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Dimes and Judas discuss the Green Beret blowing up a Cybertruck for political reasons, huge mysterious drones appearing over New Jersey, and Los Angeles being on fire for bigsies this time. After exploring a Tablet article about Obama's remaking of the Democratic party and his inexplicable continued relevance, they launch into an in-depth discussion of “The Silent Brotherhood: The Chilling Inside Story of America's Violent, Anti-Government Militia Movement.” It recounts the exciting history of the formation of The Order, the Christian Identity Movement, and the masterplan to instigate a race war in America. Lastly, on this edition of The Copepranos Society, Dimes speaks with Defense Distributed, advocates for private defense and the manufacturing of what are known as “ghost guns.” Timestamps: 00:18 – Dimes was Left Out to Sea During a Joke 06:20 – Los Angeles is Burning Down 12:32 – Ruminations on Getting Old and Wanting to Die 15:18 – Judas Eats Onions Like Apples 18:50 – Reviewing the Cybertruck Bombing Manifesto 29:06 – Our Current Inability to Understand Motivations Between Conspiracies 36:48 – Mass Coordinated Drones are Wack 39:47 – Lex Friedman Powering Down Without His Extremely Literal Questions Sheet 44:47 - Going On Steve-O's Podcast T Stunt Instead of a Manifesto 45:14 – Sightings of Drones Over New Jersey 53:27 – The Dots Do Not Connect Towards Nuclear World War 3 1:03:01 – Show News and Updates 1:05:05 – Tablet Magazine Article “Rapid Onset Political Enlightenment” Review 1:16:06 – “The Silent Brotherhood” Discussion Begins 1:19:45 – The Group's Foundation of Inexperienced Family-Oriented Men 1:24:05 – Day of the Rope Endgame 1:25:05 – The Life and Times of Bob Matthews 1:27:54 – Birth of The Order and Extremist Unification 1:31:30 – When You Train Warriors The Ultimately Demand War 1:34:42 – Spending All Your Money On E-Meters 1:36:34 – The Christian Identity Movement and Aryan Nations 1:43:40 – Point-System for Terrorism and Assassinations 1:46:13 - Raising Money Through Robbery and Counterfeiting, Greed 1:50:44 – The Assassination of Alan Berg 1:53:39 – Breaking Bad Without the Writing Team 1:56:55 – Taking Out One of their Own with a Sledgehammer 1:59:11 – The Last Stand of Robert Matthews 2:06:42 – Defense Distributed Interview Begins

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Cody Wilson is the founder of Defense Distributed, the first private defense contractor in service of the general public. Since 2012's Wiki Weapon project, DD has defined the state of the art in small scale, digital, personal gunsmithing technology. Is The Supreme Court About to Legalize "GHOST GUNS?"

Jessica Solce is the filmmaker behind Death Athletic, a documentary about Cody Wilson and Defense Distributed. Cody Wilson rose to prominence as one of the first purveyors of 3D printed guns. Solce's fantastic documentary follows Wilson through DD's inception story, his legal struggles to affirm the second amendment, and the personal controversies that have haunted him since becoming public enemy #1. I highly recommend this film, it's packed with intrigue, nuance, and stuff you didn't know before.Watch Death AthleticJessica on Twitter Get full access to The Carousel at www.carousel.blog/subscribe

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Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Jessica Solce, the director of Death Athletic, a documentary on 3D Gun printing and specifically on Cody Wilson and Defense Distributed. They discuss the erosion of the 2nd Amendment, the landscape of 3D gun printing, debanking, and other topics. Guest Links → DONATE: https://www.deathathletic.com/contact → https://www.deathathletic.com → https://twitter.com/jessicasolce → https://www.encodeproductions.com (Solce's production company) Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2 Privacy Courses (supports the show) → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/privatebitcoin → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/hackproof Monero Donation Address (If you can't see the whole string, double click in the middle to select all) →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy Please subscribe to and rate this podcast wherever you can to help it thrive. Thank you! → https://www.youtube.com/@WatchmanPrivacy  →https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy Timeline 0:00 – Introduction 3:04 – 2nd Amendment is eroding 7:10 – What are the regulated parts of a gun? 9:51– Must one register a self-made gun? 11:28 – Background of Cody Wilson 16:45 – Other players in the self-made gun movement 20:41 – Current status of files uploaded by Cody Wilson 22:35 – How could gun files possibly be regulated? 26:20 – DEFCad  29:20 – Debanking and cancellation for Defense Distributed 36:30 – Supporting Cody Wilson 37:27 – Cody Wilson under surveillance 39:30 – Samourai Wallet contributed to this film 41:02 – Difficulties of making a documentary 44:20 – Final thoughts #WatchmanPrivacy #CodyWilson #DeathAthletic #3DPrintedGuns

This week, we're looking at a new AI product that promises to do what ChatGPT can't: talk to you about building guns. The cleverly named GatGPT went into beta this week. I got an early look at it. And, now, we're having the head of the company behind it on the show to explain why they created it. Defense Distrubuted's Cody Wilson said the end goal is to build an alternative to big tech initiatives in search and advertising. He argued AI could be a consequential tool in that effort. He said the kind of censorship ChatGPT has been saddled with, which keeps it from talking about guns and other topics its parent company OpenAI views as controversial, is holding back the mainstream efforts and gives GatGPT a potential edge. However, it does still suffer from some of the same accuracy issues other major AIs struggle with. Wilson said they hope to continuously improve GatGPT with beta testers and high-quality data from sections of the online firearms community. Wilson has garnered media attention and controversy since he first printed a gun back in 2013. He managed to retain his gun rights and take back control of Defense Distributed despite pleading guilty to a sex crime in 2018. His latest move shows he's remained as media savvy and controversial as ever, though. Unlike many other AI startups, Wilson said he isn't looking to sell hype and bring in investors at unrealistic valuations. But he is hoping to create a viable business model around the uncensored AI model. One he hopes can benefit the entire firearms industry, which he says has been "ghettoized" by large tech platforms for over a decade. Plus, Contributing Writer Jake Fogleman and I discuss USCCA's latest foray into the political realm. Special Guest: Cody Wilson.

On this episode of The Vonu Podcast, I welcome cypherpunk & crypto-anarchist documentarian, Jessica Solce. On October 21st, her new film, DEATH ATHLETIC: A DISSIDENT ARCHITECTURE will release to the public. This documentary features the full story of Cody Wilson, Defense Distributed, 3D printed guns up to today, Cody's modern… The post TVP #186: Death Athletic – A Dissident Architecture with Jessica Solce appeared first on The Vonu Podcast.

Michael Malice (“YOUR WELCOME”) welcomes gun rights activist and founder of Defense Distributed, Cody Wilson, onto the show to discuss the current legislation regarding “ghost guns”, his battles for the rights of gun owners across America, and why bans on gun manufacturing are fundamentally opposed to what the Founding Fathers believed in and fought for. twitter.com/radomysisky defdist.org Order THE WHITE PILL: http://whitepillbook.com/ Order THE ANARCHIST HANDBOOK: https://www.amzn.com/B095DVF8FJ Order THE NEW RIGHT: https://amzn.to/2IFFCCu Order DEAR READER: https://t.co/vZfTVkK6qf?amp=1 https://twitter.com/michaelmalice https://instagram.com/michaelmalice https://malice.locals.com https://youtube.com/michaelmaliceofficial Intro song: "Out of Reach" by Legendary House Cats https://thelegendaryhousecats.bandcamp.com/ The newest episode of "YOUR WELCOME" releases on iTunes and YouTube every Wednesday! Please subscribe and leave a review. This week's sponsors: 4Patriots – Survival Food Kits: 4Patriots.com, promo code: MALICE (10% off) Patriot Gold Group – No Fee IRA: Call 888-505-9845 or visit malicegold.com (Free investor guide) ZBiotics – Pre-Alcohol Probiotic: zbiotics.com/malice (15% off)

What do you get when you combine 3D-printed guns, Bitcoin, and a relentless pursuit of freedom? You get an unforgettable experience at the Guns N' Bitcoin conference. I had the pleasure of interviewing Garret, a software engineer for Defense Distributed, the company at the forefront of the home gunsmithing revolution. And let me tell you,… The post Developing Defense Distributed – Pioneers in the Home Gunsmithing Revolution [VIDEO] appeared first on The Crypto Vigilante.

