3-D Printed Guns Are Getting Better and Better (Video)

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Meet the world’s first metal 3-D printed gun, courtesy of Solid Concepts.

3-D Printed Guns Are Getting Better and Better (Video)
Posted on Nov 9, 2013

Meet the world’s first metal 3-D printed gun, courtesy of Solid Concepts.

The new technology is clearly in the wrong, trigger-happy hands. Now that the first metal gun has been created using a 3-D printer and it can fire 50 rounds, there’s no question firearm printing will get only more and more advanced. And it’s not something to take lightly.

Perhaps even more alarming is the fact that Solid Concepts, the Texas based company that developed the replica of a classic Browning 1911 pistol, can sell the printed parts within five days to pretty much anyone who fits the phrase “qualifying customer.” The Guardian reports:

Previous efforts by Cody Wilson to manufacture a gun using 3D printers caused concern in 2012 and later in 2013, when plastic pistols capable of firing a few shots before suffering catastrophic failure were successfully printed. At the time, the US State Department tried to block the distribution of the plans for the 3D printed gun because they could feasibly be downloaded and printed by anyone using low-cost desktop printers.

One US senator said in May that he would introduce a bill to ban the making of guns using 3D printers, though he does not seem to have taken the measure any further.

And the video:

[NaturalHigh]

1. This is really cool stuff.

I can't wait to see what else 3-D printers can make in the next ten years or so.

[pipoman]

3. A story a few weeks ago

about using one in the space station to reduce cargo to the station..no more spare parts or massive tool boxes was the idea..

[grahamhgreen]

2. Face-bomb!