@bascule You realize that's only the lower receiver right? It's like buying the Al unibody for a MBP and saying you have a MacBook.
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@darkhelmetlive yes, I realize that, however the other parts are unregulated and freely available -
@bascule Was going to reply, but honestly, this will go nowhere good on Twitter. -
@darkhelmetlive point being 3D printing technology is going to continue to advance, making bans on certain objects practically infeasible -
@bascule For firearms specifically, there is a lot of precision machinery that needs to happen. 3D printing has a long way to go for that. -
@darkhelmetlive I think you underestimate the power of 3D printing: http://www.shapeways.com/model/793070/animaris-geneticus-ondularis.html?li=productBox-search … -
@bascule They are good, but it can't use metal to withstand the pressure required for use in a firearm. Talking 60,000PSI in a .223. -
@darkhelmetlive have you ever heard of a CNC mill? - 2 more replies
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@bascule are you going to mass produce them for your friends? -
@tpitale this guy is doing it for me: http://defensedistributed.com/ -
@bascule and you don’t think the police would stop him if there was regulation in place? -
@tpitale doesn't matter when it only takes one person to be a homicidal maniac -
@bascule for a man who solves problems each and every day I’m surprised you don’t care to think about _some_ way to help solve this problem. -
@tpitale I see it no differently than the war on drugs which has only succeeded in amplifying homicide and violent crime -
@bascule drugs are most often addictive and hugely profitable. It’s an entirely different situation. -
@tpitale do you think if legal access to guns were eliminated that would stop criminals form obtaining them? - 5 more replies
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@bascule only makes sense because you can buy the barrel without a background check. can't print barrels. http://scottlocklin.wordpress.com/2012/08/11/bad-engineering-journalism-reporting-on-3-d-printing-of-guns/ … -
@mwotton CNC mills are just going to get cheaper -
@bascule can solve that problem tomorrow. It's trivial to download child porn, that doesn't mean we make it legal. -
@mwotton I don't think we plan on making murder legal either, and yet we still have homicidal maniacs anyway -
@bascule that's a silly, absolutist argument. it's true for everything we make illegal, and equally vacuous.
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