NO THEY WON'T STOP USING ALL CAPS https://twitter.com/fred_guttenberg/status/1023887557489254400 …
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You should be panicking less about 3D printed shitty gun components and panicking more that real guns are dirt cheap and Nazis own a fucking lot of them and killed 100+ people last year.
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Look, I mourn for Fred's loss, but I've been tracking the "3-D printed guns" story since Ars Technica first reported on it a few years ago. And the panic is not warranted.
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This is a polymer 80% lower for a Glock. This is the kind of thing that will become "3D printable" in the next few days.pic.twitter.com/PY1f0UVUzf
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As you can see, you can buy it for $150, and it is far higher quality material and construction than what a 3D printer puts out.
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It is true that this part alone is untraceable (no serial #) and undetectable by a metal detector. However, it is still detectable by xray and backscatter devices. It is 100% legal and has been for a while. It also cannot shoot anything.
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In order to make this work you need a firing pin assembly, a trigger assembly, a barrel, and a slide. Almost all of which are made out of steel alloy.pic.twitter.com/fw3q8qbXwU
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This is the current status quo. Printing your own polymer lower changes nothing. It's not even illegal right now. No laws are changing. This is literally an energy sink.
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Printing undetectable plastic guns legally is not reason enough for anyone to panick?
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They aren't undetectable, they're not even guns, jfc.
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They are 80% lowers, which is essentially just the frame and a few other bits. They alone cannot fire bullets without several other parts, including a barrel, recoil spring, and firing assembly, all of which are detectable via conventional methods.
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Further, polymee 80% lowers of much higher quality have been on the market for years. You can buy them online for a couple hundred bucks.
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Nothing at all has changed except you can now build them with cheaper equipment (and out of cheaper materials). Nothing stopped anyone from being able to, i.e., buy an injection molder and press their own parts in their garage before.
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Not sure who you are and that you are concerned about caps. As for your analysis, incorrect. They will be undetectable.
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It is correct, as they still need metal components to work.
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The 3D printed guns still require metal barrels, firing components, and recoil springs, all of which are detectable through conventional means. The 3D printed version are no different than what you can buy, e.g. here It is incorrect, as they still need metal components to work.
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As for who I am, I'm the survivor of a terror attack and the worst enemy of the people who radicalized the person that killed your daughter. I'm sorry for your loss. But this is not a panic scenario. It does not change the status quo meaningfully.
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Regarding what this is, we disagree. I think this is extremely important and I will trust what I already know about this and continue. Thanks for your input.
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