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3D Printing Now Brings You Semiautomatic Pistols (The Better To Scare Control Freaks)
Reason ^ | Sep. 26, 2013 2:41 pm | J.D. Tuccille

Posted on 09/26/2013 1:14:02 PM PDT by Joe Brower

3D Printing Now Brings You Semiautomatic Pistols (The Better To Scare Control Freaks)

J.D. Tuccille|Sep. 26, 2013 2:41 pm

It's not yet ready for prime-time (it has yet to be tested), but 3D printing tinkerers have developed a design for a semiautomatic pistol. In fact, the developer says a full-automatic version would be easier to make with available materials. What a long way we've come, in just a few short months, toward the ultimate goal of rendering gun control laws a complete joke. Well...they were already a joke (though a dangerous one). It's more accurate to say we've come a long way toward rendering such laws moot, and easily bypassed by even those with limited technical skills.

Over at DEFCAD, Proteus, a moderator and developer of the design (which another poster dubs "the brick" for obvious reasons) writes:

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 3d; 3dprinting; banglist; guncontrol; rkba; secondamendment; youwillnotdisarmus
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To: Joe Brower

Pretty amazing.


21 posted on 09/26/2013 3:00:13 PM PDT by OldNewYork (Biden '13. Impeach now.)
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To: Joe Brower

More bait to entice politicians to outlaw firearms built by owners. Great firearms can be made by those competent in machining, etc. It’s legal to do so (for those who can legally possess a firearm) in at least most states (check your state statutes), but obviously, some are trying to convince their members of congress outlaw the activity.

Read the current laws and BATFE policy on the matter. I, for one, wouldn’t spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on a “3D printer” for the purpose of making part of a firearm. There are much tougher and more useful machines for custom work by the hands of anyone who is technically skilled enough to do the work. Aside from that, for most people, buying is much more wise and lower in cost than making it yourself.

And aside from the topic at hand, casting, forging, machining, fabrication and other metals technologies are very interesting learning experiences and valuable for making many different kinds of useful things (from grain grinders to engine blocks, from shafts to gears).


22 posted on 09/26/2013 3:31:11 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: BerryDingle

Heheh...you should see the looks I get when I conceal carry.


23 posted on 09/26/2013 3:37:52 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing -- Socrates)
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To: familyop; All
“More bait to entice politicians to outlaw firearms built by owners.”

They can try. They couldn't even get the votes to pass the slippery slope to gun registration, otherwise known as “universal background checks”, even when they twisted polls and words to come up with the fake 90% support figure.

I think the unintended consequences of these citizen disarmament efforts are bringing a tipping point, and not in the direction the “progressives” expect. The publicity drives curiosity, and the facts are there for anyone who has even a little curiosity to look for them.

Once people realize that they have been lied to, they come over to the side of second amendment supporters.

Almost no second amendment supporters convert to citizen disarmers. It is pretty much a one way street, and it move in a pro-constitution direction.

24 posted on 09/26/2013 3:49:09 PM PDT by marktwain (The MSM must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
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To: hummingbird

Sig 938.


25 posted on 09/26/2013 3:50:26 PM PDT by Captain7seas (Fire Jane Lubchenco and John Pistole.)
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To: Captain7seas
Thanks! I’ll check it out!
26 posted on 09/26/2013 3:51:53 PM PDT by hummingbird (Don't be afraid of the big words.)
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To: familyop

Re your post 22, I know this is certainly debatable but I think you may be disregarding this statement in the article: “It’s more accurate to say we’ve come a long way toward rendering such laws moot, and easily bypassed by even those with limited technical skills.”

Not too many people have your technical skills and that seems to me to be the point. I can appreciate your stance that these machines are extremely expensive but I think it’s important and any Joe Blow with the funds can buy one and make his firearms with ease.


27 posted on 09/26/2013 4:11:44 PM PDT by OldPossum
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To: Billthedrill

I want a 3D printed hand grenade. Well, a crate of them.

Such a design is very simple. I have in my collection a fragment of a 17th century hand grenade.

I bet that I could come up with one that work reasonably well and be quite reliable.

The explosive filler and the fuse would be obtained in other ways....


28 posted on 09/26/2013 4:17:35 PM PDT by marktwain (The MSM must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
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To: OldPossum

Sloppy of me. It should be “that any Joe Blow...”


29 posted on 09/26/2013 4:58:38 PM PDT by OldPossum
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To: marktwain; OldPossum

I see your point from the same point of view in favor of our Second Amendment. And you probably saw my point about a possible negative consequence of bringing so much attention to the topic at hand. The left doesn’t care about the argument that criminals ignore firearms laws. The left isn’t what most TV viewers believe them to be.

They’re not really the “left” or the “right.” They’re both. There are very few influential conservatives, and the most influential are not conservative at all. They’re influential in both political parties. They sponsor the news. They control the politicians. They decide social policies and have laws passed to enforce those policies. They decide who will be hired or allowed to start a productive business. They’re paranoid about all who are robbed by them and have robbed many of their rights because of that paranoia.

Where is this comment going? They don’t care about whether or not criminals have firearms. They do care about their efforts to outlaw every moral person and every bit of potential business competition. They only want to make outlaws of us all, so they can have others pluck for them as they command. They want slavery, with them as the masters.


30 posted on 09/26/2013 5:07:33 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: OldPossum

You wrote an excellent argument about less technical skills being required for making a firearm, BTW. It is true that even if doing so were illegal, criminals would do as they wish.


31 posted on 09/26/2013 5:13:26 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: JRandomFreeper
Another 3-D printer.

Couple that with a little AI, and we'll be overrun by the things. Earth will become known as the Planet of 3D Printers.

32 posted on 09/26/2013 5:36:58 PM PDT by zeugma (Is it evil of me to teach my bird to say "here kitty, kitty"?)
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To: familyop; All

I think you are correct. I simply believe that they do not have the wherewithal to do it.

Those who crave to rule over us would do it if they could.


33 posted on 09/26/2013 5:39:02 PM PDT by marktwain (The MSM must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
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To: familyop
I have a lathe, I have a milling machine, I have a forge. I want a 3-D printer. ;)

/johnny

34 posted on 09/26/2013 5:44:10 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: zeugma
I'm a 3-D printer. I made imperfect copies of myself that have made imperfect copies of themselves. Except for my grand-daughter. She's perfect. Ask her.

/johnny

35 posted on 09/26/2013 5:45:39 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: RandallFlagg

That would be totally cool.

Amber stock and all? Yummy!


36 posted on 09/26/2013 5:49:40 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: hummingbird
the 938 is a great pistol, but you should handle one to insure you can rack the slide. My wife is petite, and she can handle the Sig P238 with no problem. Much easier for her to rack the P238 than the P938.
Low to no recoil compared to the Ruger or Kel Tec 380’s too.
Hope this doesn’t start a .380 is bad war, but if you can’t manipulate your weapon, a larger caliber does you know good.
37 posted on 09/26/2013 6:45:50 PM PDT by mcatch22 (Help us obamawon kenyobi, you are our only hope)
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To: marktwain
"I simply believe that they do not have the wherewithal to do it."

Certainly not for now. You're right about that, and it's a relief.


38 posted on 09/26/2013 7:06:21 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

It would be great for making some things. Hmmm...like maybe some of those plastic vehicle parts that dealers want so much for. ;-)


39 posted on 09/26/2013 7:10:52 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: familyop
It would be good for that. I've been casting plastics of several different types for various projects, and it's a PITA to create a master, make a mold, etc.....

20 minutes on SolidWorks and press the print button would be cool.

/johnny

40 posted on 09/26/2013 7:33:34 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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