Your team tonight is Paul Lathrop, Amanda Suffecool, Charlie Cook and Kerrie Ann Auclair. They discuss SAF winiing a Temporary restraining order in federal court with Defense Distributed, knocking back an ATF rule.

Avertissement : cet article n'est pas une incitation à imprimer des armes digitalisées sur le sol français. La fabrication d'armes et de munitions en France nécessite la possession d'une licence spécifique. Nous sommes en 2012. Cody Wilson, un étudiant en droit à l'Université du Texas, décide de lancer Wiki Weapon, un projet d'arme digitalisée et open source, inspiré de Wikileaks et de ses archives distribuées en peer to peer. Après un an de travail et de recherche de fonds, la première arme 100 % digitalisable est révélée en vidéo. Les fichiers sont immédiatement bloqués par le Département d'Etat américain, en vain. À peine un an après, l'organisation Defense Distributed est 100% fonctionnelle, hébergeant le site DefCad (le Wikileaks des armes 3D) et distribuant des imprimantes Ghost Gunner, spécialisées dans la création de lower receivers de AR15 (la seule partie réglementées d'une arme à feu). Et ce n'est qu'un projet parmi d'autres : on pourrait citer le travail de Cody Wilson sur Dark Wallet, logiciel d'anonymisation des transactions Bitcoin, ou bien le site de crowdfunding Hatreon, considéré comme l'un des principaux pipelines de financement de l'Alt-right. J'avais même été témoin d'une rumeur sur le site 8chan, affirmant que Cody Wilson était la véritable identité de Sanjuro, le fondateur de Assassination Market, un site du Dark Web où les utilisateurs pariaient sur la mort de personnalités politiques. Une affirmation aussi grotesque que plausible, et qui révèle quelque chose : au-delà d'une chaîne d'événements impliquant Cody Wilson, il existe une certaine idée de ce dernier, une abstraction pour toutes les idées dangereuses passées, présentes et futures. RAGE Site : rage-culture.com/ Tipeee: fr.tipeee.com/rage Twitter : twitter.com/RageCultureMag Discord : discord.gg/GXeSJ7XuNS Instagram : www.instagram.com/rage_cult/?hl=fr Telegram : t.me/rage_culture Facebook : www.facebook.com/RageCultureMag

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Cody Wilson is the founder of the Austin-based Defense Distributed — the first private defense contractor in service of the general public. Since 2012's Wiki Weapon project, pioneered by Wilson, Defense Distributed has defined the state of the art in small scale, digital, personal gunsmithing technology. In the years since it began the project has evolved from rudimentary single shot pistols in to full-scale at-home weapons creation with unlimited options. Now, potential customers no longer need to order metal parts online to complete their weapons and instead can build from scratch right in their own home. Predictably, the nature of Wilson's activism and enterprise has put a target on his back yet he has consistently persevered, winning a landmark First Amendment case to keep 3D-printed gun plans online — despite Obama, Trump, and Biden all fighting against him. In this podcast, Matt and Jason discuss with Wilson how distributing the means of self-defense can level the playing field between tyrants and their subjects and how a well armed society is a more peaceful society. We talk about the current attacks on your right to self-defense and how we can not only fight them but circumvent them altogether. This is a must listen show. (Length: 1:08:29) This Episode's Sponsor: CTRL+Pew https://ctrlpew.com/ https://twitter.com/CtrlPew2  https://instagram.ctrlpew.com/ You can access Wilson's Defense Distributed website here: https://defdist.org/ His Ghost Gunner Site Here: https://ghostgunner.net/  DefCad: https://defcad.org/ Cody's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Radomysisky https://twitter.com/DefDist

Join us in an Out of Battery Live Special episode, live from Defense Distributed headquarters in Austin with Cody Wilson, Garret and Mr_Snow as we give away a GG3! Deadline for entry is August 4th at midnight!

Delve into the dark, seedy underworld of ghost gun development and design... or just hang with us instead. Join us this week with Garret from Defense Distributed as we talk about DD, Cody Wilson, Ghost Gunner 3s, and a whole lot more!

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Tonight on Who Moved My Freedom I interview Cody Wilson, co-founder and CEO of Defense Distributed and the face of homemade 3D printed guns "ghost guns" and the online maker community. Babyface P is also joining me tonight. To find out more about the new Ghost Gunner 3 general purpose CNC mill https://ghostgunner.net/

President Biden went hard after "ghost guns" and the companies that make them this week. So, on this episode, we've got one of the most prominent men who is squarely in his sights: Defense Distributed's Cody Wilson. Wilson is a pioneer in 3D-printed guns having developed the first prototype called The Liberator. His Ghost Gunner mini-CNC machine is among the popular ways to finish the unfinished gun receivers commonly available on the market. As such, he read through the entire 364-page final guidance on the new ban from the ATF. We discuss the ins and out of what exactly is illegal now, how that will impact the firearms industry, and some of the surprises in the final regulation. Wilson says he feels the regulations are unjust and unconstitutional. He said he plans to file suit against the administration over the changes.  Plus, Contributing Writer Jake Fogleman and I talk about what we've found out about President Biden's new ATF director nominee Steve Dettelbach. Special Guest: Cody Wilson.

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Cody Wilson, the founder of Defense Distributed, is one of the most compelling figures in the Second Amendment movement. José Niño interviewed Cody about his journey as one of the most innovative figures in the pro-gun space. Buy My Book "The 10 Myths of Gun Control" TodayIf you're serious about changing the gun control status quo we live in, this book is a must.After reading this text, you will be able to hold your own in any debate with your anti-gun friends, family, or associates. No questions asked.And heck, you will have a solid foundation in championing issues like gun rights should you take your activism to the next level.Knowledge is power and the foundation for any worthwhile endeavor. With this next-level information at your fingertips, the sky is the limit.So make today the day you say NO to the gun control status quo by taking action NOW.The full retail price for The 10 Myths of Gun Control is $6.Get Your Copy TodayBookmark my Website For Direct ContactIn the era of Big Tech censorship, we can't rely on just one or two platforms to keep us connected. Bookmark my website today so you always know where to get the true, unfiltered information about the news and views that matter to you.Subscribe to my Premium Newsletter TodayThe Niño FileIf you're serious about changing the authoritarian status quo we live in, make sure to join the Niño File on Patreon for as little as $5 a month. This is the premier source for dedicated and passionate leaders who want to not just “move the needle”, but actually win and change the landscape ahead of us.The Niño File is bringing you the necessary and concise ways to help you identify and train strong candidates, kill bad legislation while actively passing good bills, keeping incumbents accountable and knowing how to replace them when push comes to shove. Those are just the tip of the iceberg, the only way to get so much more is to join today!Don't Forget to Follow me on Twitter @JoseAlNino This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit josbcf.substack.com/subscribe

Cody Wilson joins the show this week. He is the founder of Defense Distributed and one of the main innovators in homemade guns. His Liberator 3D-printed gun brought him to prominence years ago and he's continued to push the boundaries of what's possible in simplified gun-making with increasingly-common technology. In fact, he and his company have even focused on making some of that technology more common. Defense Distributed is now selling the third iteration of its "ghost gunner" mill. The miniaturized CNC machine can finish AR-15 receivers from blocks that are about 80 percent finished. And, now, it can do even more. It can actually take a raw brick of metal and turn it into a part necessary to make a receiver. They call it a zero percent lower. I saw the mill in action at SHOT Show 2022 and Cody describes the inspiration behind the latest project. The ATF has proposed a federal rule change that would expand its authority to determine what constitutes a firearm receiver and, therefore, who would have to obtain a license to make and sell them alongside serializing the guns and keeping records on who buys them. The new rule would allow the agency to determine a wide scoop of unfinished gun parts are "readily convertible" to finished receivers, but the agency said it does not plan to try and regulate raw metal blocks. That's the point where Wilson said he saw an opportunity to get ahead of the regulation even before its finalized. And the zero percent project was born from that idea. Now, the company has successfully created and rolled out a design to consumers. Still, Wilson faces significant legal battles across the country over state and federal attempts to block either the manufacture of personal firearms or even block sharing plans for how to make them. He provides an update on the state of the multiple lawsuits Defense Distributed is still embroiled in. He also addresses why he decided to retake such a public-facing role at the company after he pled guilty to a crime resulting from him paying for sex with a 17-year-old girl, especially given the concerns unserialized guns are often used by criminals. Wilson said being the public face of the company is dangerous and he wasn't willing to have others take his place in that role. Plus, Contributing Writer Jake Fogleman and I discuss San Jose's first-of-its-kind attempt to force gun owners to pay an annual tax and acquire liability insurance. Special Guest: Cody Wilson.

