NY bill would require a criminal history background check for the purchase of a 3D printer::Requires a criminal history background check for the purchase of a three-dimensional printer capable of creating firearms; prohibits sale to a person who would be disqualified on the basis of criminal history from being granted a license to possess a firearm.

  • PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works
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    The point of a fully printed gun would be a zip gun mostly. One shot up close to steal a real gun from a better equipped force. Same with a pipe gun. They’re for upgrading.

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        1 year ago

        Why would I? If you knew what a zip gun was for you’d realize how ignorant that question is.

        Regardless, here’s a historical zip.

        I think Japan had a recent situation with a hand made firearm as well.

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          Okay, so not how criminals and terrorists get their guns, because they just walk into a shop and buy them.

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            lol only the right wing extremist terrorists in the US do it that way, everyone else has to go black market.

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        Sure, especially considering they said fully printed – no pre-made firearm components.

        The FP-45 Liberator pistol and the CIA’s Deer Gun are “real” guns designed for that exact purpose: to kill someone at close range to steal their gun. The first “successful” 3d printed gun was the Defense Distributed Liberator, followed by a plethora of single shot “zip guns” of the same type.

        So … a bunch of 3d printed guns specifically copied from the concept of the FP-45 and Deer Gun.

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          I fixed your link. I wouldn’t want people missing out on that “Usage” section.

          Thanks though, I’ve bookmarked it for when people claim that gun restrictions are pointless because of 3D printers.