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Today, Explained

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Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2018

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Today was supposed to be a big day for people who wanted to make their own guns with 3D printers. But last night, a federal judge in Seattle temporarily banned a man named Cody Wilson from sharing blueprints for his weapons online. WIRED’s Andy Greenberg makes his own AR-15 and explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

All has been forwarded to an automated voice messaging system.

0:04.9

At the tail and please record your message.

0:06.9

When you've finished recording you may hang up or press one for more options.

0:10.9

Hey summer intern Brie, it's me, it's Sean, the host of today explained.

0:15.7

I think you're just outside at the desks and I'm here in the studio and I wanted to call

0:20.1

you just maybe one last time to tell you that Uber is moving forward.

0:24.6

They've got a bunch of new features in their app to prove it and you can learn more about

0:29.3

them at uber.com slash moving forward.

0:31.8

I hope I can catch you by the middle of the show.

0:38.6

Andy Greenberg from Wired knows a lot about 3D guns.

0:42.7

I started writing about 3D printed guns in 2012 before they even existed.

0:47.1

I'm told that you have a 3D gun, is that true?

0:50.5

No, I don't have one.

0:52.9

I made a, I wouldn't say it's a 3D printed gun.

0:57.1

Some people call it a ghost gun.

0:58.9

I made the lower receiver of an AR-15, which is the only part of an AR-15 that's regulated.

1:05.2

Then you buy all the other parts and you have essentially an unregulated, untraceable,

1:10.8

semi-automatic, fully metal firearm.

1:19.2

It is a weird feeling to build a semi-automatic rifle in the back room of Wired's office

1:27.6

and nobody really knows what I'm doing.

1:29.4

I'm not interacting with any government or regulatory people at all.

1:34.2

I'm not showing ID to anyone.

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