Description
Book SynopsisWith thorough analysis and balanced reporting,
Ghost Guns: Hobbyists, Hackers, and the Homemade Weapons Revolution is an essential resource for readers seeking to understand the rise of homemade firearms and future options for managing them.For more than a century, strict gun control was possible because firearms were produced in centralized industrial factories. Today, the Fourth Industrial Revolution, combining old and new technologies, threatens to upend this arrangement. An increasing number of hobbyists, makers, technology provocateurs, and sophisticated criminals are proving that you don''t need a factory to make guns anymore. The security challenges of this transformation are increasingly apparent, but the technologies behind it hold tremendous potential, and while ignoring the security implications would entail risks, the costs of new policies also must be evaluated. Do-it-yourself, or DIY, weapons will bring significant ramifications for First and Second Amendment law,
Trade ReviewTallman's point is clear: The trend to create guns that state and federal governments cannot trace is growing. * The New York Times *
5 stars for content and writing style. * Ammoland.com *
Table of ContentsTables and Figures Acknowledgments Introduction: A Routine Shooting: Why Should We Care about Homemade Small Arms? Chapter 1Printing Pandora's Box: How the 4th Industrial Revolution Transforms Security
Chapter 2 Teaching Iron to Fly: Artisanal, Industrial, and Neoartisanal Gunmaking
Chapter 3 The Global Gun: How DIY Small Arms Are Manufactured and Used around the World
Chapter 4 The Substitution Effect: Would Criminals and Terrorists Make Their Own Guns?
Chapter 5 Scanning Darkly: How Weapons Screening Can Detect Ghost Guns (But Fail to Stop Terrorists)
Chapter 6 Land of the Gun: Politics and Practicalities of DIY Firearms in America
Chapter 7 "You'd Be Better Off Brain-Scanning People": How the Industrial Devolution Complicates Weapons Control
Chapter 8 Enter the Tech Vigilantes: Surveillance Capitalism and "Corporate Gun Control"
Chapter 9 Uninventing the Wheel: Weapons and Crime Control in a Postindustrial Age
Bibliography Index
