3-D printed guns and the law

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

What new laws should be passed? How can they be enforced?

This week, instead of walking into a gun shop and handing over my credit card to buy firearms, bullets and grenades, I decided to try a different route: I downloaded highly detailed schematics — like blueprints for a house — of dozens of functional weapons and bullets.

...

Among the files now sitting on my laptop are parts for an M16, AR-15, AK-47 and other semiautomatic guns. There are files for handguns, including a Glock, Beretta and a .22-caliber Ruger.

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The government is flummoxed about what to do. Last year the State Department tried to ban people from sharing files for one of these guns, called the Liberator. Yet here it is, sitting on my laptop. Along with hundreds of other 3-D files. The Department of Homeland Security anticipated this problem, sending a memo to law enforcement noting that “Limiting access may be impossible.”


http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/14/fashion/the-rise-of-3-d-printed-guns.html?_r=0

[NYC_SKP]

1. The fear mongering press. Moronic journalists and inane electeds, like this a-hole:

Kevin De Leon.

But for these idiots, there would be nothing to fear.

I don't happen to think that there is a shadow government looking to oppress our freedomz, but I'm CERTAIN that if we don't speak out, we'll keep losing them.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

2. shadow gov, freedom and speaking out

I agree, there is no shadow government.

Freedom is a back and forth exercise of the people finding the best place to draw a line that separates private dealings and decisions from public regulation. The only way for that to work is to speak out.

[krispos42]

3. I lost any hope of good reporting at "grenade"

So, that's, what? 21 words into the article?

[Eleanors38]

4. What did you expect from the "Style" section?

The reporter should have commented further on thugs not acquiring these gunz as a matter of aesthetics and taste.

[NYC_SKP]

6. They want to instill paranoia in as broad a cross section of readers as possible.

Effective propaganda campaigns work that way, I suppose.

But it sure seemed out of place with the other articles about footwear and makeup.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

5. A rather weak and uninformed article

I suspect the author will be next looking to download 3D info to "print" a "shoulder thing that goes up".

[sarisataka]

9. Aisle 4

Just past shoulder fired missiles. If you get to tactical nukes you went too far.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

17. Those RPGs have been deactivated...

...but I hear there are kits available.

[linuxman]

7. They need to ban these printers ASAP.

How long before some racist, dumb, probably white man produces a suitcase nuke with one of these printers and blows up an entire city full of elementary schools?

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

10. hey what if...

...I printed a servant/slave?
...or 100 pounds of gold?

[linuxman]

13. .

I wouldn't put it past a bunch of gun-humping, racist assholes with aspirations of murder.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

14. I'm more concerned that...

...you believe that fissile material can be printed than I am about your insults.

[NYC_SKP]

15. "How long before some racist, dumb, probably white man produces a suitcase nuke"....

No words needed....

[NYC_SKP]

12. What if they use these 3D printers to create EVEN MORE 3D PRINTERS???

Oh shit, we're doomed!

[Nuclear Unicorn]

16. I'm guessing / hoping this is sarcasm.

[oneshooter]

8. "credit card to buy firearms, bullets and grenades,"

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I got this one at a garage sale, $3cash Type 97 Japanese WW2


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[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

11. when I was about 11...

I had a claymore. Mom was a qc inspector and brought home a reject.