Remember these?
Posted on 01/25/2013 9:06:34 PM PST by neverdem
Soviet Union tried to regulate copiers. How did that work for them?
Plastic pistols have been around for decades. The change in the game is now anyone can have one, not just James Bond.
This cutting edge technology has scared the wits out of every statist in the world. That is why Fineswine and her fellow travelers are rushing their vain attempt to put gun control on the fast track.
The government will not be able to keep up with the next generation of armaments. Everyone better be armed in order to survive.
If a 3rd “Red Dawn” remake ever came out I can imagine millions of printed new versions of a Liberty Pistol being made in occupied areas. Used to capture an enemies weapon.
I bet some video games will have these soon.
The progressives must be losing a LOT of sleep lately about letting the 3D printers escape control.
“If a 3rd “Red Dawn” remake ever came out I can imagine millions of printed new versions of a Liberty Pistol being made in occupied areas. Used to capture an enemies weapon.”
The enemy will carry to you the weapons you need to defeat him - Mao Tsetung
“...without making America the laughing stock of the tech world.”
I’m sure our “betters” won’t mind trying.
Do you put it past our politicians to try anyway?
When guns are declared illegal only criminals will have printers!
The feds will have to pry my printer from my cold, dead hands!
Freedom of the press!
Remember these?
Absolutely not. They’ve been busy banning drugs for 50 years, and banning poverty for just as long....
Exactly. Which is why various government agencies are buying up huge amounts of bullets, create a shortage in the market.
Finally some good news!
I have a question, though. Don't gun barrels have to be specially heat-treated and/or extruded to withstand the explosive force of a gunshot?
Centralized controls always work out great.
A recent CSI-NY episode had a 3-D printed gun in it. It delves into your question. I don’t know about the veracity of the details though.
http://www.cbs.com/shows/csi_ny/video/0E25DB95-483A-E12D-E15F-F27EAC00F608/csi-ny-command-p
I do find the hoopla to be a bit ridiculous myself.
Let’s think about this. How do you make guns normally? You machine them.
Is there some limitation on machine tools? No. Is there some limitation on machinist training? No. Is there any shortage of firearm plans in circulation? No.
Heck, most machining systems these days are CNC anyway, so the user doesn’t really have to be that talented a machinist. Yes, you can’t just hit a button and eventually something is spit out, and yes you need a few different machines, but BFD.
People are just paranoid about these printers because they are easier to use. However they are expensive, which essentially is the same barrier to entry as having your own machine shop. The only difference is the latter requires some training.
Agreed. People freak out about everything new.
“I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.”
Mark Twain
I saw some of this on TV. What they did was create a false crisis wherein the Space Shuttle was having machine trouble while in space. The only way to fix the problem was with a special wrench they didn’t have. The Shuttle was in contact with NASA which had one of these 3D faxes. The Shuttle had a 3D polymer printer. NASA had the machine read the dimensions of the wrench, fax the 3D image to the shuttle which then printed it. The new wrench was fabricated out of powdered paper with space-age polymers. It was usable for the purpose intended- not as good as a metal wrench but perfectly useful in the short run.
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