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irvinehomeowner

irvinehomeowner

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While technology can be fascinating... it can also be scary.

3D printing is one of those things.

Several weeks ago, a group was able to create a plastic gun using an industrial 3d printer and a nail:
http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/06/the-liberator-the-first-completely-3d-printed-gun-gets-fired/

Now, someone has made one with a consumer 3d printer:
http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/20/liberator-gun-made-with-consumer-3d-printer-plastic-pistol-fire/

Reminds me of that plastic gun John Malkovich used in the movie "In the Line of Fire".

Am I the only one who is really concerned about this? When 3d printers started going mainstream, I was thinking how cool it could be to print your own stuff like miniature model homes with a 3CWG... but giving anyone the ability to bypass background checks and create a lethal weapon is not something I was hoping for.
 
Apparently, you just can't 'print' your own usable gun and carry it around.  But, feel free to print knives and other stabbing weapons.  :-\

 
jayl23 said:
Apparently, you just can't 'print' your own usable gun and carry it around.
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Not sure what you mean here... just because the law says you "can't", doesn't mean people (or criminals) won't.

It's illegal to forfeit money, but color printing technology has made it easier which is why the US keeps adding security features to paper currency.

It makes me wonder what future news stories we are going to read about crazy kids who used to play with fireworks and are playing with printed guns instead.
 
The part of the gun that's considered a "firearm" is the lower receiver, which is the part of the gun that houses the operating parts of the bolt, trigger, and magazine.  It's still legal to make your own lower receiver at CNC shops, and mail order the rest of the parts that are not considered a "firearm" (with few exceptions, such as restrictions on high capacity magazines).

It's also possible to purchase "80% finished lower receivers" that are nonworking and not considered "firearm" and thus can be bought without restriction, then finish it yourself at a machine shop.  Regardless, once you put it together, you should do the paperwork to register it and put a serial # on it.  Or, if you're a nut and thinks the government is out to get you, you can bury your gun parts in the yard and wait for the world to end in 2012.  Wait, wrong conspiracy theory...

But seriously, it's much easier to just go to your local Big 5 or Tuner's sporting goods and buy a gun off the rack.http://www.turners.com/

As I've suggested previously, don't blow $2k+ on an AR or M4 style rifle, you can't eat it when you're hungry.  Spend less on the guns and put some of that $$ in emergency food and water storage.
 
I'm still waiting for Star Trek's replicator technology.... so I guess printing food is a step towards that  :P
 
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