Slashdot.org coverage of 3D printed lowers

[pointedstick]

Cool. Since they won't be able to stop Joe DIY Gunsmith from making his own 3D pictures (lowers) and I doubt they'll be able to regulate sale of these machines making such things, I would think the threat of registration for some other Evil parts might increase....

Gun control is truly dead. I've build several 3D printers from simple parts, each one capable of churning out AR lowers and other gun parts. What else are they going to regulate? The barrel? How would they distinguish a smoothbore barrel from a pipe? Guns aren't very complicated, and in the end they're easily reducible to chunks of metal and plastic.

[ttboy]

The world's first 3D gun

Interesting the world's first 3D printed gun.

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/133514-the-worlds-first-3d-printed-gun

[CSACANNONEER]

In short, this means that people without gun licenses — or people who have had their licenses revoked — could print their own lower receiver and build a complete, off-the-books gun. What a chilling thought.

This has always been the case. I wonder what the reporter would do if he knew how many homebuilt, off the books, AKs and ARs there already are?

The comments went straight TFH and I had to stop reading them.

[FatalKitty]

the article says a 3d printer has been used to print drugs?


soooo... it can now synthesize complex chemicals?


shens

[BigFatGuy]

did you read the link on the word "drugs"?

http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-cetera/researchers-developing-chemputer-that-prints-drugs-20120725/

[MikeR]

I wonder what the reporter would do if he knew how many homebuilt, off the books, AKs were built at my house.

Fixed lol