TEASER: How 3D Printed Guns Will Rewrite Our Laws

Ghost guns. Untraceable weapons manufactured in the home. They’ve been with us forever, but they’ve taken on a new menace in the age of 3D printers and digital distribution. 

Here to walk us through the new phenomenon is Mark A Tallman. Tallman is an Assistant Professor of Homeland Security & Emergency Management at Massachusetts Maritime Academy. He’s also the author of Ghost Guns. Ghost Guns is an in depth, data driven, and dare I say nerdy deep dive into homemade weapons in the post-industrial age.

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• Recorded on 8/25/20
• The second amendment
• Cody Wilson and his terrible gun
• Working on guns is like working on cars
• “Most gun nerds are low risk”
• Why ban the bump stock?
• Additive manufacturing and the DIY weapons of mass destruction
• Recycling plastics into weapons
• The security implications of the fourth industrial revolution
• Raytheon has 3D printed a missile
• The tech backlash
• The costs of compliance only hit the open sectors, but don’t halt illicit activity
• The rise of the surveillance state

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