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Finnish neo-Nazis used 3D printer to make guns in preparation for ‘race war’
(www.theguardian.com)
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While I’m sure you can get good prints if you’re meticulous, I highly doubt you could print enough guns for a Nerf war, let alone a race war.
The rebels in Myanmar have been known to use 3d printed guns, specifically the FGC9 which is pictured in this article. They're very simple to make and rely specifically on off the shelf hardware store parts. A tuned in Ender 3 could make one in about 24hrs. The FGC9 design has been proven to shoot accurate and for many hundreds, and in some cases thousands of rounds before failure.
Honestly that's a pretty impressive feat. Scary, but impressive.
That’s still incredibly slow compared to normal manufacturing, and a pretty short lifespan of the gun.
Useful for terrorism? Absolutely. But a race war? Nah.
@ProcurementCat
Should we regulate CNC machines and laser/water cutters as well?
Makers aren't the problem. It's what some makers make. If you ban or restrict tools, they'll just use different tools/methods. Or just break the law, because they already don't care about laws. Just makes it harder for legitimate users to get anything done.
We should sort out how people get radicalized and fix that problem.
@throws_lemy @Semi@kbin.social @ClopClopMcFuckwad
It kind of sounds like you are in favor of mass surveillance. Try to make me register my CR10 with the state and you'll see my opinion on 2A flip instantaneously
"They're fascists," and you want my name on a list because I own an articulated octopus machine
More like "oh no, Europeans will absolutely ban the sale and ownership of 3d printers if they're allowed to"
And when they ban manufacturing of guns, first people they're getting search warrants for are those with registered 3d printers. Why else have the list?
Most US states don't require registration of either firearms or ammo. Background checks are only required for the firearm, which does leave a trail, but only of X serial number was purchased by Y person on Z date. If you make your own firearms, depending on the state, serial numbers are optional, or can be whatever you want.
Also my car is only registered if I want to drive on public road ways. Not on purchase. Apartments, houses, etc, only apply when I want to update my license to drive, or vote. Otherwise the government couldn't give 2 shits.
You live in a horrible surveillance state and defend it. Most modern countries are to some degree, but you'll gladly hand over you internet, contact and travel history when asked it seems. All for the benefit of something that doesn't care about you.
The question is, how to regulate 3D printers without it being trivial to bypass?
The modern 3D printer designs grew out of reprap (replicating rapid prototypers). Repraps are designed to be printed , and use a minimal set of "vitamins". Many/most of these can be brought, or made at home, or in a small workshop. The hardest unique part is the nozzle, and that can be turned on a lathe fairly easily.
Beyond that, how do you even define a 3D printer? Will they also require registration of all hand drills? They can be used to make guns too.
Basically, any ban will be the legal equivalent of masturbation.