Welcome to episode 49 of Gears n Beers, where we talk about gear we love, gear we hate, gun industry news, and whatever else trips our Freedom triggers!  Shot Show is going on while we record this episode, and we talk a few of our favorite products that came out.  Franklin Armory announced a binary trigger for the Glock platform and of course Sam is intrigued with "innovation" while the other 2 are a bit more skeptical.  Then we dive into Defense Distributed's Ghost Gunner 3, where you can machine an AR Lower from a 0% chunk of aluminum with a desktop CNC.  We talk about where we see it going and some of the consequences coming with it.  Then we dive into Holosun's new "batteryless" pistol optic, the SCS, which leads into a discussion on if we're Holosun fanboys, and are we commies for loving a Chinese company?  We talk about Rare Breed announcing the long awaited 3 position forced reset trigger, and it seems like its could finally be a truly viable option to use for more than range trips.  And lastly, cover some other notable products that came out of Shot Show.   Make sure to tune in live for the next episode on 2-5-22 at 8:30 CST (and every other Wednesday night) on the the LSLF Website , Facebook page, and Youtube, join in on the conversation, and have  cold brew or two with us! 6.28 Franklin Armory Binary Glock Trigger 17.05 Ghost Gunner 3 0% AR Lower 34.02 Holosun SCS 53.25 Rare Breed 3 position FRT-15 1.11.50 Shot Show Notable mentions

