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Author Tallman, Mark A., author.

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

Publication Info. Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2020]

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 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  683.4 TALLMAN    Check Shelf
Description xxiii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-210) and index.
Contents 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.
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.
Subject Firearms -- Design and construction.
Gun control -- United States.
Firearms and crime. (OCoLC)fst00925627
Gun control. (OCoLC)fst00949382
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Other Form: Online version: Tallman, Mark A. Ghost guns Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2020] 9781440865657 (DLC) 2020006847
ISBN 9781440865640 (hardcover)
1440865647 (hardcover)
9781440865657 electronic book
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