To lazy to read the law itself, lol.
It's gonna be a long time before the tech to make it would be a worthwhile investment. In sure they will start making changes to clarify the law (ban printed guns) by then.
More on "The Liberator", the 3D printed gun. Pluss a video and a poll.
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To lazy to read the law itself, lol.
It's gonna be a long time before the tech to make it would be a worthwhile investment. In sure they will start making changes to clarify the law (ban printed guns) by then.
And how will that stop them from being made??? Criminals will do what they do, regardless of the law. It is against the law to make a suppressor in your basement (without proper paperwork), but folks do. It's against the law to grow dope, distill alcohol, etc. but folks do. The information on how to do these things is still protected by the first amendment. The tools required to do those things are legitimately used for other non-illegal things and are not controlled. For the most part they cannot watch your every action in your home all the time, the system relies on your ethics, beliefs, honesty, fear of prosecution, peer pressure and other things to keep you in line and not do bad stuff.
This is technology that is emerging that only makes it easier to construct a gun, probably better suited for a place where firearms are not as prevalent and easy to acquire as here in the US. It will be nothing more than a gimmick for years to us. However if you live in China, North Korea, Cuba, many parts of Africa,Far East, South America, etc. you may find a need for such a gun in the event of a revolution or social breakdown. As I posted before, it's a gun to get another gun with like the original Liberators were used for in France during WWII. Shoot a member of the opposition and take his better gun, pass your plastic gun on the the next person to do the same. You can build an arsenal and arm your forces from just one of these.
country_boy
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What caliber? I need a 3d printer now.
I believe it's .32 ACP.
Not sure why we should even try to make it illegal.
1) any person thats want to make a gun can
2) guns and ammo seem to get thru security scans on a regular basis, so until the scan process is fixed why worry about a marginal weapon.
3) the 3d printer is only a device at makes it easier, not that any thing made with such a printer could not be made with other tools
4) when compared to all possible threats a printed gun is just not very high on the list
5) it is not possible to keep bad people from doing bad things by attempting to make a gun harder to get. In act any attempts for such will only prevent good guys from having a way to defend themselves.
Gun control assumes that government is going to be responsible for your safety and will never do bad things. Free people assume responsibility for their own safety as first line of defense.
1) any person thats want to make a gun can
2) guns and ammo seem to get thru security scans on a regular basis, so until the scan process is fixed why worry about a marginal weapon.
3) the 3d printer is only a device at makes it easier, not that any thing made with such a printer could not be made with other tools
4) when compared to all possible threats a printed gun is just not very high on the list
5) it is not possible to keep bad people from doing bad things by attempting to make a gun harder to get. In act any attempts for such will only prevent good guys from having a way to defend themselves.
Gun control assumes that government is going to be responsible for your safety and will never do bad things. Free people assume responsibility for their own safety as first line of defense.
Sure it wasn't the early 90's?
In the Line of Fire - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
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Edwarethered
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I seriously doubt this would become a problem. Why would criminals spend atleast $1200 on a decent 3d printer, atleast $500 on a computer to run the software, and another minimum $50 for raw plastic to build it with, when they could ask their other criminal friends for a gun that may or may not have been used in other crimes and most likely pay less than half that? You could buy a really nice pistol legally for the cost of the printer alone.
Well you know the concept behind the original liberator, right? It only needs to work once.
General Zod
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And here's the government stepping in to try to stuff a genie back in a bottle:
State Department Demands Takedown Of 3D-Printable Gun Files For Possible Export Control Violations - Forbes
State Department Demands Takedown Of 3D-Printable Gun Files For Possible Export Control Violations - Forbes
Looks like .380 to me.
Too bad it's on every filesharing site around the planet already.
Someone at State needs to learn that once something is posted on the internet, you can't delete it.
