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Ghost guns : hobbyists, hackers, and the homemade weapons revolution / Mark A. Tallman.

Summary:

"With 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 it"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781440865640
ISBN: 1440865647
Physical Description: xxiii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Publisher: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2020]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-210) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: a routine shooting, why should we care about homemade small arms? -- Printing Pandora's box: how the 4th industrial revolution transforms security -- Teaching iron to fly: artisanal, industrial, and neoartisanal gunmaking -- The global gun: how DIY small arms are manufactured and used around the world -- The substitution effect: will criminals and terrorists make their own guns? -- Scanning darkly: how weapons screening can detect ghost guns (but fail to stop terrorists) -- Land of the gun: politics and practicalities of DIY firearms in America -- "You'd be better off brain-scanning people": how the industrial devolution complicates weapon control -- Enter the tech vigilantes: surveillance capitalism and "corporate gun control" -- Uninventing the wheel: weapons and crime control in a postindustrial age.