On this guest episode of the Resistance Library Podcast Sam Jacobs has Matthew Larosiere on the show. Matthew Larosiere is the Director of Legal Policy at the Firearms Policy Coalition and an unashamed supporter of the Second Amendment without exceptions. He is also an early adopter of the 3D printer, something that he has become very skilled at using to make full firearms, firearms components, and other pieces. He believes that 3D printed guns are not just a Second Amendment issue, but also a First Amendment issue. His position in the FPC brings him into close contact with breaking legal issues and emerging attacks on the Second Amendment.  Sam talked with Mr. Larosiere about the reaction of the Michigan Legislature to legally armed protesters, the Pennsylvania Attorney General's move to ban so-called “ghost guns” without due legal process and, of course, 3D printed guns and why they're so important -- and cool. For a full transcript of Sam's interview see below. 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Matthew Larosiere is the director of legal policy at the Firearms Policy Coalition. The first thing I'd like you to do is just kind of tell everyone who doesn't know what the Firearms Policy Coalition does. Just kind of give me the like nickel tour of what it is you guys do over there.  Matthew Larosiere: Well, we are a 501c4 nonprofit, a grassroots advocacy organization.  So we engage in, you know, your ordinary advocacy. We also do direct lawsuits, research, you know, public information requests, basically where a full service gun rights group. We do everything from. So like my department is kind of like a think tank and grassroots department where we research different policy areas and what logic is behind them. And also the principles underlining, you know, our side of the issue, which is, you know, freedom.  But, but yeah, so we're a full service, no compromise gun rights organization. And that means, you know, we don't, there's no second amendment, but with us, I'm a, I'm a big fan of machine guns and light tanks. So that should tell you what you need to know.  Sam Jacobs: Yeah. I, I, you know, it's funny because I instantly thought like, “Oh, so you're, you guys are cool with machine guns,” as are we, so that's fine. We're very much on the same page. And I figured that we would be, but the language that you used was like, Oh yeah, they're so of course they want to repeal the 1986 gun control act, which...  Matthew Larosiere: Uh...I'd go further. I've got a machine gun right here, actually. [machine gun sound] But why start with just FOPA, right? Why not go all the way back to GCA and NFA? It's all garbage.  Sam Jacobs: Sure, sure. And you will find absolutely no disagreement from me there whatsoever. Do you mind telling us about your machine gun?  Matthew Larosiere: This one here is a STEN Mk. II, you know, 1942 made at ENC company in England during the war. I've also got here a Chauchat 1915, a Costa Rican Breda, and Chatellerault light machine rifle.  Sam Jacobs (3m 0s): It's funny because every guy that I know who has machine guns, like they're like potato chips, you can't get just one.  Matthew Larosiere (3m 4s): No, it's impossible. And then also getting a pro tip is get weird ones like mine, because they're way cheaper.  Sam Jacobs: Why is that?  Matthew Larosiere: Because everybody wants an M 16, everybody wants a Thompson and you know, there's only so many on the registry, but then like, like a Breda is a seven millimeter, four shot burst rifle that no one's ever even heard of. So yeah, you'll get away with paying that what you might pay for, you know, a really nice semi auto rifle.  Sam Jacobs (3m 32s): Well, that's good. I'm glad that you're helping our listeners to source their fully automatic machine guns. I, and I genuinely am. And also, you know, I was going to ask like, why we need the firearms policy coalition when we have the militant defenders of the Second Amendment at the NRA. That's a joke for anyone who's not picking it up.  Matthew Larosiere (3m 56s): Yeah. Well, I mean, I know, you know, I don't talk about the Jones's, you know... they, they do all kinds of work. They've got, you know, there, there are things that everybody in this area has something to provide, but we provide zero compromise. You know, we don't negotiate with politicians, it's against our policy. And if you want somebody who isn't going to ever say, you know, Oh, well, it's just a bump stock.  That's us, we're behind, you know, a lot of litigation involving the bump stock ban, some of which is still active. So.  Sam Jacobs (4m 35s): Which I think it was really cool because, you know, I think that you're right, that everyone, you know, that everyone has something offered in this sphere, you know, all joshing aside. But you know, the thing that I think is really cool about what you guys do and what I kind of fixated on when I was going, going through and researching for this episode was I love that you guys get down in the trenches of litigating this stuff. And so I was following kind of some back and forth you guys had with the attorney general of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro, I saw that you had your Shapiro is a tyrant shirt on, in one of your videos.  And I think that people oftentimes fixate on what gets the headline, or what gets the press conference, or what gets the soundbite, but so much of what the Second Amendment, or rather defending the Second Amendment is about, is about, you know, a lot of this really unglamorous work in the trenches that no one ever gets, that you don't get, it's not very sexy, and you don't get the same recognition for it, but in some ways it's much more important.  And I think it's really cool that you guys do that.  Matthew Larosiere (5m 54s): Right. And we also like the, so not just that, but we just get engaged, you know, I spend a lot of time talking to representatives and just trying to change the shape of the issue. Like, and so I've actually, I've got my Joshua Shapiro TEC-9 right here. You know, we like, you know, with the 3D printed guns, we wanted to make a big point about this. I've been in the maker space for some time.  And, you know, they're always talking about how all these illegal guns, illegal guns, you know, ghost gun, blah, blah, blah. And nobody's talking about how much of a First Amendment issue it is. So, you know, we have the freedom and like, you know, in my department, we have the ability to, we sat down and we designed, you know, with, with help from the community, a 3D printable TEC-9 receiver, that's got this politician's face all over it that says, you know, that it's a love letter to him.  And the point of it is it's to change the shape of the debate. We do a lot of stuff like that. So we put this out and the, I don't know if you've seen it, but it's like, you take one, look at this gun, it's hot pink, it's covered in little hearts. And, you know, it's got a politician's face on it. You sit there and look at me and tell me that's not First Amendment conduct. Right. So we're trying to do stuff like that to make sure we don't just cover the guns, but also the gun adjacent stuff, like, you know, First Amendment, right to build, right to associate, you know, all that stuff,  Sam Jacobs (7m 38s): Which again, I think is really cool. And one of the things I liked about that weapon and just 3D printed guns in general is how so many of them come in these like tropical candy colors and, and they kind of weirdly subvert this whole, you know, “Ooh, it's a scary black rifle thing,” which I think is cool. You know, it doesn't make them a better weapon or anything, but I just find it kind of interesting where that's, where a lot of it has gone.  I mean, of course like the 3D printed materials tend to kind of be a little more technicolor than what comes out of a factory. Anyway,  Matthew Larosiere (8m 18s): You can get any color you want. It's a cultural thing. And I, I don't know how it took cold, but me, you know, nothing spurred me to do it, but I think it might just be because I'm a proud native Floridian, but I print out all my firearms receivers in teal and pink, which cause I consider those to be, you know, South Florida colors. And it just, it's just a thing we do, which is funny. I mean, they make black, they make gray, but we kinda like putting them out in these funny colors.  Sam Jacobs (8m 47s): So this is a good segue to talk about 3D printed guns kind of in general, one thing that you had posted on your Twitter, it was either you or the FPC's account, but it is a common refrain that I hear when talking about 3D printed guns. And that is the technology just isn't there yet, which as somebody who's not, who's kind of interested in 3D guns, but isn't an expert on them by any means. This sounds wrong to me, but I don't, I can't explain why.  So what do people mean when they say that and why are they wrong?  Matthew Larosiere (9m 23s): So it's, it's a noble lie that gets told in the mainstream media. And they're always sitting there saying, “Oh, well, you know,” and, and like you often observe it on something, a source that you'd otherwise think to be friendly like, “Oh, well we don't need to worry about 3D printed firearms because the technology just isn't there. It's gonna blow up in your hand. You know, whatever.” The, the fact is we are way further along than most people realize, especially in the United States where, you know, we have the receiver distinction and we're allowed to get barrels and, and, you know, all kinds of other parts delivered right to our houses, as we should. We're like way beyond the point of having really effective, repeatable, reliable equipment that's printed.  Like, you know, that TEC-9 thing that we made, that one I have here was printed with the cheapest pink PLA that I could find. It's got like $5 of plastic in it. And it has held up to hundreds of rounds without even a crack. So we're, we're there and we've got the FGC 9, which is significant because it's one of the first self-loading semi automatic firearms designs that uses virtually no, you know, what you'd call a gun parts.  Even the barrel, there's a 3D printable mandrel that lets you use, you know, a battery charger and some saltwater, you know, to simplify it, to cut the rifling on your own barre. You can build this stuff, you know, you can get into 3D printing firearm receivers with a $180 printer. So it's, it's really not this, you know, infant technology. It's, I mean, we're there, it's here.  Sam Jacobs (11m 17s): Well, you know, in terms of the effectiveness of this technology, why is there this tendency on both sides of the Second Amendment debate? I hate to put it in those terms because I don't really actually think it is a debate. I think there's people who want it, people who want to infringe on your rights and people who don't want to infringe upon your rights. So maybe I should frame it more in those terms, but why do both of these sides kind of agree on this thing that's not really true,  Matthew Larosiere (11m 45s): Right. So, you know, if I'm to play devil's advocate, if I'm to give them my best argument, I would say that a program people, you know, like, like you're saying, they want to just kind of poo poo it and say, “Oh, just forget about it for right now, you know, look over this thing over here.” And what I find problematic with that argument is that it carries within it, the implicit suggestion that once the technology does get to that point, which it already has, then it will be okay to do something which, you know, rather than, you know, my perspective is this is awesome.  We live in the future, let's embrace this and everybody should have one. Whereas on the other side, I think they might, I think the best reason for the anti side to tell this noble lie is either, well, either one, they haven't done their research and they don't know. And so it could be that like, you know, the, the pro gun lie is, is working, or two that they want to say, let's get in and prevent this from happening. You know, we, we can stop it if we act now.  Whereas if they were to like recognize now that cat's out of the bag and these files are everywhere, but we're gonna make it illegal. It's kinda like, you know, why would we do anything about it at that point?  Sam Jacobs (13m 4s): Right. And I totally agree with you. The framing on it is bad for pro-Second Amendment freedom people, because yeah, it's just, okay. So when, I mean, it's like when they, when they pivot to, well, why do you want to ban so-called assault rifles? Or why do you want to ban sec semi automatic rifles when most murders are committed with handguns? And it's like, you're just inviting them to then pivot the conversation to ban handguns.  Matthew Larosiere (13m 33s): Yeah. And, and also like, even, Oh my God, this, you know, it reminds me of something that just triggers the ever loving hell out of me when they say, “No, no, it's not an assault rifle. It's a modern sporting rifle.” Or like, whatever, like no, shut up. It's an assault rifle. I have the right to my assault rifle. It's like leave me alone.  Sam Jacobs (13m 54s): Right. No, totally. I completely agree. So why, I mean, other than the kind of more general, Second Amendment issue, you know why do you personally champion 3D printed guns? Like what does this offer that something I can buy down at my local gun shop or Donald my local pawn shop, doesn't. Matthew Larosiere (14m 20s): The freedom to be anything like, you know, I've got a lot of store-bought guns, right. But that doesn't change my life. Having a 3D printer in my life, and I was a fairly early adopter. It just changed the way I looked at things. I don't know how many people in your audience or whether you are like know fabricating, but once you own a welding machine, it changes the way you look at the world and this the same, it's the same kind of thing, except it takes a lot less training and a lot less  initial investment, you've got this thing now that can turn thoughts into reality.  So it's the future. A for why I champion it. I mean, it's, it's an intersection of my interests. You know, I'm a, I'm a gun rights attorney. And I also, I care about everything related to that. And the First Amendment is really important. And the First Amendment is what protects us, you know, and enables us to share this information because you know where to, you know, how to cut out a receiver, how to, you know, make your own firearms at home. That's all protected information that needs to be robustly recognized. If we decide that, “Oh, well, you know, 3D models are different because they're new and spooky. And so they can't be regulated.” Well, what's the purpose of the First Amendment now.  Sam Jacobs (15m 51s): And that's kind of the, I mean, that's the entire argument against assault rifles, or however you wish to term as like, you know, new and scary equals not conceivable by the people who wrote the Constitution equals not subject to the Constitution.  Matthew Larosiere (16m 9s): I always like to imagine what Thomas Jefferson would say. If I handed him an AK-74. Sam Jacobs (16m 15s): He would say it was awesome.  Matthew Larosiere (16m 17s): I was gonna say, I doubt, he'd be like, “Oh, this is horrible.” He'd probably be like, “COOL! You don't even have to pack it. These things are... WHAT?!,” you know, it'd be, he'd be blown away. He'd want 12 of them. Right.  Sam Jacobs (16m 30s): Right, yeah. God. Yeah, wished we had these! Matthew Larosiere (16m 32s): Yeah. These are so cool, you can blow off so many red coats with this.  Sam Jacobs (16m 37s): So, you can obviously, as with anything else, I ask you feel free to decline to answer this, but what's the craziest thing you've ever made with the 3D printer.  Matthew Larosiere (16m 46s): The craziest? I mean, define craziest. Sam Jacobs (16m 49s): I'd rather let you define craziest, because it was interesting to me because you're like, you know, basically kind of saying like your imagination is the limit on this or whatever you can conceive of you can theoretically make. I mean, obviously, you know, there's some technological limits there's, there's limits of capable capability or, you know, whatever, but, you know, what's kind of like an example of you wanting something that you can't get off the shelf, but you would say, well, you know what? I can just make it.  Matthew Larosiere (17m 26s): I, gotcha. Yeah. I, oh, in a single week. I printed out a, like, there was a little plastic piece that broke on my car's mirror. And instead of spending $300 to get the whole new mirror, I just, I took the piece with some calipers. I took some measurements. I designed the part, I printed it out. And then a couple of days after that, it was one of my coworkers' birthday. So I printed him a little octopus that had eight middle fingers being held up and he loved that.  And then, you know, a couple of weeks after that, I prototyped a fire control group housing for an old French carbine that used an AR-15 fire control group. Just, yeah. All of that in a couple of weeks.  Sam Jacobs (18m 13s): It must really come in handy, especially because you talked about buying old, weird weapons and you also had a post that I thought was really funny, about a hundred year old European bolt action rifles. So I mean, I would imagine as somebody who is a collector of firearms, you know, even if you're not necessarily interested in printing a full weapon, for whatever reason, maybe you don't like how they look, maybe you just don't care. You don't want one, but it would seem like a 3D printer would really come in handy for even somebody who just collects old weapons that are, you know, like anything else that's going through that much stress is, is breaking down a lot and they can use a 3D printer to kind of extend the life.  Matthew Larosiere (18m 59s): Right, yeah. There's all kinds of little ways that it can come in handy, you know, with restoration and preservation. And also, I mean, if you, and if you're into collecting old militaria, you're going to wind up with parts kits, you know, where the receivers are destroyed. There's been more than one time where I've just printed out the missing part. So I could have a display weapon. Sam Jacobs (19m 26s): And now I want to talk about what's going on in Michigan because it is a little old, but it still is crazy to me that they canceled their legislative session in response to the armed protestors who, you know, armed protesters is always another thing that's kind of like used as a scare word. But as you were saying before, like, so what, they're legally allowed to be, allowed is again, not the best word, but like they're exercising a constitutionally enumerated right in a way that's new and scary. Though I doubt it's new. And I also am skeptical to the degree to which it's actually scary and the degree to which it's, you know, a convenient way to act because it appears scary to outsiders. So can you kind of take us through like what happened in Michigan with those armed protests?  Matthew Larosiere (20m 23s): Well, so basically, you know, you had the state government handed down a lot of very unaccountable orders, right? And the shutdown orders that were very wide reaching and people. And, you know, like, I, I actually like to refrain from talking about this kind of stuff, because there's this, there's this new orthodoxy that's developed where you're not allowed to question the shutdown orders at all. So without me saying anything on whether the shutdown owners were good or bad, there were a bunch of people who thought they were bad and they decided to protest, right.  They're protesting for their, you know, what they perceive as an assault on their livelihood, their way of life, et cetera, you know, without proper due process from the government. So basically you've got a group of people that are saying, “Hey, you're violating my rights.” And you know, a group of them come just bearing arms peaceably. And so the media goes nuts, like says that these are armed right-wing blah, blah, blah. We're in, like, if you look at the pictures, there's, it's just a bunch of normal people.  And, and they make a blitz out of it. They shut down their session early. And I, you know, I don't know if they actually said it was for fear or if it was just like assumed it was, but then so of course the first thing they want to do now is take away the right of the people to carry arms in the state capital. So like that just seems, it just seems interesting to me, it's like, “Oh, they're mad at us for violating their rights. Why don't we take a right away that will fix it?” Sam Jacobs (21m 59s): Well, I mean, it would, but not in a good way. And it's interesting because we just recently did a podcast about Robert F. Williams, who, anybody who listening doesn't know, Robert F. Williams was a civil rights activist in the 1950s who responded to his community, being terrorized by the clan, by arming him and his comrades with weapons under the auspices of an NRA gun club.  And you should listen to our Robert F. Williams podcast about that. But one of the things we talk about in that podcast is the Mulford Act, which was passed by Governor Ronald Reagan, which always shocks people to, you know, which was one of the most sweeping gun control laws in the country at that time. And was specifically designed to prevent Black Panthers from protesting in a similar manner. But there's no, you know, I mean, there's no other right that you're not allowed to exercise within a hundred yards or whatever of the state house.  Matthew Larosiere (23m 9s): And here's the other thing, right? So you have one of the most important core protected areas of the First Amendment is political assembly and political speech. So the fact that they're like, what they're basically saying is, “Okay, well, you can have your First Amendment right, and you can have your Second Amendment right. But not at the same time.” So that's nonsense. There is no, it's like, they're acting like there's an “or” in between the First and Second Amendment. It's like, “Oh, you can talk or you can gun,” you know, it's not, no we're allowed both and not, you know what I mean? It's not, you can't prohibit it. Is the best way to say it.  Sam Jacobs (23m 47s): Yeah. And I mean, it's also, I don't want to, I generally try not to go too far down the, you know, aren't the Democratic party hypocrites kind of road because it's like, well, yeah. I mean, this is their whole thing is like freedom of speech is great when it helps our cause and not so great when it doesn't. And one of the things that we saw during the last presidential election, or at least in the aftermath of it was like, well, that's enough democracy and free speech for now.  We're going to kind of do what we can to, to shut all this down. But it still is astonishing to me, at least in some ways because I felt protests were good.  Matthew Larosiere (24m 30s): Right. Well, they're good when you agree with them. So, I mean, I can, you know, that's a forgivable error you just made.  Sam Jacobs (24m 39s): [Laughing] Right. What is, I mean, what kind of legal ground does the attorney general of Pennsylvania have to stand on with this ghost guns thing? Cause it sounds, I mean, I understand the whole, the whole way this works is they fly up a trial balloon and they see to what degree it works. But this one seems, really, this one seems really seems like a bit of a reach to me as a layman in and out, and, you know, an outsider and as much as I'm not an attorney, and I'm not, I'm in the trenches of, of this kind of litigation or legislation, like what kind of leg does he have to stand on if any, if any, or is it just a, you know, everyone's looking at the lockdown and I think I can slam this through kind of thing.  Matthew Larosiere (25m 24s): Which thing are we talking about now?  Sam Jacobs (25m 27s): The attorney general Josh Shapiro's, you know, reclassifying 80% receivers as firearms.  Matthew Larosiere (25m 36s): So yeah, what he was doing there is trying to interpret police powers. Basically he was doing like a triple, like triple stuffed bad interpretation bingo, to like use this law to give him power to act here, which then enables him to reclassify this, you know, like it's, it was, it was a bunch of nonsense. And like, I mean, you know, very conveniently at this at the same time that Bloomberg had just pushed this new agenda. Of course, Josh Shapiro comes out with it, but no, it's, it's, it's a bunch of crap.  There was no vagueness in the law that justified his re-interpretation. And you know, this is, this has happened a while ago. And there were a lot of developments since, you know, he was prevented from engaging in that before.  Sam Jacobs (26m 31s): And you guys got a temporary injunction against him, correct. Yeah. And then kind of what's the future of the, of the issue.  Matthew Larosiere (26m 41s): Yeah, no, you, I mean, this, this might be to some of your listeners, but you're not supposed to just like make the law up, [Laughing] you know, especially when you're the Attorney General, you're supposed to, you know, faithfully read and enforce it, not just divine garbage into it. Well, the funny thing about this is, he tried to reinterpret Pennsylvania code which defined a firearm. And there's one little like, like skin tag on the definition, which is about readily convertible firearms.  And what this is really about is like a long time ago, back when the law was written, you could buy these starter guns, which were like sold as race starter guns, which were just like junky .25 caliber and .22 caliber pistols that had something shoved into the barrel and you'd unshove the barrel. So that's what it was really about. And so he, they tried to claim that, you know, a hunk of aluminum is readily convertible to a firearm.  In which case it's like, you know, what does that make the STEN gun then is every, you know, every exhaust pipe a sub machine gun now it's, it's just preposterous. There's no way to, like, there would be no way to rationally enforce something like that, you know, without it being unconstitutionally vague.  Sam Jacobs (28m 2s): Do you know if there's any plans to, I mean, I'm presuming that Attorney General Shapiro is not just dropping it at, at this and that there'll be further action. Do you know anything about what's going to come down the pipe with that?  Matthew Larosiere (28m 20s): Yeah. There's no real way to know. I, I can't assume that they're going to take it laying down, but you know, we'll just have to wait and see. I mean, of course I think we're right.  Sam Jacobs (28m 34s): What do you think the future of 3D printed guns is, do you think that they're just kind of a niche thing for hobbyists and that kind of thing? Or do you think that they have a broader appeal?  Matthew Larosiere (28m 49s): Let me tell you something, man, they've got a much broader appeal and I'm very excited to be working on some projects that are going to  make some changes in this space. I wish I could say much more than that, but let me just give you an example. If you go on any of Hi-Point's social media, you'll see all anybody are doing are demanding that they sell parts kits. And that's because the guys in these 3D printing communities, and these are, I just want to stress, these young men are absolute heroes for our generation.  These guys are unbelievable. They work hours and hours and hours in between their real job on these collaborative efforts to design 3D printable frames, you know, for available firearms parts kits. And then they release them for free online just because they love freedom. And so they did that for the Hi-Point. And it's one of the better designs for 3D printing because, you know, you don't need, you don't need many moving parts.  You know, it's direct blowback. The demand for the parts kits was so high that now the parts kits cost more than the guns themselves. You just can't get them. So I think that tells you something. I think that tells you people, people want to be able to get a firearm and build it themselves. And you know, it's their right. There are so many people to where getting a firearm is just way too difficult for something as essential as it is.  Like, imagine if you live out in the middle of the country, your nearest transfer agent is an hour away, right? And that's a real thing for plenty of people. So you've got to get that gun ordered in, take time out of your schedule, go drive up there, pay that person a gatekeeper's fee, right? Why do that? What this is saying is not, you know, skip that mess. If you need a gun, you know, and, and it's legal for you to have it, order your parts and make it that's, that's the direction it's going in.  It's only getting better. There's all kinds of exciting projects. Every, you know, every week I see something new in these channels, we're in where we discuss the development. It's big. It's not, it's not just a little novelty. You know, this is, this is big stuff. These guys are developing ammunition that you can make at home. And I don't mean like, you know, like reloading, because I'm a reloader, I don't mean getting yourself some tightgroup and some primers and slapping it together.  No, I mean, homemade gunpowder, homemade priming compound, like that's how much these people are working to decentralize the industry on arms and just create a pro freedom world.  Sam Jacobs: How does a homemade gunpowder work?  Matthew Larosiere (31m 52s): Literally there is a group of chemists from all over the world that we're talking in this, you know, in this channel and they, they were comparing, you know, what chemicals can you, can you get in this country, this country, this country.  And they got together and they, you know, like this stuff is all magic to me, right? Like I'm a lawyer. I count on my fingers and I don't understand chemistry, but they figured out a formula to make repeatable, consistent powder, like smokeless powder. And you know, this isn't like grinding it out of a tree someplace like the olden olden days. This is pretty consistent smokeless powder. That's made with stuff that you can get anywhere. And they're going to be releasing that hopefully very soon.  Sam Jacobs: It's, it's a very different world that we're moving into. And one of the things that I find most interesting about the people who kind of want to shut down the whole 3D printer thing is just, I don't know how realistically you could do it. You know, that's one of the things that's kind of most interesting to me about it is that we know basically the technologies, revolutionary technologies are kind of hard to stick back in the bottle, right? Like once it gets out, there's not really any way to shut it down and sure you can start throwing people in jail for it, but the actual technology will be there.  And that's kind of one of the main, perhaps the Achilles heel of the entire argument is that, you know, there's no reason to believe that anybody who's determined enough is going to not be able to leverage these technologies. I mean, it's the old, like when guns are outlawed only outlaws of guns thing, except now outlaws won't even need to like find a buyer. They'll just need to find the right bits and bobs and be able to put it together.  Matthew Larosiere (33m 46s): Right. And, and I mean, that's what the FCG 9 is, which, I mean, you can look up online videos, that thing running, and it runs pretty good. And it's not made with any gun parts, you know, that can be made anywhere. And it's just, it's all about freedom. These guys, and by the way, you know, banning it or whatever, wouldn't make a difference because these guys are already operating anonymously. They assume, you know that because the US government isn't friendly to this, the US government doesn't want, you know, we've seen this with ongoing litigation involving Defense Distributed.  They don't want you posting the designs online. So these guys who are designing these, these guns and posting them online, they're already doing it quietly. They're already doing it under pseudonyms. And, and you know, it's not stopping the progress, but what I think it does show, and that's why this is like one of the main reasons I think these guys are heroes. Nobody knows their names. They put in all this time, they don't get a dollar. All they did is put freedom out there for other people.  And I think that, you know, I really hope that at some point in our country, we get to the point where we can, these guys can tell their names, you know, and we can celebrate these people because they're special.  Sam Jacobs (35m 11s): Well, I want to thank you for joining us. Where can everybody find you on the internet?  Matthew Larosiere (35m 15s): You can follow me on Twitter at MATTLAATLAW. It's  MattLa At Law. We also post on FirearmsPolicy.org. I do a weekly update there that goes on YouTube and the Gun Policy Instagram and everything. So definitely check that product out. I, I really do like the weekly update, just kind of puts all of the, you know, legislative and legal gun law updates into one place for you. Sam Jacobs (35m 38s): It really is a great resource for anybody who wants to follow the kind of legislative and, and machinations that are coming after your Second Amendment rights again. Thanks. Thanks for joining us. And thanks to everybody who listened. If you would like to get some cheap ammunition for your non 3D printed guns, you can go to Ammo.com/podcast. I'm Sam Jacobs, and we'll see you next time.

