Originally Posted by BluesMan60
@ right wing extremist jealously of poor people in between apologizing for white collar criminals.
fretmess wrote:
normh wrote:
willhaven wrote:I watched a video of an AR receiver from a 3D printer. It lasted 6-7 shots.
The mags will probably hold up better and the tech will improve.
That said, current semi-auto rifles are not that difficult to convert to fully automatic and yet fully automatic conversions are hardly ever used in crime. It seems like the DIY hurdle is enough to dissuade just about everyone from making an illegal weapon.
As material science improves, so will DIY weapons. This is, of course you, if believe in the evolution of science. The first sword had to evolve from a simple sharpened stick to a fine Damascus, Scandinavian, or Japanese blade. Each evolution required changes in material science.
There are 3d printers that print in metal, but they have a few problems as of now.
Sure, and someday the bad guys will be like T-1000 in Terminator 2, and then what are you gonna do?
Five years ago 3d metal printers were non existent. Today they exist in two varieties: one sprays (prints) molten metal and the other sprays a powdered metal with an epoxy adhesive. Each has its own issues (problems), but in five years it grew from nothing to what it is today. What will it be in five more years?
The technology is now available to print semiconductors as well. While not developed to the 60nm scale, let alone the 15 and 22nm scale of many of today's electronics, I do not see it far off. Then again conventional semiconductor growth, due to a recent development of IBM, is going to approach the light spectrum, not to mention new and fast optical/semiconductor interfaces.
So what were you saying about T1 and T2? Or, were you just determined to show your ignorance?
As it stands now, you can order an AR15 and a Glock a piece at a time and build yer own. I'm sure there are others that can be made this way as well. I do believe this is all that needs to be said. any arguments for or against are worthless. The mass killings have been done by people who are unhinged. They also were all premeditated. Ban all assault weapons and someone who want to go on a killing spree will just build their own gun. I'm sure it will happen sooner or later. Gun bans just do not work
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