Ep. 104: Hot Off the Printer -- Untraceable & Undetectable Guns on Demand
If people can download guns from the internet--no waiting period, no background check, no registration, etc--does society get more or less safe? If downloading and 3d-Printing a gun is that easy, are debates over gun control obsolete?
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This episode, we're talking about the latest controversy of 3d-printed guns, how dangerous they are and are not, and how scare tactics around such firearms could be a trap to regulate 3d-printers, a potentially revolutionary technology.
Sources:
https://jacobinmag.com/2012/10/the-3-d-printed-future-and-its-enemies/
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/17/opinion/3d-printed-guns-trump-terrorists.html
https://www.vox.com/2018/7/31/17634558/3d-printed-guns-trump-cody-wilson-defcad
https://www.thedailybeast.com/think-3d-printed-guns-are-scary-get-a-load-of-this
https://slate.com/technology/2018/08/defense-distributed-why-the-state-department-was-involved-with-3d-printed-guns.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/08/01/3-d-guns-serious-threat-u-s-communities/883626002/
https://gizmodo.com/the-battle-over-3d-printed-guns-is-getting-serious-1828031509
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nra-3d-printed-guns-gun-control_us_5b633bcce4b0fd5c73d762b2
https://www.cnet.com/news/the-3d-printed-gun-controversy-everything-you-need-to-know/
https://thebaffler.com/salvos/anarchists-guns-and-money-siegel
