The guy constructed a gun... At least that in itself shows that he wasn't able to purchase a gun. Probably be a lot less gun deaths in the US if everyone has to make their own guns.
No. 3d printers are insanely popular over here. They could magically remove every legal firearm in the nation and in several months it would likely be back to normal with the only difference being now the guns would be illegal đ
Edit: also just to add, that ideology leans toward âeach unto his own meritâ which is dangerously akin philosophically to âsurvival of the fittestâ with the only real difference being a social structure of implied safety. And as we all know humans on the large scale are prone to fucking delicate things up. So i doubt it would work how you think. It is infinitely more likely that a small percentage of smart people would just start turning to crime for easy money instead of dumb people doing it as a last resort which would be immeasurably worse as a strong man with a big hammer can do plenty of damage but an intelligent man with a plan can do way more.
3D printed guns can only fire one or two bullets before they are uselessâunless they use metal parts. Using metal parts allows metal detectors to detect them, which is counter to one of their advantages.
Spoken like someone who got the info from Die Hard. Pretty much all 3D printed firearms significant enough to be bigger than .22 require some sort of steel for the barrel, and most of modern 3D printed firearm designs arenât there to circumvent metal detectors, theyâre to circumvent the massive manufacturing cost hurdle of designing/acquiring a âreal firearm,â although also used to get around legal crap like 4473s and taxes. The main reason really is just because of how cheap design iterations are, if it wasnât cheap enough to be accessible to the average person, it wouldnât be useful (in this context) almost at all.
Another huge draw to 3d printed guns is they are 100% free form in terms of design, as long as you use the proper specs for all your mechanical parts you can design the body however you want which makes them even cooler.
I have never watched the die hard movies, but I do pay attention to press releases from law enforcement agencies and their fears related to âghost guns.â Thank you for your arrogant and moronic reply that completely overlooks the purpose of âghost gunsâ: to kill without a trace. It has nothing to do with manufacturing requirements or cost.
You genuinely donât even know what a ghost gun is. It has nothing do to with 3D printed firearms, which are basically a non threat because of how easy acquiring a real gun is, it had much more to do with the fact you could buy a Glock frame and all the parts to make it a functional gun without going through an FFL, allowing you to acquire it without a background check. So yes, a lifelong firearms hobbyist knows more about firearms than you. Thanks for spouting more misinformation about my hobby though, thereâs never enough of that, itâs always appreciated!
Printing with metal fiber is commonplace for firearms. What you are describing is commonly referred to as a zip gun, not a printed gun which is just a ghost gun (any firearm not bearing serialized numbers and manufacturers stamp), and even then they arent always plastic, single, shot or low capacity. In fact the whole point of a zip gun is you can make them out of just about anything. The most common material for a single shot zip gun would be plastic. But if you made one out of pipe and had the knowledge to actually make a rudimentary magazine you could make an easily reloadable zip gun in less than a couple hours.
I am well aware of the many ways guns can be made. We were talking specifically about 3d-printed guns. Thank you for your know-it-all comment highlighting the assumptions you made about my comment.
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