US Government Takes Down 3D Printed Gun Plans

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Post by on3dprinting » Fri, May 10, 2013, 5:03 AM UTC

US Government Takes Down 3D Printed Gun Plans
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Post by cdvonstinkpot » Fri, May 10, 2013, 5:51 AM UTC

They're on The Pirate Bay from what I understand, so its a little too late for that now...

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Post by indrax » Fri, May 10, 2013, 5:51 AM UTC

http://www.scribd.com/doc/140471313/Letter-from-Department-o...

The letter references a number of items besides the printable gun, including "125mm BK-14M high-explosive anti-tank warhead" Which sounds rather closer to matching the intent of the munitions export regulations.

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Post by bprater » Fri, May 10, 2013, 5:55 AM UTC

It's just data. Good luck vacuuming it up from every crack of the Internet.

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, May 10, 2013, 5:56 AM UTC

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Post by __david__ » Fri, May 10, 2013, 6:01 AM UTC

cdvonstinkpot wrote: post #2

They're on The Pirate Bay from what I understand, so its a little too late for that now...

In particular,

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:0ad7b4f1833e01a3f2fa5613d8fc46de622339ac&dn=DefDist+Defcad+Liberator+Printable+Gun

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Post by jobu » Fri, May 10, 2013, 6:19 AM UTC

I thought the government would understand The Streisand Effect by now.

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Post by JohnGB » Fri, May 10, 2013, 6:23 AM UTC

I suddenly have an urge to make one that I never had before...

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Post by fleitz » Fri, May 10, 2013, 6:26 AM UTC

indrax wrote: post #3

http://www.scribd.com/doc/140471313/Letter-from-Department-o... The letter references a number of items besides the printable gun, including "125mm BK-14M high-explosive anti-tank warhead" Which sounds rather closer to matching the intent of the munitions export regulations.

It's just another file on the defcad site, usual government confusion around files hosted on the internet.

You can pick up most of what you need to know about anti-tank warheads from a Tom Clancy book, or any library book about shaped charges.

For most people an anti-tank warhead is going to be useless in the context of how to disable a tank.

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Post by vxNsr » Fri, May 10, 2013, 6:26 AM UTC

Wow, this is unbelieveable...

I didn't realize they had this power, or that they'd exercise it like that... it's just scary to think that the internet is not as free or open as it feels or appears.