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55. Hop on over to your local state prison and ask to see their homemade firearms collection - created

Mon May 6, 2013, 08:38 PM

May 2013

by people who "earn" the right to be locked up in maximum security state prisons, with nothing but time and imagination, and common shop tools. Yet they still seem to manufacture freakin' guns.

I've seen those in Oklahoma at McCalester, and virtually every other state has the same thing.

Don't need no stinkin' specialized tools. The 3D printers just make it faster and more available.Even the gunpower is just made from common elements. (I know, because I was making my own gunpowder when I was shooting model rockets at 10 years old, and made more than one single-shooter cannon with a handle).

What takes more specialized equipment is making light 30 round semi-auto guns. Heavier, but the gatling gun was available in the Civil War, and they had nothing even close to the technology we have now.

It's not as hard as people would like to make others believe.

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‘World’s first 3-D printable handgun’ under fire [View all] Kelvin Mace May 2013 OP

Only good guys with 3D printers will be able to stop this n/t Blandocyte May 2013 #1

+1 OrwellwasRight May 2013 #44

LOL! CarrieLynne May 2013 #45

Humans....geez............just what the world needs.....a homemade plastic gun... Gin May 2013 #2

We love discovering new ways to kill one another. Heather MC May 2013 #81

Link please? azurnoir May 2013 #3

NPR has it here Whoopdedoo May 2013 #7

ummm thanks n/t azurnoir May 2013 #8

That's not the link to the article in the OP. See post #4... n/t Turborama May 2013 #11

Sorry, Kelvin Mace May 2013 #10

thanks azurnoir May 2013 #14

Link Turborama May 2013 #4

Barrel is still made of metal, the pistol is then built around the barrel. Ikonoklast May 2013 #5

For now, Kelvin Mace May 2013 #12

Actually no, the barrel is polymer too NickB79 May 2013 #21

You are correct, I see they placed a piece of steel inside the frame to make it detectable. Ikonoklast May 2013 #33

The original "Liberator" gun was pipoman May 2013 #6

Home made guns are nothing new... tinrobot May 2013 #9

Not quite Kelvin Mace May 2013 #16

A simple gun can be as simple as a pipe and a shotgun shell... tinrobot May 2013 #25

Describe "forseeable future" Kelvin Mace May 2013 #40

3D printers are already under $2000... tinrobot May 2013 #49

All you would need is a few basic tools, and the raw materials. Ikonoklast May 2013 #35

Again, more sophisticated Kelvin Mace May 2013 #36

You don't need $8000.00 to make one. Ikonoklast May 2013 #39

Prices will fall Kelvin Mace May 2013 #41

Still way more than fifty bucks, or less. Ikonoklast May 2013 #46

Hop on over to your local state prison and ask to see their homemade firearms collection - created jtuck004 May 2013 #55

This message was self-deleted by its author cui bono May 2013 #54

Related article regarding Senator Schumer's Sunday news presser below Tx4obama May 2013 #13

I am quite sure they will be able to make them illegal Kelvin Mace May 2013 #17

Kiddie porn is easy to make too. We still make it illegal. baldguy May 2013 #51

More Schumer quotes in the article below Tx4obama May 2013 #48

Schumer will have some First Amendment problems with that legislation. N/T GreenStormCloud May 2013 #57

That will be funny to see the NRA say there is a gun they don't like. Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #15

They'll frame it as a concern for safety Orrex May 2013 #19

No they won't. Savannahmann May 2013 #24

They don't care about safety. They care about money. Orrex May 2013 #26

Again, no they won't. Savannahmann May 2013 #29

I still disagree with you, but you make an interesting case Orrex May 2013 #37

They will object when someone tries to pass a law. Savannahmann May 2013 #50

Sigh. Orrex May 2013 #53

Might be believable but they defended $60 Ravens... Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #27

The NRA is concerned with gun manufacturers, period. tinrobot May 2013 #28

I would expect gun manufacturers to ramp up production of 3-D gun printers. MotherPetrie May 2013 #43

Why can't these "patriots" just 3D print things like an exact model of the Mayflower? Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #58

Good question! It's certainly loaded with enough phallic symbols. OTOH, they don't shoot anything MotherPetrie May 2013 #61

They won't have to say anything. Kablooie May 2013 #82

This unnecessarily and unfairly targets cosmicone May 2013 #18

I object because it infringes upon my plans to print my own customized LEGO elements. Orrex May 2013 #20

omg genius, i think this is how i will buying one to my wife. loli phabay May 2013 #34

Wait a couple of years until they get the tolerances tighter Orrex May 2013 #38

That is so cool! Pterodactyl May 2013 #59

Well, given that these things Kelvin Mace May 2013 #23

So question. Does this mean the NRA will oppose background checks for 3D printers? Savannahmann May 2013 #22

Jeez, and I can't even print a 3 page spreadsheet without a F'ing paper jam! n/t hughee99 May 2013 #30

Is that you, Samir? kentauros May 2013 #64

PC load letter? What the fuck does that mean? n/t hughee99 May 2013 #66

Make it illegal like printing money Politicalboi May 2013 #31

Bittorrent and Tor Kelvin Mace May 2013 #42

Mandate a "V Chip" in all 3-D printers mwrguy May 2013 #32

Two problems with that. Pterodactyl May 2013 #60

There's all sorts of ways to put markers in the polys used. marble falls May 2013 #47

Helpful Kelvin Mace May 2013 #70

But that is true about any gun. Balistics work only if the gun hasn't been 'disapeared'. marble falls May 2013 #74

A gun made of plastic Kelvin Mace May 2013 #75

3D Printer? Staples Says, 'Yeah, We've Got That' Purveyor May 2013 #52

Heck, they could just print it after they get on the plane! grahamhgreen May 2013 #56

The printer is a bit bullky Kelvin Mace May 2013 #69

LOL. The TSA is a scam: grahamhgreen May 2013 #76

Not to sound fatalist XVI_Eyes May 2013 #62

Yeah---but just watch the battle that pro-gun militants wage.... Paladin May 2013 #63

Okay, kentauros May 2013 #65

No - if making and distributing the plans is legal then there is no criminal liability hack89 May 2013 #67

Okay, thanks. kentauros May 2013 #71

Good question Kelvin Mace May 2013 #68

Thank you. kentauros May 2013 #72

Told ya. sofa king May 2013 #73

Cody Wilson's motto: Turbineguy May 2013 #77

It should be called the Darwinator Snake Plissken May 2013 #78

on the big bang theory howard and raj made little dolls of themselves w/a 3-d printer orleans May 2013 #79

When I first heard about this technology Kelvin Mace May 2013 #80