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“We’ve already gone after the iron pipeline,” Hochul said in a March press conference in reference to 👻guns. “Now we’re going after the plastic pipeline.”
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They make it sound like an entire gun is printed out. People believe this!

“The goal is to raise the bar so you can’t be a curious kid in your bedroom who is able to download a file, press print, and then you have the gun or 3D-printed part,” Semenza said.
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Are you ready for what it takes to stop ghost guns?

New laws in California and New York might stop anyone from 3D printing guns — and create entirely new kinds of surveillance.
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seniormoment said:
I’d like to read the article but I don’t want to take out a subscription.
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I didn't need a subscription or a prescription! But I do have a fever! A fever for more cowbell! LOL!

I didn't see a paywall or subscription wall.
 
Racer88 said:
I didn't need a subscription or a prescription! But I do have a fever! A fever for more cowbell! LOL!

I didn't see a paywall or subscription wall.
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seniormoment said:
What did I do wrong?
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Probably nothing. I wonder if that site randomly allows some people to see the article... or randomly solicits subscriptions. I know some sites allow a limited number of views before putting up a paywall (probably by IP address).
 
Racer88 said:
Probably nothing. I wonder if that site randomly allows some people to see the article... or randomly solicits subscriptions. I know some sites allow a limited number of views before putting up a paywall (probably by IP address).
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I hit the paywall also.

Here's an article that covers what California and New York are trying to do.

| PBS News First-of-its-kind law in New York could block 3D printers from making guns

Like all "common sense" infringements, it won't stop any criminal or child with a little bit of technical knowledge from printing a firearm.

It will only stop law abiding citizens from printing firearms.
 
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People were making zip guns from wood, nails, rubber bands and barrels made from car antennas 50 years ago. Squashing the ability for people to print frames accomplishes nothing.

Personally I think 3d printed guns suck. Too fragile/unreliable. Maybe OK as a last ditch weapon like the Liberator from the 1940's. Enough gun to fight your way to a rifle or more capable handgun. Or maybe as a one time use/throwaway. The question is, under what dire circumstances would the average schlub have the balls to do this? It's not going to happen. It's fantasy.

Big, industrial grade printers can produce a credible frame - even metal - but they cost in the six figures.

It's OK to be just a little bit paranoid. But if you lean that direction, airguns are getting much more powerful and are completely unregulated. Buy a few of those and call it a day if you are prepping for the revolution that is never going to happen. All you need is the compressor and any putz could learn to cast his own airgun projectiles.
 
When I was in high school, We debated gun control. I was against it.
I took a piece of 3/4" galvanized pipe with a pipe cap, 1/4 cup of cut
up lead pipe, 1/4 cup of paper match heads, and a Black Cat firecracker
to school for show and tell. I passed the stuff around telling the class
this was a shotgun with ammunition. If they could prove to me that this
could actually be removed from society I would join their cause.

They couldn't and my team won the debate.(this was in the late 70's
when you didn't break the law because it was wrong to do so.) Today
I would be swatted.

At any rate, here's a link to an even better idea.

Richardson Guerilla gun:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUjDumvMK6I
 
serger said:
When I was in high school, We debated gun control. I was against it.
I took a piece of 3/4" galvanized pipe with a pipe cap, 1/4 cup of cut
up lead pipe, 1/4 cup of paper match heads, and a Black Cat firecracker
to school for show and tell.
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With $20 worth of pipe and fittings, 10 minutes to saw and assemble, another $1 for a 00buck shell, one can have a re-usable (if necessary), close-range, single-shot scattergun.

Buying extra pipe and caps, model rocket fuses and black powder can make a different kind of improvised boom-boom. And don't get me started on the lethality of common household chemicals... :rolleyes:

PS: I have a number of reference materials on how to improvise weapons. Racer prudently declined to post them here but they are available if you look hard enough or ask nicely enough... ;)
 
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There's a smattering of suppressors that are 3D printed. That printing gear costs a lot of money but the product is perfectly adequate. Not having to make machine parts substantially reduces the cost of a can. But that has yet to be reflected in the prices of them. There was a big capital investment in the tooling (printing) equipment that needs to be recovered. But we will get there. Cheap cans are right around the corner.

I will keep one in each of my EVs. :)
 
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