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Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 11:53 am
by thibodeaux
Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 11:56 am
by Malcolm
Disposable handguns. Sweet.
Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 12:05 pm
by TheCatt
Cool. But the one I was waiting for is either: prettier, or simply less ugly.
Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 12:22 pm
by thibodeaux
The original Liberator
It has been calculated that the average assembly time per pistol was 6.6 seconds. This gives the Liberator the somewhat dubious distinction that it is likely the only gun manufactured in less time than it took to load.
Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 3:11 pm
by Malcolm
[url=http://natmonitor.com/2013/05/04/worlds-first-3d-printed-handgun-is-here-congressman-fights-to-extend-ban-on-plastic-firear
ms/]Frightened old men attempt to legislate technology out of existence ... again[/url].
New York Congressman Steve Israel (D-Huntington) issued a statement calling for an extension of the Undetectable Firearms Act, as well as clauses dealing specifically with 3D-printed gun parts.
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One of the chief criticisms of 3D-printed handguns is that when Wilson releases the 3D-printable CAD files for the Liberator, there will be a lot of people who will print the gun without following the rules. Furthermore, the Register reports that there’s nothing in the design of the Liberator that makes the metal component necessary.
This is a 100% effective way to deal with this new innovation because no criminals are smart enough to figure this out on their own. I think they're all still using slings or bows and arrows, which are from the same era Steve Israel is living in.
The revamped Undetectable Firearms Act that Rep. Israel wrote makes it illegal to manufacture, own, transport, buy, or sell any firearm, receiver, or magazine that is homemade and not detectable by metal detector and/or does not present an accurate image when put through an x-ray machine.
Yep. That'll stop 'em.
Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 5:36 pm
by GORDON
Just one more law they can charge you with when you commit a single "crime." Reminds me of the newish law that says it is illegal to have false data in your DNS registry, IF you use that domain name to commit a crime. They will charge you with whatever crime you committed, and the fake DNS info.
So it's all dumb.
Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 5:45 pm
by TheCatt
Every time I read this thread, I just think of This.
Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 9:42 pm
by GORDON
New York Democrat has made a move to block the release of the plans.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news....1335599
Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 10:08 am
by TPRJones
The whole point is you can't stop it with legislation. Clearly these old guiys aren't getting that point.
Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 10:08 am
by Malcolm
Whatever. Some crooked nerd will figure out how to duplicate the process and technology. Then Pirate Bay, then the world.
Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 1:20 pm
by Malcolm
More uproar from stuffy, old white dudes.
Californian senator Leland Yee said he wanted a law passed to stop the manufacture of 3D-printed guns.
"I plan to introduce legislation that will ensure public safety and stop the manufacturing of guns that are invisible to metal detectors and that can be easily made without a background check," he said in a statement.
According to Defense Distributed, most of the 100,000 downloads have been in the US, followed by Spain, Brazil, Germany and the UK.
Hmm, only 100K? Man, that's barely a dent. Still, I'd expect governments to take legal actions, mainly because like the UK and US, they're run by scared, old men who still cower in terror and amazement whenever an incandescent lightbulb provides illumination.
The blueprint has also been uploaded to file-sharing site the Pirate Bay, where it has become the most popular file in the site's 3D-printing category.
Booyah.
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Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 3:04 pm
by TPRJones
I'm tempted to download it myself and find interesting new ways to spread it around, and I don't even have a 3-d printer.
Maybe embed it as hidden metadata in a jpg that goes viral?
Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 3:05 pm
by GORDON
Copy it to a thumb drive, give it to a kid to take to school, and call the police and tell them a child has the specs to make a plastic gun in his bookbag, and see if they lock down the school.
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Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 3:17 pm
by Malcolm
GORDON wrote:Copy it to a thumb drive, give it to a kid to take to school, and call the police and tell them a child has the specs to make a plastic gun in his bookbag, and see if they lock down the school.
Just wait until some kid does that at a school with a 3-D printer. Granted, he'll need some ammo.
Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 3:20 pm
by GORDON
Malcolm wrote:GORDON wrote:Copy it to a thumb drive, give it to a kid to take to school, and call the police and tell them a child has the specs to make a plastic gun in his bookbag, and see if they lock down the school.
Just wait until some kid does that at a school with a 3-D printer. Granted, he'll need some ammo.
Or a picture of a 3D printer.
Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 8:43 pm
by TheCatt
Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 9:08 pm
by Malcolm
The blueprints have already been downloaded 100,000 times and are being held by fellow digital renegade Kim Dotcom in his offshore New Zealand servers. For further insurance, the files have also been uploaded to the popular file-sharing network, the Pirate Bay (we can feel our anarchist readers getting goosebumps right now).
I'm supposed to believe the U.S. gov't, that routinely has its machines hacked to shit by China and fuck knows who else, has the techie wherewithal to enforce this? HAHAHAHAHAHA. Go ahead, make all the laws you want. It's out. I'm waiting for the first automatic weapon to be printed.
Wonder how long until the first D.C. politician gets shot by one of these. Furthermore, what happens if I set up a few ships just outside international waters and open up a floating gun shop?
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Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 9:38 pm
by GORDON
Is that legal without making them classified?
Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 9:47 pm
by Troy
I would think this is getting bigger backlash internationally. America has no lack of guns already.
Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 9:48 pm
by GORDON
It's the ammo no one can seem to get.