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Print and fire: 3D printing could muzzle new gun laws | Fox News
Print and fire: 3D printing could muzzle new gun laws | Fox News
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"plastic magazine clip" - haha...wut?...derp
I love the fact that he tested it out on a suppressed platform. One can only hope that it was FA too, making it ultra sooper killy.
Defense Distributed and the Wiki Weapons Project also has made schematics of other parts of the AR-15 and other weapons and modifications, including pistol grips, but has avoided attempting to design and distribute plans for a fully-functional gun.
Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., has called for amending the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988, which initially sought to ban guns that could be sneaked through metal detectors, to include a ban on “homemade, 3-D printed, plastic high-capacity magazines."
There are a couple of sub $2k 3d printers that have a deck large enough to print an AR lower.
If you're only after magazines you can spend as little as $1000 for an UP! Mini 3d printer. More than adequate to print a magazine.
I have been doing a little homework recently on 3d printers (Because I want one). Printed ABS is about 30% as strong as normal injection molded ABS. PLA is a bit stronger, but more brittle if I recall correctly.
There are also a new generation of sintered metal laser 3d printers. They are cooler than they sound, and print with actual metal. But they are still WAY out of the realm of the average home user, in so far as cost.
it's retarded. If you need a hi cap mag, go across the border and buy it.
.gov keeps writing laws and people keep inventing stupid shit to go around it. This madness has to stop.
EXCEPT - some "printing" can be done with metals. Check out the materials this company can use: "http:// i . materialise . com/materials" I am purposely avoiding giving them a link, but it appears they can use titanium, stainless steel, brass, bronze and others. There are size restrictions, based on the size of their printers, and the issue of "cost" but it can be done with metal. This technology is in its infancy. If someone can "print" working gun parts now, it is not inconceivable someone could print an entire gun in the future.The author of that article is rather dumb:
Because we all know that you can make a barrel and bolt out of plastic...
Yep. I got these files a while ago. Then I started googling for a 3D printing service. Upload the file, place you order, get a "printed" part delivered to your door. So far, i have not been able to find a service that can print a lower for a price that makes sense. Sure would like to try one "printed" with titanium or stainless steel.Go here: DEFCAD
Up top of the page, hit the browse tab.
Also check out the FAQ page to download all the available programs for later use, its about 325 megabytes of files for different things.
Was informed to get this stuff before it disappears, it may come in very handy in the future.
no shit, right? printing metal?! finally!!! now we're cookin' with gas.
If someone can "print" working gun parts now, it is not inconceivable someone could print an entire gun in the future.
Printing flesh.... then we will be talking our kind of good stuff.
Media has already started on printed guns. CSI NY and regular CSI within 2 weeks each did a 3D printed gun episode....I can see the new Hollywood action movie now (don't forget, Hollywood is against guns and all), where the bad guys get on the dreamliner, a couple of them dressed as old men with canes, and the printers/computers are checked as baggage in the hold. Bad guys sneak into the hold, set up shop, print up some guns, the canes magically become barrels, and viola! instant hijacking team a la Die Hard.
Printers on a plane, starring Samuel L Jackson...
we'd be singing a different tune if we had access to a rapid prototyping system and a crate of booze. think about the shit we could come up with if you locked the "crew" in a room with just alcohol, a laptop, design software, and that printer.
I'm highly sceptical, it would probably start with Glock frame, degrade to making an AR lower then as everyone would get even more drunk there would be competition on who can print the biggest dick on a dick and by morning that printer would be toast and swimming in the puddle of puke and shit.
“Congress passed a law banning plastic guns for two decades when they were just a movie fantasy," Israel told FoxNews.com. "With the advent of 3-D printers, these guns are suddenly a real possibility, and the law Congress passed is set to expire this year.