Deviant's Firearms Stuff

Safe to Armed in Seconds: A Study of Epic Fails of Popular Gun Safes
This talk is an in-depth evaluation of some of the most popular small firearm lockboxes in-use today. Some rely on mechanical locks, others on biometric locks, and some offer a combination of both. But overall, they tend to fail miserably in the face of any dedicated attacker.

Your favorite gun lockbox might be preventing your toddler from having an accidental discharge, but it's probably not at all likely to repel a criminal or even perhaps a curious teenager. Means of both attacking as well as improving upon the lockboxes you already may own are demonstrated, and audience members were invited to participate in all sorts of attacks... live and on stage.

2011/08/06 - DEFCON 19
video | slides

 

Exploring Emergency Data Destruction with Bruce & Shane
This was a talk about rapid, massive hard drive destruction at DEFCON 19 where i had a small segment in between Bruce Potter and Shane Lawson. Since my segment heavily focused on ways of destroying hard drives that related to shooting, i've included it in the "Firearms" section of my web site.

My segment begins just before the 13 minute mark, but you should watch the whole thing because the other two fellows are way smarter, funnier, and better looking than i am.

2011/08/05 - DEFCON 19
video | slides

 

Packing & the Friendly Skies
A fun talk about flying with firearms as a means of protecting any expensive tech in your luggage. Hah, this is not about employing the weapons for defense (we're talking about airports, you lunatic) but rather leveraging federal laws and properly locking your luggage in a way that no airport security, crew, or other staffers are permitted to open it at any time.

 

Boomstick-Fu
A talk concerning the very touchy subject of the ownership and use of firearms for purposes of personal, residential, and workplace defense. Developed by Deviant and conducted as a short intro talk and subsequent panel discussion.

2007/03/23 - ShmooCon 4
panelists: Thorn, Major Malfunction, Laz
video | slides

2007/08/05 - DEFCON 15
panelists: Noid, Mouse, Thorn, jur1st
video | slides

 

DEFCON Shoot
A popular event from the past has come back to life... I've resurrecting the DEFCON Shoot with the help of some other dedicated gun enthusiasts.

Wanna get some trigger time and kick off the world's largest hacker convention with a bang? Then by all means, come on out! Each summer on the Thursday prior to the start of DEFCON we rally out to the desert and let fly with the lead!

The Unofficial DEFCON Shoot Page