U.S. group makes working gun with 3D printer

[Prick]

I wouldn't mind getting one of these.



The world’s first 3D-printed gun has fired its first shot.
Cody Wilson, 25, demonstrated the plastic gun, called the Liberator, in a YouTube video called “Dawn of the Wiki Weapons.”
The University of Texas law student and self-described “crypto-anarchist” has been working on building crowdsourced, 3D-printed guns through his company, Defense Distributed.

The goal is to show the U.S. government that gun-control laws are pointless when Americans can print their own firearms, piece by piece, at home. The group has even created a printable AK-47 magazine.
“There is a demand of guns — there just is. There are states all over the world that say you can’t own firearms, and that’s not true anymore,” Wilson told the BBC, which was on scene for the Liberator’s first test in Austin.

“I’m seeing a world where technology says you can pretty much be able to have whatever you want. It’s not up to the political players any more.”
It is technically legal to make a 3D-printed gun in the U.S. so long as it's for personal use and not a National Firearms Act weapon. However, U.S. congressman Steve Israel has called for them to be banned altogether

https://www.torontosun.com/2013/05/06/us-group-makes-working-gun-with-3d-printer

 

[papasmerf]

3-d printing has so much promise.

But at the same time I do not want one in every home or even one at kinko's

 

[McGuinty]

One of 15 of the most dangerous people in the world. That's a hefty tag on the young man.

 

[Boing]

Hmmmmmm

 

[DannyDeVito]

Holy cow this is for real. The bad guys must be drooling over this.

 

[papasmerf]

Holy cow this is for real. The bad guys must be drooling over this.

I don't see why they would

In the US it is easier to buy an illegal gun than it is to buy one legally

besides that a few pretty basic machines and you can make a metal one.

 

[Shiek]

Having made one metal shop all these years ago, it's easy with the right tools..... Hell, they can make guns in prison too...

 

[papasmerf]

Having made one metal shop all these years ago, it's easy with the right tools..... Hell, they can make guns in prison too...

you forgot the good old-fashioned ZIP GUN

 

[Shiek]

All of them are basically zip guns Papa.....

 

[papasmerf]

All of them are basically zip guns Papa.....

good point but I always think of the original style as a zip gun.

 

[Transient]

I don't see why they would

In the US it is easier to buy an illegal gun than it is to buy one legally

besides that a few pretty basic machines and you can make a metal one.

Or just buy one legally from an owner selling it.

 

[papasmerf]

Or just buy one legally from an owner selling it.

not so much as easy as that

you need to have a valid permit for a pistol to buy one and you can not get a permit unless you have one to register on it.

 

[Transient]

Not in face-to-face, private party sale. Legal in many states to purchase a firearm in-state from a private owner with little I.D. Not talking purchasing from a dealer, but from a private owner. The laws changes state to state, but in many states it is legal.