Or one of these, the phaser "AK-47" according to the media...
Nothing like setting it to level 16 to leave behind no evidence.
I bet that they could encode into the printer something that would stop a design from being printed that even closely resembles a gun.
How do they temper the steel in the receiver so the thing doesn’t blow your hand off the first time you try to shoot it?
And the news media’s lust for hysteria continues...
“Virtual reality” was a big hype for a long time, with ignorant newsies and busybodies and polypragmatons concocting goblins from what little they understood of the subject. Unable to keep up with the hype, the technology practically died.
I’m seeing the same thing here. Having no concept of the physics & mechanics involved, reporters and other meddlers impute their fear of “pushbutton demons” on the latest sutable emerging technology, making it front-page panic until some other hobgoblin can occupy the small minds.
I went down to Staples the other day and they didn’t have any steel paper for my 3D printer. Darn.
“Weird Science”?
There are laser based systems that can “print” steel and other metals as well. The technology is out there. Now it’s just a matter of cost.
3D printing is going to have a huge impact in terms of decentralizing manufacturing. It can be the next industrial revolution - a personal one. That is, if it doesn’t get shut down by concerns like the ones in this article.
Utter nonsense. Nothing rivals forged steel. I don’t even care for cast parts. A printed barrel would explode from the first shot. Gee, can I print up bullets as well?
Teenagers and felons can kill people with cars, knives, poison and anvils dropped off of buildings. Guns created from 3D printers in nefarious hands are way down on my list of things to worry about.
“After committing a crime with a printed weapon, a person could simply melt down the plastic and reprint it as something as mundane as a statue of Buddha. And guns made of plastic might not be spotted by metal detectors in airports, courthouses or other government facilities. “
Now this part is just hysteria. People won’t print guns out of plastic for the same reasons they don’t make regular guns out of plastic, despite what Hollywood movies may portray.
A “fully-functional” paper gun? Are they really that stupid?
I think the writers are on strike at the NYT.
This sounds a lot like a hand-wringing article I read when inexpensive color laser printers were on the horizon. It was all about how the use of that technology for counterfeiting would mean the end of paper currency.
So are we upset that people have easy access to a Constitutional Right? Imagine if one had to get a background check every time one posted a blog or even a comment and had to pay for that background check as well?
Throwing in the towel?
You gotta be careful with these guys. They could be simply throwing a challenge to the liberal integentia to “fix” this problem with more regulation. You know, anything from building anti-gun provisions in the printers to ... banning them. Not unlike the way communists used to ban or register typewriters.
Yes, I’m sure a felon would never have the connections to buy a hot gun.
So it makes sense that they would go to college to learn how to design a weapon, and work forever to be able to afford one of these printers.
Now that’s a complicated plan. Where’s the step where they make, profit?
Ever hear of a “Zip” gun. Piece of wood, small metal tube(auto antenna), door bolt and rubber bands
Or one of these, the phaser "AK-47" according to the media...
Nothing like setting it to level 16 to leave behind no evidence.
But anything that makes the antis give up and go away is fine by me.
Yeah, and it can be plastic [Remember that little myth boys and girls?] so it can go through metal detectors…… yeah sure.