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US representative calls for outlawing 3-D printed gun magazines.
NBC News Technology ^ | 1/19/13 | Devin Coldewey , NBC News

Posted on 01/19/2013 12:44:11 PM PST by Carriage Hill

U.S. Representative Steve Israel (D-Huntington, N.Y.) plans to propose a ban on creating gun magazines with 3-D printers. The bill is still in the drafting stage, but Israel intends to make sure existing legislation includes consideration for this new kind of homemade firearm.

Last month, Rep. Israel proposed to renew the Undetectable Firearms Act, which was adopted in 1988 and will expire in December of this year. Israel suggested that the act, which requires all guns to be detectable by such devices as X-ray machines and metal detectors, is more relevant than ever.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 3d; banglist; mags; newyork; printing
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To: archy

Thx. Thought so.


61 posted on 01/21/2013 7:36:11 AM PST by Carriage Hill (AR-10s/15s are the 21st Century's Muskets. Self-Defense is The First Human Right.)
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To: GizmosAndGadgets

Maybe for the commercial ones, but you can even build your own 3D printer.


62 posted on 03/11/2013 1:16:07 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Still Thinking
Maybe for the commercial ones, but you can even build your own 3D printer

Which is just one more reason the FedGov hates us to be independent and self-sufficient ;-)

63 posted on 03/11/2013 8:10:40 AM PDT by GizmosAndGadgets (How Free Are You In America Today?)
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To: GizmosAndGadgets
Which is just one more reason the FedGov hates us to be independent and self-sufficient ;-)

Good thing I wasn't put on this earth to make them happy. I suck at it.

64 posted on 03/11/2013 9:11:27 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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