Political power grows out of the nozzle of a 3-D Printer.
Posted on 11/16/2013 8:09:23 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The world's first printable gun has been deemed a serious safety and security concern after a gun printed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms exploded before it was even fired.
This danger is matched by the problem with fully-functioning 3-D printed guns - they work all too well.
The blueprint for the 3-D gun known as the Liberator was made available online six months ago by the group Defense Distributed with the aim of enabling anyone to print a gun with a 3-D printer six months ago.
The State Department demanded the design be taken offline but not before it was downloaded more than 100,000 times.
The ATF used the blueprints to print the plastic gun on a 3-D printer.
The bureau released the results of its tests on the Liberator on Wednesday, posting a series of videos on the tests to YouTube.
The weapon was found to have the power to penetrate several inches of flesh as well as a human skull.
'The bottom line is, the penetration results demonstrated that the Liberator is a lethal weapon,' Earl Griffith, chief of ATF's firearms technology branch told the Huffington Post.
'The .380 bullets fired from the Liberator penetrate sufficiently to reach vital organs and perforate the skull.'
The ATF printed several versions of the gun using different materials.
The gun printed in a plastic material called Visijet exploded during the test.
A gun rendered in a stronger plastic known as ABS shot eight rounds without any problems.
'[The testers] quit after eight rounds, but there was no issue with the firearm at that point,' ATF spokesperson Tim Graden told Forbes.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
DANG!
It’s nice of them to do the stress testing for us so we can know which plastics to avoid.
“rendered in a stronger plastic known as ABS shot eight rounds without any problems”
Thanks for the tip, ATF!
Political power grows out of the nozzle of a 3-D Printer.
How did the gun explode before it was fired?
Is it that frickkin dangerous that it will just self explode?
Disinformation?????
Interesting. How do you suppose that happened?
GMTA; I said much the same thing in my #9.
My theory is sloppy writing on the part of the reporter. Should have said “exploded during firing”, if I interpret the video correctly.
ATF should be the name of a convenience store chain, not a federal bureau.
Yeah! Add the E and Hell yeah!
This danger is matched by the problem with fully-functioning 3-D printed guns - they work all too well.
Which is the most troubling aspect of this gun? It doesn't work or that it works too well?
Let’s give 3D printers to the thugs in Chicago and find out!
They must not have any editors at the Daily Mail. Whatever the idiot reporter types into the computer out it comes in the paper.
Could you imagine the destructive power you would feel if you had one of these guns and took it for a ride in your black SUV with huge tires ?!!?
If you build it, they will come.
The ATF is not known for its competence. If anyone could get a gun to explode without being fired, they’re the guys to do it.
So the weapon itself did the penetrating ???
That's got to be one hell of an entrance wound!
This whole article reminds Me of the local AM "news" bimbo that used the line one morning "The big scary gun"
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