A girl kicked out of school for not praising the state with the Pledge of Slavery, and now the Texas AG is doubling down. What's in the News with stories on a killer cop update, Memphis PD spying, drug arrests up, government debt, disaster relief disaster, and a Cody Wilson update. And, finally Yet Another Bad Cop on a deputy in Florida who planted evidence dozens of times. This episode is brought to you by ZenCash, now known as Horizen, a cryptocurrency that infuses privacy, anonymity, and security done right. Also brought to you by Free Talk Live, providing you with fresh, pro-liberty content 7 days a week on more than 180 radio stations across the country.    WHAT'S RUSTLING MY JIMMIES I am thankful that I live in a country that gives me at least some semblance of free speech, and I take advantage of this every chance I get. I sit here and do a podcast every week basically calling for the death of government in all forms, and I have never been threatened or punished in any way for it. I also use my freedom of speech to not stand for the Pledge of Allegiance and the national anthem every time I am surrounded by people who stand for them. I can do that because, compared to people in many areas of the world, I am relatively free. That is not to say I am free. It is to say I am freer than people in say Iran or North Korea. Trust me, I would not be doing this show if I were in Iran or North Korea. Call me a coward, but I have a family to live for. However, even in this country, where we are supposedly free to say what we want and express our opinions how we choose, that is not close to being the case in all circumstances. Take the case of India Landry in a Houston, TX area high school. Last year, she was sent home from school for refusing to stand during the Pledge of Slavery... oh, sorry, I mean the Pledge of Allegiance. The principal told India's mother that, "she can't come to my school if she won't stand for the pledge."   WHAT'S IN THE NEWS In killer cop update news, Amber Guyger, the Dallas police officer who faces a manslaughter charge in the shooting death of Botham Jean, has been fired, the Police Department announced. In my old stomping ground news, the legal team at Facebook has fired off a letter to the Memphis Police Department. The social media giant says MPD needs to stop creating fake accounts to monitor citizens. In cannabis news, marijuana arrests are rising in the U.S., even as more states legalize cannabis. There is now an average of one marijuana bust roughly every 48 seconds, according to a new FBI report. In government theft news, the federal government could soon pay more in interest on its debt than it spends on the military, Medicaid or children's programs. In disaster relief news, a North Carolina woman was arrested after 27 dogs and cats she took in during Hurricane Florence were confiscated from her shelter, investigators revealed. In a Cody Wilson update, Defense Distributed announced that founder Cody Wilson had resigned from the company.   AND YET ANOTHER BAD COP Zachary Wester, a 26-year-old Jackson County Florida deputy has been getting many complaints, so much so that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (the FDLE) opened an investigation Aug. 1. The probe is ongoing, and no charges have been filed yet. The allegations are that Wester was pulling over drivers — some with records, many unable to afford their own lawyers — and planting drugs in their cars before hauling them to jail. A number of the encounters were captured on Wester's own body camera, but it's unclear how many. As the investigation unfolded, FDLE investigators briefed State Attorney Glenn Hess of the 14th Judicial Circuit. He was shown body camera footage in which Wester can be seen holding what appears to be a baggie in his hand before starting a search. Hess said, “I saw a video and I saw still photographs that caused me to do a whole lot of things that state attorneys usually don't do." Over recent days, a torrent of motions filed by Hess and Public Defender Mark Sims have been filed in Jackson Circuit Court. Charges have been dropped in at least 48 cases that were initiated by Wester or hinged on his testimony.  

