--- title: "Uh Oh, Someone Built a Tesla With Dual Giant Machine Guns" description: "A YouTube studio for gun nuts partnered with coffee roaster Black Rifle Coffee to mount two murder rifles to the inside of a Tesla Model X." date: "2021-11-23" modified: "2021-11-23" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-dual-machine-guns" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Tesla" tags: - "coffee" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Uh Oh, Someone Built a Tesla With Dual Giant Machine Guns ![]() *\Image: FullMag\* ## Machine Gun Tesla It's exactly what coffee culture needed — a YouTube studio for gun nuts partnering with coffee roaster Black Rifle Coffee to mount dual machine guns to the inside of a Tesla Model X. Hey, at least, it makes for a clickworthy thumbnail. The Model X got the militaristic makeover courtesy of FullMag Studios, a Tennessee-based video producer. The car features a full-service espresso bar, a [frunk]() full of canned coffee — and two machine guns as well as bulletproof glass, for some reason. https://youtu.be/CsWMC9CphPk ## Bullet Hell They replaced the back seats with a custom metal rig allowing two rotary-barreled machine guns to pop out on each side, thanks to the Model X's wing doors — and presumably threaten anybody who says you over-extracted their macchiato. It's the electric car of your dreams, that is, if you're a gun-toting, espresso-sipping — yet somewhat environmentally conscious — coffee enthusiast with a serious caffeine addiction. But whether caffeine and two custom 5.56mm miniguns are a good pairing remains dubious. It's a bizarre mashup of two cultures. In fact, the pro-Trump coffee company that [serves "pro-American" communities]() faced some pretty severe backlash in the past — well before the dawn of the Model X — for being closely associated with extremist culture. Black Rifle Coffee Company owner and CEO Evan Hafer was hoping a [*New York Times* article]() published in July would allow them to distance themselves from right-wing nut job culture — but the approach completely [backfired](). And a Model X featuring two miniguns, for whatever reason, isn't exactly going to help that. **More on Tesla:** *[FCC Commissioner Says He's Afraid of Robodogs and We Can't Tell If He's Joking]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()