About this episode
The episode explores the implications of 3D printing technology in the context of gun laws and criminal activity.
If you live in the US, buying a gun can be as easy as going to Walmart. In countries with strict gun laws, such as most of Europe or Australia, you need a little more ingenuity. Although not that much more: since March of 2020, anyone with access to a cheap second-hand 3D printer and experience putting IKEA furniture together can do it. Does that mean the rest of us should start printing bunkers, presto ? Or are we worried for nothing? Things That Go Boom travels to the mean streets of New York and the jungles of Myanmar to find out. GUESTS : Lizzie Dearden, British journalist specializing in the modern technology that offers criminals and terrorists new ways to operate; Frank Grosspietsch, Canadian expert and international consultant in all things ghost gun; Manny Maung, Burmese journalist and human rights expert; "Rebel Lion," Burmese rebel fighter resisting the military junta; and Brendan Baker, reading the English translation of Rebel Lion's Burmese ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: Rebel Lion 's Facebook profile. Rap Against Junta , the Burmese resistance hip-hop collective making music denouncing the military junta. Lizzie Dearden's latest book, Plotters , about the terrorist plots…
People in this episode
Guests: Lizzie Dearden, Frank Grosspietsch, Manny Maung, Rebel Lion, Brendan Baker
Topics covered
- gun laws
- 3D printing
- criminal technology
- Burmese resistance
- military junta
- journalism
Keywords
- gun control
- 3D printing
- ghost guns
- Myanmar
- journalism
- terrorism
- military junta
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Walmart, Rap Against Junta
Books & works: Plotters
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