Cody Wilson of Defense Distributed is in trouble, big time. What's this all about? What's in the News with stories on Snowden validation, FDA making things worse, cops busted by vice, rape kits, and big money for Space Force. Finally, an Ask Me Anything where I answer your burning questions. This episode is brought to you by ZenCash, now known as Horizen, a cryptocurrency that infuses privacy, anonymity, and security done right. Also brought to you by Free Talk Live, providing you with fresh, pro-liberty content 7 days a week on more than 180 radio stations across the country.    WHAT'S RUSTLING MY JIMMIES Cody Wilson screwed up, badly. Let's break this down. First of all, when you have thumbed your nose at the government the way someone like Cody Wilson has, you have to be on your Ps and Qs, because you know they are gunning for you. Cody did not take that to heart, sadly, and now he is up to his neck in a mess that could have been avoided. But, I am in no way saying what he did was wrong. We will get to that in a bit. First, let's look at the facts of the case.   WHAT'S IN THE NEWS In do as I say not as I do news, current and former New York City police officers were found at the center of a major prostitution and gambling ring. In my old stomping ground news, a 51-year-old man identified by his DNA has pled guilty to three aggravated rapes that occurred more than 16 years ago in the Frayser-Raleigh area of Memphis, TN, In validation for Snowden news, a European Court Says the Mass Surveillance He Exposed Violates Privacy Rights. In making things worse news, FDA regulations aimed at discouraging underage vaping may also deter smokers from switching. In it's not their money news, the U.S. Air Force estimated start-up costs for a proposed U.S. Space Force, a new military service backed by President Donald Trump, will be around $13 billion in the first five years, according to a Department of Defense memo seen by Reuters.   ASK ME ANYTHING It's been a while since I've done an Ask me Anything segment on the show, so let's fix that right now. Questions range from homeschool and prostitution to voluntaryism and marriage.  

