RE: 3D gun printing
March 26, 2013 at 5:42 pm
(This post was last modified: March 26, 2013 at 5:53 pm by Creed of Heresy.)
Well technically, even before the advent of 3D printers you could make your own gun. What, you think all guns are built on factory floors or something? Ever been to a hand-craft gunsmith? All you need is wood, the metals you desire to make your gun from, and the proper tools and you can make a pretty bitchin' gun with a few weeks of work.
Now, everyone's freaking out about 3D guns but I have to point out, as the resident gun-nut, how EXTREMELY unreliable these guns are. The one tested, shown firing 200 rounds, was NOT fully 3D-printed, but instead was just a zip gun with a lower receiver that was manufactured by a 3D printer. Wholesale manufacturing of the entire firearm would result in a ridiculously unreliable weapon; it would be just as likely to blow up in your face as actually shoot at the person you're aiming at. This is because the materials being used are not metal; they are polymers and plastics. Not just the frame; the entire gun would be polymers and plastics, and let me assure you, there are a dozen reasons guns are not constructed from those components, and it has nothing to do with looking stylish.
"Fear, fear," they cry, "for the problems of future are upon us!" I yawn and chuckle and resume cleaning my 1911 Colt, whilst cheerfully imagining the "drug cartels, terrorists, and criminal organizations'" thugs and foot soldiers blowing their own heads off using these useless weapons.
Pfffft, yeah, ok, Plumb, because bullets are EXTREMELY hard to make.
I used to hand-load semi-wad-cutter rounds when I used to go to the target range, from scratch. All I needed was to buy the gunpowder, and if I REALLY had to, I could've manufactured my own out of potassium nitrate, charcoal powder, and sulfur powder, though I would've had to purchase a few tools to do so, which would've cost me maybe $100 for constant, easy access to gunpowder. In case you don't know, hand-loading is when you put together the bullets yourself "by hand," which means to do it outside of automated processes. Measuring, packing, tooling, all is done by the gun's user, since they will be crafting the bullet to the specification of their own gun. It's a minor boost in performance but it's quick and easy to do with a bit of practice, and anyone with access to copper and lead and the aforementioned materials can hand-craft their own bullets at a surprisingly efficient rate.
I'd like to see them ban or try controlling bullets (bullets of all things, THE hardest thing to track involving firearms, no less) to keep it out of the hands of the cartels and criminals and terrorist organizations. I'd love to see the stupified expressions of dumbfounded astonishment on their faces as these same organizations would still keep getting plenty of ammunition seemingly from nowhere, just like they do now.
Control the bullets...seriously, sometimes people on this forum don't think before they post...
Now, everyone's freaking out about 3D guns but I have to point out, as the resident gun-nut, how EXTREMELY unreliable these guns are. The one tested, shown firing 200 rounds, was NOT fully 3D-printed, but instead was just a zip gun with a lower receiver that was manufactured by a 3D printer. Wholesale manufacturing of the entire firearm would result in a ridiculously unreliable weapon; it would be just as likely to blow up in your face as actually shoot at the person you're aiming at. This is because the materials being used are not metal; they are polymers and plastics. Not just the frame; the entire gun would be polymers and plastics, and let me assure you, there are a dozen reasons guns are not constructed from those components, and it has nothing to do with looking stylish.
"Fear, fear," they cry, "for the problems of future are upon us!" I yawn and chuckle and resume cleaning my 1911 Colt, whilst cheerfully imagining the "drug cartels, terrorists, and criminal organizations'" thugs and foot soldiers blowing their own heads off using these useless weapons.
(March 26, 2013 at 2:07 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: Guns don't kill people, bullets do.
You cant print off a bullet.
If you control the bullets the problem goes away.
Pfffft, yeah, ok, Plumb, because bullets are EXTREMELY hard to make.
I used to hand-load semi-wad-cutter rounds when I used to go to the target range, from scratch. All I needed was to buy the gunpowder, and if I REALLY had to, I could've manufactured my own out of potassium nitrate, charcoal powder, and sulfur powder, though I would've had to purchase a few tools to do so, which would've cost me maybe $100 for constant, easy access to gunpowder. In case you don't know, hand-loading is when you put together the bullets yourself "by hand," which means to do it outside of automated processes. Measuring, packing, tooling, all is done by the gun's user, since they will be crafting the bullet to the specification of their own gun. It's a minor boost in performance but it's quick and easy to do with a bit of practice, and anyone with access to copper and lead and the aforementioned materials can hand-craft their own bullets at a surprisingly efficient rate.
I'd like to see them ban or try controlling bullets (bullets of all things, THE hardest thing to track involving firearms, no less) to keep it out of the hands of the cartels and criminals and terrorist organizations. I'd love to see the stupified expressions of dumbfounded astonishment on their faces as these same organizations would still keep getting plenty of ammunition seemingly from nowhere, just like they do now.
Control the bullets...seriously, sometimes people on this forum don't think before they post...
