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So Facebook is censoring images of Muhammad to satisfy Turkish authorities—a couple weeks after Zuckerberg was saying “Je suis Charlie” like the rest of the world. At one level, it’s an easy decision to understand. If a U.S. court ordered … Continued
In Part 7 of my series on the making of Pocket-Safe hammer shrouds, I discussed the trouble that loss of the laser cutter at Club Workshop caused me, and the various cutting methods I tried to get hammer shrouds from … Continued
In Part 6 of my series on the making of Pocket-Safe hammer shrouds, I explained how I finally overcame my second major mistake and obtained a final design for thermoforming dies that is still in use. But also, how I … Continued
I try hard not to be overly judgmental of different parts of the political spectrum. I know lovely people of many different political persuasions, and I resent the tendency to demonize opponents. Partly that’s the golden rule, and partly it’s … Continued
In Part 5 of my series on the making of Pocket-Safe hammer shrouds, I discussed how I had come close to launching a defective product, and spent months and piles of cash trying to fix what I had first … Continued
In Part 4 of my series on the making of Pocket-Safe hammer shrouds, I introduced you to my second big mistake: attempting to modify the shroud design on the cheap, using glue and sandpaper rather than CAD and 3D printers. … Continued
I’ll try to get back to the my “Making of Pocket-Safe hammer shrouds” series tomorrow, but I saw something interesting yesterday that was worth commenting on. TTAG had a video on their Facebook page of the Taurus model 85 with … Continued
The Wall-Saver safety cylinder is almost ready for prime time–multiple prototypes and false-starts later. But this morning something annoying happened–the plastic used to make it gelled up early while going into the mold, resulting in a bubble. A BIG bubble … Continued
In Part 3 of my series on the making of Pocket-Safe hammer shrouds, I showed you the first truly functional prototypes off of my thermoformer. The ability to do tiny prototype runs of just a few shrouds—or even just 1, … Continued
Michael Moore, whose opinions on counterterrorism tactics and gunfighting I’m sure we all respect, called snipers “cowards.” In TTAG’s preliminary Charlie Hebdo shootout scenario, the defender who saved the most lives didn’t confront the attackers head on, or kill them; … Continued