Attorneys general from 20 states celebrated on Monday when a district court judge in Seattle extended an injunction against the sharing of 3-D printed gun blueprints online. But their victory lap was short-lived. On Tuesday afternoon, Cody Wilson, founder of the open-source gun-printing advocacy group Defense Distributed, announced he would begin selling the blueprints directly to people who want them.

Trump is gearing up for his new Space Force, which I like to call his Space Farce. Let's break this down a bit. What's in the News with stories on wrestler Kane wins again, your vote is useless, MDMA studies, TSA still sucks, and a fine for trash in a car. Finally, Statists Gonna State talking about Defense Distributed and their continuing battle against statists. This episode is brought to you by ZenCash, a cryptocurrency that infuses privacy, anonymity, and security done right. Also brought to you by Free Talk Live, providing you with fresh, pro-liberty content 7 days a week on more than 180 radio stations across the country.    WHAT'S RUSTLING MY JIMMIES Do you want to talk about something beyond ridiculous? Fine. Let's talk about Trump's new Space Force. Now that is ridiculous.   The U.S. Defense Department this week will take the first steps to create the Space Force, a new branch of the military ordered up by President Trump but not yet fully backed by Congress. In coming months, Defense Department leaders plan to stand up three of the four components of the new Space Force: a new combatant command for space, a new joint agency to buy satellites for the military, and a new warfighting community that draws space operators from all service branches. These sweeping changes — on par with the past decade's establishment of cyber forces — are the part the Pentagon can do without lawmakers' approval.   WHAT'S IN THE NEWS In some interesting news,libertarian-leaning former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) world champion, Glenn Jacobs, known as “Kane” to pro-wrestling fans worldwide, won the mayoral race in Knox County, Tenn. running as a Republican. He secured the victory against Democratic nominee Linda Haney by a 2-to-1 margin.   In your vote counts news, Hackers from around the world had the rare opportunity to crack election-style voting machines this weekend in Las Vegas -- and they didn't disappoint. After nearly an hour and a half, Carsten Schürmann, an associate professor with IT-University of Copenhagen, successfully cracked into a voting machine at Las Vegas' Defcon convention.   In some good news, MDMA, which was banned by the Drug Enforcement Administration in 1985, could be available by prescription as soon as 2021. The rehabilitation of MDMA, a.k.a. "ecstasy" or "molly," is directly related to the rehabilitation of veterans who participated in a study that confirmed the drug's potential as a catalyst for catharsis.   In TSA news, The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is facing criticism for secretly tracking Americans on flights. The "Quiet Skies" program reportedly uses an unknown algorithm to flag flyers without any criminal record for surveillance on domestic flights.   In across the pond rubbish news, Roofer Stewart Gosling, 43,  has been hit with a £300 fine after sandwich wrappers and crisp packets were found inside his work van. Waltham Forest Council workers told Mr. Gosling he was breaking the law for carrying the rubbish without permission when they carried out spot checks in east London.     STATISTS GONNA STATE Statists all over the country are going nuts over Defense Distributed's downloadable digital blueprints for guns. Last week, Defense Distributed, the Texas nonprofit providing online schematics for producing firearms with a 3-D printer, agreed to temporarily block Pennsylvania Internet users from its website in an emergency hearing Sunday. The move followed threats of legal action from Pennsylvania's attorney general, Josh Shapiro. “These downloadable firearms were just about to be widely available online,” Shapiro said on Twitter. “It's an existential threat to our state and we stepped in to stop it. The site is — and will remain — dark throughout” Pennsylvania.

A belated legal scramble to stop public access to 3-D printed gun blueprints has succeeded, at least for now. Late Tuesday, a federal judge granted a temporary nationwide injunction against Defense Distributed from making its designs available online. Several hours after the ruling, Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson has finally complied.

What is voluntaryism, and why have I chosen it as my personal philosophy? What's in the News with stories on philanthropy for the win, government protecting itself, censorship, FOSTA/SESTA, and Defense Distributed. And, finally, an Ancap App segment on the Ghost Gunner app and machine that allows you to legally make guns at your home without the government being involved. This episode is brought to you by ZenCash, a cryptocurrency that infuses privacy, anonymity, and security done right. Also brought to you by Free Talk Live, providing you with fresh, pro-liberty content 7 days a week on more than 180 radio stations across the country.    WHAT'S RUSTLING MY JIMMIES As many of you know, I do a separate podcast on the Pax Libertas Productions network called Essential Libertarianism: Selected Readings from Voluntaryist.com. As the name implies, I take articles from Voluntaryist.com and read them so they can be easily digested in audio format by those who may not have time to read articles all day. But why do I do this?   I happened upon a book, Neither Bullets Nor Ballots: Essays on Voluntaryism some time ago that really spoke to me. I had been migrating to a non-political libertarian position for some time, but once I read this book, I was hooked. This book from the early 80's spoke to exactly why I was moving in that direction, so I reached out to the person primarily behind this book and the website Voluntaryist.com to see about doing the new show with his material. He quickly agreed, and now I have just under 40 episodes at EssentialLibertarianism.com covering topics from non-voting to activism, to homeschooling, and so much more, with a ton more episodes to come out.   But, I haven't really taken the time on this show to talk about why I moved into non-political libertarianism, so I thought I would take the time to talk about that on this episode.   Do not fear, this show will not be changing much at all, only some of the items I select for news or segments will change slightly. I also plan to bring some nuggets I've learned from other sources to you as well. Many of those sources can already be found at EssentialLibertarianism.com/books if you are interested in looking through them or purchasing them. This is a list of some of the non-political libertarian books that helped me get to this point.   WHAT'S IN THE NEWS In philanthropy for the win news, love him or hate him, and I understand both sides of that argument, Elon Musk announced on Twitter that he will fund fixing the remaining homes in Flint, Michigan that are still without safe and clean running water. The public health crisis has raged since 2014 when the town changed water sources as a cost-saving measure. In the government protects itself news, a federal court has ruled that Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screeners cannot be held liable for abuse claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). In censorship is real news, prisoners locked away in the United States are offered a few luxuries while serving their sentence, and apparently reading the Game of Thrones books is not always one of them. You would think it would be banned because of the gratuitous violence, but apparently, at least one prison had a different reason for banning the books. In no shit Sherlock news, more police are admitting that FOSTA/SESTA has made it much more difficult to catch pimps and traffickers. In thank you government news, wow, isn't the government gracious! As Harry Brown once said, "the government is good at one thing. It knows how to break your legs, and then hand you a crutch and say, 'See, if it weren't for the government, you wouldn't be able to walk." This is certainly the case for Cody Wilson and Defense Distributed.   ANCAP APPS Speaking of Cody Wilson and Defense Distributed, a project I've been following for a long time came to mid to talk about for a new Ancap Apps segment. I'm speaking of the Ghost Gunner product that Defense Distributed sells which allows you to construct fully functioning rifles and handguns from the comfort of your own home using a simple software application connected to a small, personal CNC mill.

