‘CODE RED’ Author at Reagan Center: Conservatives Don’t Get to Opt Out of the AI Revolution

March 4, 2026
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Wynton Hall, Breitbart News' social media director and author of the forthcoming book *Code Red: The Left, the Right, China, and the Race to Control AI*, dropped a wake-up call at the Young America's Foundation conference in the Reagan Ranch Center: conservatives can't just sit out the AI revolution. It's not an optional upgrade like switching to a flip phone—it's a full-spectrum power grab reshaping everything from information warfare to surveillance states. Hall's point is blunt and urgent: while the Left and China race to weaponize AI for narrative control and authoritarian oversight, the Right risks irrelevance by treating it like a liberal toy. This isn't hyperbole; it's a strategic imperative, especially as AI tools already amplify deepfakes, predictive policing, and algorithmic censorship that could one day target dissenting voices. For the 2A community, Hall's warning hits like a chambered round. Imagine AI-driven red flag laws on steroids: facial recognition scanning social media for threatening keywords, preemptively disarming patriots based on fabricated profiles or misinterpreted memes. We've seen precursors—DOJ's quiet AI pilots for gun trace data and ATF's facial recog experiments—but scale that with unchecked Big Tech or CCP influence, and it's game over for self-defense rights. Conservatives opting out hands the keys to entities like OpenAI (heavily Left-leaning) or Huawei, who could encode anti-2A biases into every model, from chatbots flagging AR-15 discussions as hate speech to autonomous drones enforcing confiscations. Hall's book promises blueprints for countering this, urging us to build parallel AI ecosystems that prioritize liberty over control. The implications? Time to pivot from Luddite skepticism to aggressive innovation. Pro-2A coders, entrepreneurs, and orgs like Gun Owners of America should fund open-source AI resistant to woke reprogramming—tools that verify footage of defensive gun uses, debunk anti-gun propaganda in real-time, or even simulate marksmanship training without range fees. Reagan's ranch audience got the memo first, but the clock's ticking. Opting out isn't retreat; it's surrender. Hall's *Code Red* isn't just a read—it's a battle plan for ensuring AI serves the Second Amendment, not subverts it. Gear up, Second Amendment defenders: the revolution's here, and we're building the stacks.

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Wynton Hall, Breitbart News’ social media director and author of the forthcoming book *Code Red: The Left, the Right, China, and the Race to Control AI*, dropped a wake-up call at the Young America’s Foundation conference in the Reagan Ranch Center: conservatives can’t just sit out the AI revolution. It’s not an optional upgrade like switching to a flip phone—it’s a full-spectrum power grab reshaping everything from information warfare to surveillance states. Hall’s point is blunt and urgent: while the Left and China race to weaponize AI for narrative control and authoritarian oversight, the Right risks irrelevance by treating it like a liberal toy. This isn’t hyperbole; it’s a strategic imperative, especially as AI tools already amplify deepfakes, predictive policing, and algorithmic censorship that could one day target dissenting voices.

For the 2A community, Hall’s warning hits like a chambered round. Imagine AI-driven red flag laws on steroids: facial recognition scanning social media for threatening keywords, preemptively disarming patriots based on fabricated profiles or misinterpreted memes. We’ve seen precursors—DOJ’s quiet AI pilots for gun trace data and ATF’s facial recog experiments—but scale that with unchecked Big Tech or CCP influence, and it’s game over for self-defense rights. Conservatives opting out hands the keys to entities like OpenAI (heavily Left-leaning) or Huawei, who could encode anti-2A biases into every model, from chatbots flagging AR-15 discussions as hate speech to autonomous drones enforcing confiscations. Hall’s book promises blueprints for countering this, urging us to build parallel AI ecosystems that prioritize liberty over control.

The implications? Time to pivot from Luddite skepticism to aggressive innovation. Pro-2A coders, entrepreneurs, and orgs like Gun Owners of America should fund open-source AI resistant to woke reprogramming—tools that verify footage of defensive gun uses, debunk anti-gun propaganda in real-time, or even simulate marksmanship training without range fees. Reagan’s ranch audience got the memo first, but the clock’s ticking. Opting out isn’t retreat; it’s surrender. Hall’s *Code Red* isn’t just a read—it’s a battle plan for ensuring AI serves the Second Amendment, not subverts it. Gear up, Second Amendment defenders: the revolution’s here, and we’re building the stacks.

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