Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Hoplophobia Writ (But not Printed) Large

The hoplophobes are in a full tizzy.

Jazz Shaw reports that several states have moved to block the downloading of 3D gun printing files.
Those states were Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Oregon, Maryland, New York and the District of Columbia. 
Those states are now on record as being against the free flow of information.

It's interesting that 3D printing is one of the most revolutionary advances of the 21st century, especially in the field of medical research. 

The left is going smooth crazy.
Imagine this: the convicted domestic abuser next door tries to buy a gun. He’s turned down because he fails his background check. When he gets home, he opens up his browser, and in half an hour he’s printing out his own undetectable, fully functional plastic gun, with no background check and no record of his purchase.
And, it will still be a felony.  Just like if he stole the gun, or had a straw purchaser buy it.  Whether or not he prints his own gun, simple possession of it is against the law if he's a "prohibited person"  This changes nothing.

2 comments:

Jonathan H said...

Um... this shows they have no clue how 3 D printing works; they don't seem to realize that you have to have a printer that will work with those files and the right material, and know how to do the post production special treating so the barrel doesn't blow up...oh yeah - and the gun IS detectable; it was designed that way to comply with the law!
A storm in a teacup by people whose ultimate goal is ending private ownership of guns.

Ryan said...

We discussed this at work today. First those machines are expensive. You could have several Glocks for the cost of one printer, or a duffe bag of high points.

Second the overlap between people who can afford and operate a 3D printer and those doing shady stuff with illegal or home made guns is about zero.

Third if a bad guy wanted a gun he wouldn’t buy a 3D printer. He would buy a gun or burgle a couple cars/ trucks with gun lifestyle stickers.