Great Moments in Unintended Consequences: Printed Guns, Scratch and Sniff, Jakarta Traffic (Vol. 18)
Great moments in unintended consequences—when something that sounds like a great idea goes horribly wrong. Watch the whole series.
Part One: Buybackfire
The Year: 2022
The Problem: too many guns on the streets of Utica, New York.
The Solution: an anonymous gun buyback program, with a premium paid for unregistered “ghost guns” that don’t have serial numbers.
Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?
It turns out, you can print money! A West Virginia man used his 3D printer to create more than 100 firearms and parts—then drove six hours to hand them over.
Because his parts were all unregistered, each one was eligible for an additional $100 bonus, and he drove away $21,000 richer, making him fully loaded.
Part Two: Route Cause
The Year: 2003
The Problem: Jakarta has some of the worst traffic in the world.
The Solution: the 3-in-1 rule, which requires private vehicles to carry three people in
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