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    Building Your Own Untraceable AR-15 'Ghost Gun' Is Easy

    Gun control advocates — and gun lovers — talk about "ghost guns" that are made at home and can't be traced by law enforcement. Andy Greenberg made in his office at Wired. It's a metal AR-15, that required no waiting period, no background check — and no serial number.

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    By Warren Olney • Dec 28, 2015 • 6m Listen

    Gun control advocates — and gun lovers — talk about "ghost guns" that are made at home and can't be traced by law enforcement. Andy Greenberg made in his office at Wired. It's a metal AR-15, that required no waiting period, no background check — and no serial number. This summer he wrote extensively about it in Wired and he told us the story, beginning with just what he means by "ghost gun."

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    The full episode

    1 of 6
    The Year in Talking Points
    1. 0:00Building Your Own Untraceable AR-15 'Ghost Gun' Is EasyYou’re reading this
    2. 8:50The Street at the Epicenter of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
    3. 16:05Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution
    4. 25:11Can the US Talk Race without Dealing with Lynchings?
    5. 33:05One Author's Primer on Being Black in America
    6. 42:25Detroit's Rise and Fall … and Rise?
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