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In reply to the discussion: ‘World’s first 3-D printable handgun’ under fire [View all]jtuck004
(15,882 posts)55. Hop on over to your local state prison and ask to see their homemade firearms collection - created
by people who "earn" the right to be locked up in maximum security state prisons, with nothing but time and imagination, and common shop tools. Yet they still seem to manufacture freakin' guns.
I've seen those in Oklahoma at McCalester, and virtually every other state has the same thing.
Don't need no stinkin' specialized tools. The 3D printers just make it faster and more available.Even the gunpower is just made from common elements. (I know, because I was making my own gunpowder when I was shooting model rockets at 10 years old, and made more than one single-shooter cannon with a handle).
What takes more specialized equipment is making light 30 round semi-auto guns. Heavier, but the gatling gun was available in the Civil War, and they had nothing even close to the technology we have now.
It's not as hard as people would like to make others believe.
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You are correct, I see they placed a piece of steel inside the frame to make it detectable.
Ikonoklast
May 2013
#33
Hop on over to your local state prison and ask to see their homemade firearms collection - created
jtuck004
May 2013
#55
Schumer will have some First Amendment problems with that legislation. N/T
GreenStormCloud
May 2013
#57
I would expect gun manufacturers to ramp up production of 3-D gun printers.
MotherPetrie
May 2013
#43
Why can't these "patriots" just 3D print things like an exact model of the Mayflower?
Spitfire of ATJ
May 2013
#58
Good question! It's certainly loaded with enough phallic symbols. OTOH, they don't shoot anything
MotherPetrie
May 2013
#61
I object because it infringes upon my plans to print my own customized LEGO elements.
Orrex
May 2013
#20
So question. Does this mean the NRA will oppose background checks for 3D printers?
Savannahmann
May 2013
#22
Jeez, and I can't even print a 3 page spreadsheet without a F'ing paper jam! n/t
hughee99
May 2013
#30
But that is true about any gun. Balistics work only if the gun hasn't been 'disapeared'.
marble falls
May 2013
#74
No - if making and distributing the plans is legal then there is no criminal liability
hack89
May 2013
#67