3D guns: Untraceable, undetectable and unstoppable?

[Sonea 138]

4 hours ago, yuna628 said:

My husband's boss has been 3D printing some stuff for me (mostly little statues) as he's learning how to use it.. it's really easy to screw stuff up..

 

But a couple things I pointed out to them: 1) it's illegal to make a bomb or drugs, but you can find how to do that and nutcases do it all the time online. It'll be no different with a gun.. so a judge doing this stops nothing.

 

2) I'm wondering if it's slightly overconcern. The devices required to properly make a fullscale 3D gun (note not just mere parts) would be extremely expensive devices with a big learning curve. It would have to be constructed properly to ensure the gun could actually fire without incident.

 

3) And largely it's to my understanding that it's not a literal blueprint to a gun, but merely just component parts that still must be mated to bolts, a barrel, have working triggers and stocks, and other stuff. The Liberator model is the closest thing that could literally be a printed gun, but it still requires additional parts.

 

4) This is all not cheap, so I don't believe the average gang-banger or gang is going to have a machine mass producing guns in their basements. Bigger baddies though? Hard to say.  Not even the person who invented the tech thinks this would be a very long term viable way to make a firearm. https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a22604405/3d-printed-guns/

 

You are right as far as the USA. 3D printing really is less efficient than many other options in the US. For instance for 100 bucks you can buy a mold kit to make your own polymer ar15 lower and then fill it with a legal parts kit. A better option than saying making a liberator for 1000s is to spend 250.00 for a cap and ball revolver and have it shipped to your door without background check (you get 5-6 shots at least).

 

However, for countries like the UK or Japan its a serious problem and will undermine their entire gun control matrix.

Edited August 1, 2018 by Sonea

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Relax people.  Polymer gun frames have been around for years.  Longer than 3D printers, for sure.  You can even buy them 80% complete, without a serial number (no need to register), and complete the milling at home with a dremel tool or similar.  And the quality is much higher than someone could produce experimenting with a 3D printer, I promise.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

3 hours ago, Satisfied said:

Relax people.  Polymer gun frames have been around for years.  Longer than 3D printers, for sure.  You can even buy them 80% complete, without a serial number (no need to register), and complete the milling at home with a dremel tool or similar.  And the quality is much higher than someone could produce experimenting with a 3D printer, I promise.

Haven't prisons had a problem with handmade guns for years? I mean , now that's a controlled environment 

[jg121783 3,921]

The ultimate merging of the first and second ammendments. A printing press that prints guns. This situation also has first and second amendment implications in that one could argue that sharing a code on your website that allows a machine to make a gun is an expression of your freedom of speech while simultaneously being an expression of your right to keep and bear arms.

[Merle 458]

9 hours ago, Satisfied said:

Relax people.  Polymer gun frames have been around for years.  Longer than 3D printers, for sure.  You can even buy them 80% complete, without a serial number (no need to register), and complete the milling at home with a dremel tool or similar.  And the quality is much higher than someone could produce experimenting with a 3D printer, I promise.

That article wasnt written for people like you and me who know better. It was written for people who dont know anything ahout guns to make them dislike people like you and me more than they already do.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

15 minutes ago, Merle said:

That article wasnt written for people like you and me who know better. It was written for people who dont know anything ahout guns to make them dislike people like you and me more than they already do.

If it makes ye feel better, I will dislike you more tonight than I did last night, Merle.   

 

I know, pesky facts always getting in the way of a good heartstrings story...

Edited August 2, 2018 by Satisfied

[Dashinka 24,758]

4 hours ago, Merle said:

That article wasnt written for people like you and me who know better. It was written for people who dont know anything ahout guns to make them dislike people like you and me more than they already do.

Definitely!  Kind of like their usage of the term "ghost gun".  I guess those will be right up there with those big bad "assault weapons".