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Free guns for everyone! Texas startup plans to distribute blueprints for 3-D printable firearms
Russia Today ^
| 26 November, 2012
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Posted on 11/28/2012 8:05:27 AM PST by marktwain
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Nice to see Cody Wilson going about this the smart way.
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posted on
11/28/2012 8:05:39 AM PST
by
marktwain
To: marktwain
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posted on
11/28/2012 8:09:31 AM PST
by
Hardraade
(http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Vendetta))
To: marktwain
What’s it made out of? Plastic?
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posted on
11/28/2012 8:11:20 AM PST
by
DManA
To: marktwain
I want a perfect 3D scanner that hooks up to a 3 axis CNC machine.
"Hey buddy can I borrow your AR 15 for a couple of days?" Thanks.
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posted on
11/28/2012 8:12:00 AM PST
by
Mad Dawgg
(If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
To: DManA
How likely is it to blow up in your face?
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posted on
11/28/2012 8:12:02 AM PST
by
DManA
To: marktwain
Is it a virtual weapon? Paper? I don’t understand how this will work.
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posted on
11/28/2012 8:13:42 AM PST
by
stuartcr
("When silence speaks, it speaks only to those that have already decided what they want to hear.")
To: marktwain
Another idea “stolen” from me.
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posted on
11/28/2012 8:16:52 AM PST
by
Berlin_Freeper
(There goes the dominoes...)
To: marktwain
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posted on
11/28/2012 8:17:24 AM PST
by
tentmaker
(Galt's Gulch is a state of mind...)
To: stuartcr
3D printers “print” by depositing accumulative layers of a variety of materials, from plastics to ceramics to composites, including metals.
It’s called printing because it works in a similar fashion to ink-jet printers.
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posted on
11/28/2012 8:21:27 AM PST
by
tentmaker
(Galt's Gulch is a state of mind...)
To: marktwain
If this technology is perfected the possibilities of integrating a firearm into every day items is limitless. How about a 40 rd semi-auto disguised as a laptop. Or a 4 shot cell phone. Not to mention the problem of having ‘accessories’ match your outfit for the day are gone; just put a different color in the printer...
To: marktwain
The low end 3d printers look like they cost about $4,000. Cool technology but the old fashioned metal tools are probably cheaper and easier.
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posted on
11/28/2012 8:27:57 AM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: marktwain
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posted on
11/28/2012 8:29:18 AM PST
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: tentmaker
OK, thanks. It must be pretty expensive to make a reliable weapon.
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posted on
11/28/2012 8:30:58 AM PST
by
stuartcr
("When silence speaks, it speaks only to those that have already decided what they want to hear.")
To: driftdiver
google “maker community”.
These are local community fabrication shops open to members.
Membership is monthly, and is affordable.
Upshot: these maker workshops could buy one or two of these printers (they usually have CNC’s), and you could go pop in a disk and use them.
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posted on
11/28/2012 8:33:36 AM PST
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MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: marktwain
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posted on
11/28/2012 8:35:25 AM PST
by
Berlin_Freeper
(There goes the dominoes...)
To: Carthego delenda est
3D printing has ramifications beyond firearms. In theory there are thousands of products that we currently buy which could be “printed” at home and assembled.
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posted on
11/28/2012 8:38:51 AM PST
by
paul544
To: MrB
So, no serial numbers or registration?
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posted on
11/28/2012 8:40:25 AM PST
by
bgill
(We've passed the point of no return. Welcome to Al Amerika.)
To: DManA
Laser-sintered steel, I suspect.
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posted on
11/28/2012 8:40:56 AM PST
by
Little Ray
(I have VOTED AGAINST Obama in the General.)
To: bgill
I’m sure there are laws against “manufacturing” without a “license”.
For instance, you can get into some big trouble with the ATF for possessing a threaded tube and some steel wool.
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posted on
11/28/2012 8:42:21 AM PST
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: DManA
How likely is it to blow up in your face? Extremely likely , I'd say. Aricles produced by a 3D printer are suitable for design proto types only.
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posted on
11/28/2012 8:46:45 AM PST
by
pgkdan
(We are witnessing the modern sack of Rome. The barbarians have taken over.)
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