Americans can legally download 3-D printed guns starting next month
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#2Wow great victory for freedom of information.
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#3I don't see why a CAD file would be any different than normal instructions for building firearms. For example, building a 12 gauge shotgun from 1" and 3/4" steel pipe is cheaper, easier, and probably safer/more effective than the plastic gun from the article. It seems to me the 3D printing part of this made the article popular for clickbait and thus it garnered more attention than the traditional approaches to homemade weapons. I guess my point is that making a CAD file illegal when a PDF instruction file is legal isn't very consistent or logical.
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#4Not at all fear mongering by this Gardiner person:
Gardiner fears it will make it easier for terrorists and people who are too dangerous to pass criminal background checks to get their hands on guns.
"I think everybody in America ought to be terrified about that."
The fact that high end 3-D printers are still too expensive for most people doesn't ease her concerns.
"The people who make them will be state actors or well financed criminal cartels who have the ability to execute well organized criminal attacks in the United States and elsewhere," she said.Re: Americans can legally download 3-D printed guns starting next month
#5It's on the internet. It won't be just "Americans".
Nice that TFA mentioned Cody Wilson's interesting politics, too. He certainly lives them...
Re: Americans can legally download 3-D printed guns starting next month
#6Not at all fear mongering by this Gardiner person: Gardiner fears it will make it easier for terrorists and people who are too dangerous to pass criminal background checks to get their hands on guns. "I think everybody in America ought to be terrified about that." The fact that high end 3-D printers are still too expensive for most people doesn't ease her concerns. "The people who make them will be state actors or we…
How well financed can a state actor or cartel be if they have to print out shitty plastic guns?
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#7I don't see why a CAD file would be any different than normal instructions for building firearms. For example, building a 12 gauge shotgun from 1" and 3/4" steel pipe is cheaper, easier, and probably safer/more effective than the plastic gun from the article. It seems to me the 3D printing part of this made the article popular for clickbait and thus it garnered more attention than the traditional approaches to homema…
One concern is that it's now cheaper, easier, and faster to mass produce weapons which will evade metal detectors. I don't think any of this should be illegal, but the concerns should be considered.
Re: Americans can legally download 3-D printed guns starting next month
#8Not at all fear mongering by this Gardiner person: Gardiner fears it will make it easier for terrorists and people who are too dangerous to pass criminal background checks to get their hands on guns. "I think everybody in America ought to be terrified about that." The fact that high end 3-D printers are still too expensive for most people doesn't ease her concerns. "The people who make them will be state actors or we…
How well financed can a state actor or cartel be if they have to print out shitty plastic guns?
It's a pretty nice setup for assassinations
Print a gun, use it, drop it, GOTO 10
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#9Re: Americans can legally download 3-D printed guns starting next month
#10I don't see why a CAD file would be any different than normal instructions for building firearms. For example, building a 12 gauge shotgun from 1" and 3/4" steel pipe is cheaper, easier, and probably safer/more effective than the plastic gun from the article. It seems to me the 3D printing part of this made the article popular for clickbait and thus it garnered more attention than the traditional approaches to homema…
> For example, building a 12 gauge shotgun from 1" and 3/4" steel pipe is cheaper, easier, and probably safer/more effective than the plastic gun from the article.
Guns made from metal stock will probably always be more reliable and cheaper than plastic ones.
The issue is that a disposable plastic handgun is less detectable and will leave no useful evidence behind as it can simply be discarded at the crime scene.
(Of course, that's probably hogwash as a plastic feedstock capable of being a gun is probably going to be equally as traceable.)