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Where coverage enters the building. Two commands, two pipelines, one standard. Protect this page at the web server (see DEPLOY.md).

18Pieces live
11News
7Opinion
5Sections
0Corrections

Commands

News piece
Hey Claude, make a news piece using this: [link, thumbnail, and transcript]

Pipeline A — intake and verify, editor read, two to four logged searches for context, draft with a “why it matters” lead-in and a source box, then a fairness check: zero editorializing survives.

Opinion piece
Hey Claude, make an opinion piece using this: [link, thumbnail, and transcript]

Pipeline B — deep read including themes, messages, and style; six to twelve searches across contrasting takes; a postulated stance argued from a Second Amendment rights perspective; a mandatory steelmanned “Room for disagreement”; a libel and fairness check. Critique work, never people.

Pipeline

18 pieces
IDKindHeadlineSectionFiledStatus
rt-020NewsColion Noir makes a bear-defense case for forced reset triggersBallistics & Science2026-08-01Published
rt-019NewsZEV FDP-9 folding SBRs get an akimbo spotlight at Classic FirearmsIndustry & Gear2026-07-31Published
rt-018NewsCAA MCK Evo turns a Glock into a 93-round carbine, reviewer saysIndustry & Gear2026-07-30Published
rt-017NewsClassic Firearms ranks the Derya AR-12 above PTR, Mossberg, BenelliIndustry & Gear2026-07-29Published
rt-016NewsArmed Scholar: SAPA 2.0 is Missouri's answer to a stalled DOJ promisePolicy & Law2026-07-21Published
rt-015OpinionGarand Thumb's drone pivot is gun media doing its jobMedia & Culture2026-07-21Published
rt-014NewsRuger RXM clears 1,000 rounds with two stoppages in creator testIndustry & Gear2026-07-21Published
rt-012OpinionIn Defense of the Sixty-Second Gel TestMedia & Culture2026-07-01Published
rt-008OpinionStop Buying Guns Based on MudIndustry & Gear2026-07-01Published
rt-003NewsA Twelve-Million-View Torture Test Unravels, Frame by FrameMedia & Culture2026-06-30Published
rt-011OpinionThe Caliber Wars Are Over. The Data Won.Ballistics & Science2026-06-27Published
rt-010OpinionYour Shot Timer Is More Honest Than Your InstructorTraining & Skills2026-06-24Published
rt-007NewsData-Driven Gun Training Is Having Its MomentTraining & Skills2026-06-20Published
rt-004NewsOne Barrel, Ten Cuts: The Velocity Study Forums Will Cite for YearsBallistics & Science2026-06-12Published
rt-013OpinionRegulate by Statute, Not by MemoPolicy & Law2026-06-10Published
rt-009OpinionThe Algorithm Never Deserved Gun Culture's Best WorkMedia & Culture2026-03-02Published
rt-005NewsThe Quiet Un-Banning of Gun MediaMedia & Culture2026-02-20Published
rt-006NewsSHOT 2026 Coverage Confirms It: The 2011 Has Gone MainstreamIndustry & Gear2026-01-28Published

Corrections log

DatePieceWhat changed
No corrections on file.

Standing rules

  • News and opinion never blur. The label is part of the headline block, every time.
  • Opinion argues from a Second Amendment rights perspective — never framed as a two-sides shouting match, always as a case with evidence.
  • Every opinion piece ships with a steelmanned “Room for disagreement.” No exceptions.
  • Critique the work, never the person. No pile-ons, no dunk economy.
  • Every piece links its source and names the platform it lives on.
  • Corrections are visible, dated, and never silently edited.
  • Readers see qualities, never quantities: heat tiers and a like percentage — raw view and like counts never leave the server.