Schumer announces support to make 3D printed guns illegal

[davidn3600]

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Sen. Charles Schumer is taking aim at weapons crafted using 3D printers.

At a news conference in his Manhattan office on Sunday morning, Schumer called for legislation to make building a gun using a 3D printer to be illegal.

The senator said just last week, a fully operational handgun was made legally using a 3D printer. The weapon was composed almost entirely of plastic, meaning it would not set off a metal detector.

“Guns are made out of plastic, so they would not be detectable by a metal detector at any airport or sporting event,” Schumer said. “Only metal part of the gun is the little firing pin and that is too small to be detected by metal detectors, for instance, when you go through an airport.”

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/05/05/schumer-announces-support-for-measure-to-make-3d-printed-guns-illegal/

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Good luck. Marijuana is illegal but people still grow it in their house. Someone who's looking to get a gun illegally sure won't care about some little law.

The fact that we are getting to the point of innovation where you can create your own gun with a computer printer and can't be detected with metal detectors is about to make the world a much scarier place.

[Rex]

1. Nylon/non metallic guns should be illegal.

Wait...they are!

[loli phabay]

9. this, once again our politicians are looking to solve a problem with new laws rather than existing l

Laws, couldnt be something to do with getting on the telly or fundraising. Plus as a poster points out bad guys are not going to listen to new law anyway.

[NightWatcher]

2. How much do those printers run?

And at best you might get a single shot off.

When right now you can get a very decent gun for a $300 used, that will fire several rounds.

Highly wasteful, but I hope they make them illegal none the less

[graham4anything]

3. Reinterpret the 2nd, all bullets need to be vanquished and max sentence to those that break law

The only reason for this would be illegal, therefore, max sentence to anyone caught IMHO

with zero tolerance

career criminals and crimes of opportunity would not use these

Just rightwing extremists and those looking to overthrow the government

Much more vigiliant security is needed to stop all the gun people/individuals who are not law enforcement and not on duty.

[baldguy]

4. Using your logic, we should get rid of laws against murder.

Since murder is illegal, but murders still occur.

Schumer is trying to make the world less scary in the face who want to make it more so, and your response is to criticize Schumer?

[Duckhunter935]

5. Chamber and barrel

made of printed plastic? I would be very surprised. I do not think that would hold chamber pressure without exploding. I think he is lying again.

[NickB79]

8. This time he is being truthful

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/05/05/meet-the-liberator-test-firing-the-worlds-first-fully-3d-printed-gun/

After the test-firing I witnessed, Wilson showed me a video of an ABS plastic barrel the group printed attached to a non-printed gun body firing ten rounds of .380 ammunition before breaking on the eleventh.

The gun he made uses only one metal piece: a common nail for a firing pin. It's really amazing from a materials science standpoint.

[Tx4obama]

6. Kick n/t

[Blue_Tires]

7. That's why I never understood the inventors' rationale

From day one, they screamed/boasted at any reporters or bloggers who would listen how they now had the ability to give any person with a 3-d printer unlimited capacity to manufacture untraceable, undetectable guns...

Did they really think after all their back-patting, circle-jerking and media whoring, legislators weren't going to notice or something??

[dembotoz]

10. make it illegal--how

is possession of the download illegal
sort of like kiddy porn?

possession of the printed gun?--assault weapons ok but a printed gun????

every wicky wacky gun nut will have it on a hidden thumb drive.
stored out of defiance store "just in case"

Hell I bet you could make a decent living traveling to the gun show selling loaded thumbdrives right now.

bet someone already is

[Nye Bevan]

11. Anyone who trades in electronic plans for a printable firearm should be treated like

someone who trades in child pornography. Schumer is right, this needs to be nipped in the bud.

[X_Digger]

12. Up next, making your own money with a laser printer should be illegal..

Oh wait, it already is, just like this is already illegal..

*sigh*

[jmg257]

13. Well...if they get it 'illegally', it sure would be nice to charge them

With something, wouldn't it?

Something isn't 'illegal' till there is a law stating such.

Want to take the risk? Go for it, just expect to do some jail time.