By pedantically going on about rounds when I'm pedantically going on about bullets?
Man makes guns with a 3D printer
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By pedantically going on about rounds when I'm pedantically going on about bullets?
3d printing and hobbyist CNC is really getting fascinating now. Smaller companies are able to produce product which they would never have been able to do previously. It's awesome.
As to the foolish pedancy it's simple.
Originally refuted quote stated that : You cannot make a function gun's bullet with the 3d printer.
This is correct.
To use the very original analogy:
A car is not a functioning car if it explodes when you put petrol in and turn the ignition. It is a replica. Regardless of the fact that all parts move how they should, and are identical in dimension to the original vehicle. It simply doesn't work.
Yes I could push it along, tow it, or fire it out of a catapult and it would move and even transport people as it should, but that wouldn't make it a functioning car.
The functional 3d printed bullet, by definition, needs to work as the original. Throwing it at someone doesn't make it functional as a gun's bullet, it makes it functional as a projectile. To state otherwise is silly and simple hole digging.
As to the foolish pedancy it's simple.
Originally refuted quote stated that : You cannot make a function gun's bullet with the 3d printer.
This is correct.
To use the very original analogy:
A car is not a functioning car if it explodes when you put petrol in and turn the ignition. It is a replica. Regardless of the fact that all parts move how they should, and are identical in dimension to the original vehicle. It simply doesn't work.
Yes I could push it along, tow it, or fire it out of a catapult and it would move and even transport people as it should, but that wouldn't make it a functioning car.
The functional 3d printed bullet, by definition, needs to work as the original. Throwing it at someone doesn't make it functional as a gun's bullet, it makes it functional as a projectile. To state otherwise is silly and simple hole digging.
the Bushmaster "carbon-15".
He did indeed technically print a firearm because the only part of an ar15 the government recognizes as a firearm is the lower receiver which he printed. Thats the only part that has to go through a dealer, all the rest including ammo can be bought off the shelf.
You're allowed to make guns yourself as long as you dont sell it to anyone.
You're allowed to make guns yourself as long as you dont sell it to anyone.
no and no.
It's pretty easy to make a gun with a workshop.
Also 3d printers can do some stuff really well, but think about most of the products you on, it simply can't do them. It can't print a phone, tv, stove, car, clothes etc.
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Must watch that again.
that's actually just an AR15 with a plastic receiver, the rest of the components are all still Steel/Aluminium
Maybe true but i can see some MPs getting all knee-jerky without any proper knowlegde and try to get 3D printers licenced or banned.
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an end is near! If they allow people to print anything they want that will be it! Things you can't buy ... like guns will have blue prints somewhere ha ha ha
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