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Friday, July 27, 2012
Printing a working automatic weapon?
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That's as close to having your very own replicator as you can get nowadays!!
- 7/27/12, 10:13 AM
- pdwalker said...
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3d printing of parts made from high quality alloys? It's coming baby!
- 7/27/12, 10:58 AM
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Rapid Protype (RP) machines run about $45,000 to $800,000, so you better print up about a million guns for the Barn Army to recoup your investment.
Better start now as insurance against a bad Nov result.
Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dick - 7/27/12, 11:26 AM
- Firehand said...
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Someone needs to point out to him the villages in Pakistan where they make everything from muskets to heavy MGs, from scratch. That'll scare hell out of him
- 7/27/12, 11:58 AM
- DougM said...
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Love it!
Won't be able to print out a practical gun, though.
There's a reason barrels and other critical parts are made of steel.
However, you should be able to customize your ride around the guts of an existing firearm model. (Hmm, I'm thinkin' a Steampunk 1911.)
This could also sound the death knell of the National Firearms Act (BATFE's control of manufacturing and sales of firearms).
• The serial-numbered part (the receiver) will be impossible for BATFE to control via current law.
• You won't need a machine shop to become a manufacturer, so BATFE licensing enforcement will become impossible.
• You won't need to own or posess full-auto components (which is illegal without the paperwork), since you could make the parts just before you need 'em.
Buuuut don't worry, nothing can go wrong, since a gun that doesn't show up on airport scanners is illegal. - 7/27/12, 12:34 PM
- pdwalker said...
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Doug,
You can't print a practical gun today.
Tomorrow, it'll be a different matter. It's coming, and it's going to create a huge upheaval. - 7/27/12, 12:54 PM
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The war on general purpose computing is coming. Government will try to regulate and control computing. Just like the Soviets required licenses for typewriters we'll need state permission to use a computer. Bet on it.
- 7/27/12, 3:58 PM
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Ten years from now, we'll be able to buy a printer for the equivalent of a skilled laborer's pay for a day or two. We'll be able to print out a fully or semi automatic weapon and cartridges, for the price of a Coca Cola, plus materials. When it jams or breaks, we'll throw it away and print another one.
In Africa or South America, they'll be able to print out a small car. Won't be able to license one of those here, though. - 7/28/12, 5:35 PM