragmentation of democratic consensus in contemporary America Introduction: From Tool to Totem When Hi-Point Firearms announced their entry into the AR-15 market in 2025 with rifles priced under $550, it seemed like

From "Wolverines!" to budget bloat—how military fantasies bankrupted America's future On the Fourth of July, while most Americans were grilling burgers and watching fireworks, a group of tactical-gear enthusiasts staged what officials called a "coordinated attack" on an ICE facility in Texas. The