On tonight's episode of "The Crypto Show," we talk with Roger Ver for the first half of the show. We discuss Bitcoin Cash, the prospects for the demise and success of Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Cash, respectively, and how quickly Bitcoin Cash may be a crypto game-changer. We ask Roger his opinion as to the failure of Segwit2x, as well as the possible motivations behind the failure of Bitcoin Core to remedy Bitcoin's technical issues. We discuss Bitcoin.com's mining pool and its impressive built-in ability to switch between BTC and BCH mining automatically depending on profitability. We also query Roger concerning the unusual price moves in BTC and BCH, and what he has done with his own Bitcoin holdings since the advent of Bitcoin Cash. And more. In the second hour, Danny and I discuss his already-in-motion trip to Mexico, his goals while down there, and his trip next month to the Latin American Bitcoin Conference in Bogota, Colombia, and a visit to Caracas, Venezuela. We also discuss upcoming Anarchapulco and highlight some of the amazing speakers who will be in attendance. **Sponsored by:** [Dash](http://Dash.org), [CryptoCompare](http://pcryptocompare.com) and [Defense Distributed](http://defdist.org) **Links** [LogosRadioNetwork](https://LogosRadioNetwork.com) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1119365597/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_c_api_IQPczbQHWJKP8 [TheCryptoShow](http://TheCryptoShow.com) [FreeRoss](http://FreeRoss.org) **Social Media ** [The Crypto Show on Facebook](http://facebook.com/thecryptoshow) [@TheCryptoShow](https://Twitter.com/TheCryptoShow) [@The_Crypto_Show](https://Twitter.com/The_Crypto_Show) [@the_crypto_show instagram](https://instagram.com/the_crypto_show) [The Crypto Show YouTube](https://youtube.com/channel/UCH720dsEFqx0gYyQrLZHCEQ) **Tip with Crypto** BTC: 139R6K7fxTYaFf2aXTid84Le1ayqMVvSCq Dash: XqDeHnokQocBpvffsa2dWz8mX7oTKpoKzc LTC: LUTJtk4QqXLiDkK8pDKK3jM73VVwbp7oSr Doge: DQBJ7PSpFzUTwpBrny46Kug4BW8AGtq1YQ LTBC: 1CevFxMT6srBtTkWx2qrNaJmjtgxbo7pBA ,,, ETH: 0x10cfd6916832566e82b3ab38cc6741dfd7e6164fo

On tonight's episode of "The Crypto Show," Danny returns to the studio to interview our returning guest, Cody Wilson of Defense Distributed. Before our discussion with Cody, Danny talks about his trip tomorrow to Houston to be a part of Max Keiser's and Steve Baldwin's reality TV show called "The Great American Pilgrimage," funded by Dash, and they will be giving aid to some hurricane-stricken families. Cody Wilson joins us to discuss the new rollout for the GhostGunner: the 1911 and Glock-compatible lowers and fixtures. We also meander onto some related and random topics, as only Cody and the Crypto gang can.

On tonight's episode of "The Crypto Show," Justin and Stacey Frost of Defense Distributed join us in studio to talk with Nathan Woznak, Marina, and Adrianna of Ubitquity. We discuss the legacy real estate system, its mechanics, and its problems, title record-keeping, and how Ubitquity can revolutionize title transactions and records. Danny also joined us for a segment to relate the latest stuff that he's doing on the road.

On tonight's episode, Cody Wilson joins us to discuss Defense Distributed's employees' trip to the Texas coast while he is being filmed live by a Spike TV crew, live on our show. Harlan Dietrich also joins us to discuss his journey to the coast in the Dash boat. Harlan's friend, Daniel Abramson, also joins us to discuss ICO's and the economic and political implications of them.

On tonight's episode of "The Crypto Show," we talk with Cody Wilson of Defense Distributed about non-governmental internet censorship and the chilling effect it has on free speech. We also discuss Charlottesville and the contemporary socio-political climate, Cody Wilson's free speech case and its submission to the Supreme Court, Christopher Cantwell and Antonio Buehler, Albert Pike, HBO and "Game of Thrones," and Cody's alternative to Patreon, "Hatreon," among other things. Always a great talk with a veritable genius like Cody Wilson. Danny in the second half of the show paves the way to raising what is currently over $60,000 in Bitcoin and Dash for Hurricane Harvey Relief and is personally delivering that aid to the affected area's. Not mentioned in this episode is also the fact that we deployed a Dash branded rescue boat to those same areas.

On tonight's episode of “The Crypto Show,” Danny makes it to the offices of Bitcoin wallet-maker Airbitz alongside that company's former COO and continued collaborator Will Pangman, who updates us on some of the projects he's currently working on, including tokens, smart contracts, and Lamium, the first decentralized Bitcoin invoice payment service. Will also gives us an overview of Consensus Conference 2017 that just took place in New York. We also discuss the run-up in crypto prices and how that is related to all the new interest and money flooding into the space. Danny then updates us on what has happened thus far in his journey to spread the word to cannabis businesses about Dash and Bitcoin and also gives us a glimpse into upcoming legs of his journey. Danny was successfully able to get a gun shop on board as a distributor for Defense Distributed's GhostGunner, another exciting development on his trip.

Tonight's episode explores the ongoing saga of Danny's road trip to cannabis-legal states to preach Bitcoin and Dash to marijuana dispensaries, growers, and others for the purposes of bringing the advantages of cryptocurrency to the industry and to bank the unbanked. He is also promoting Defense Distributed's Ghost Gunner, which he will be demonstrating at a gun shop tomorrow. We also broach Stash's intent to integrate Dash into the Stash Node Pro, and we briefly discuss the run-up in cryptocurrency prices and the moral and philosophical issues involved in the Ethereum split. In the final couple of segments, Daniel Krawicz, a.k.a., “Scrooge McAltcoin,” leads us in an interesting discussion about an unusual interpretation of the movie “The Matrix,” and of course it has to do with his favorite topic, cults.

Tonight, Danny visits Lake Havasu Az and meets up with Dave Mitchell, founder and CEO of secretluxurybunkers.com. We briefly review the mission and services provided by Dave's company for listeners who may have missed his recent previous appearance on our show, and then we discuss Dave's and Secret Luxury Bunker's involvement in TheArcLightFoundation.org a charity for victims of human trafficking. Finally, in the last segment, Tom of Defense Distributed and Chris chat it up

Tonight's episode has John Ferguson of “Technology and Choice” podcast sitting in as co-host for Danny who is on the road in his “Crypto Cannabis Tour” to bring the General Bytes Dash and Bitcoin ATMs and the Alt36 Dash point-of-sale systems to cannabis dispensaries and other establishments in states where marijuana is legal. In short, to “bank the unbanked.” Danny describes his success so far in installing an ATM at a computer shop in the heart of the cannabis district in Denver, and his lack of success so far in getting some gun shops to take Defense Distributed's Ghost Gunner into their inventory. He also details the plans for the rest of his trip that has just begun. In the first hour we also have guest John Cassaretto of Build Liberty to discuss the recent ransomware hack that took place in over 100 countries.

Paul Puey while speaking at a Blockchain event for SXSW 2017 decided to stop by The Crypto DD studio. After a quick tour of the Defense Distributed factory we sat down with Paul for a great discussion on the current state of Bitcoin.

The Defense Distributed crew Paloma , Joel and Ben join the show to give the latest on the release of the AR308 lower and the upcoming 1911 lower. Then Tatiana Moroz joins in with the long awaited release of Tatiana Coin on the also long awaited Tokenly platform. This will surely change the way musicians are rewarded for efforts should they be forward thinking enough to participate.

on our first night in the new studio at Ghost Gunner headquarters in Defense Distributed we're honored to have G Edward Griffin author of The Creature From Jekyll Island on the show to discuss many things including his talk at Anarchapulco 2017.

The Yahoo Screwed You Edition Yahoo screwed you over and didn't even have the courtesy to tell you about it. Should you drop Yahoo like a hot potato? What' in the News with a Spurt update,  Defense Distributed, America being sued, police misconduct, taxing vape shops, World War III, and more, and a Statists Gonna […] The post The Yahoo Screwed You Edition – TLF047 appeared first on The LAVA Flow Podcast.

3D printing is revolutionizing manufacturing, but not without controversy. The technology has made printing guns in your home relatively easy and cheap using open-source code provided by organizations like Defense Distributed. The nonprofit came under fire from the State Department, which alleged that disseminating code to print 3D guns is akin to international arms trafficking. Evan is joined by Randal Meyer, a legal associate at the Cato Institute, which filed a brief in Defense Distributed v. U.S. Dep't of State. They discuss the case and its implications for free speech, gun rights, and our economy. Is computer code always free speech? Is there a legitimate public interest in banning citizens from printing their own guns? See Cato's brief here.

We live in the internet age but perhaps most of us haven't realised just how radically it will change our lives. As part of the BBC's Freedom Season, Hardtalk speaks to Cody Wilson who is at the leading edge of an anarchist movement which wants to use the so called ‘dark web'- anonymous, borderless, and lawless - to empower individuals and undermine big government. His symbolic first move was to make a gun using open source software and a 3D printer. Is this really where we want the internet to take us?