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RE: Working gun made with 3D printer - Hone - 05-17-2013
(05-17-2013, 12:44 AM)Fletcher Wrote:(05-17-2013, 12:32 AM)Agmen of Eladesor Wrote:(05-16-2013, 11:21 PM)Fletcher Wrote: Hmm, point well made.
Apropos of something sort of to do with this, weren't you at some point going to join the military?
I tried, when I didn't pass first time I redoubled my efforts and was making decent progress. Unfortunately I took a bad leg injury that damaged the bone and a nerve in the knee. It's very difficult to put weight on it when stressed, but workable. I am reconsidering trying again at some stage.
What position were you trying for? And what test (not meaning to be rude) didnt you pass? Also dont the Americans pay better? You should join their army, I hear you also get citizenship if you do that. American Romans!
RE: Working gun made with 3D printer - tothebonezone - 05-17-2013
Printing plastic guns are still beaten by far simpler (if not more tedious), backwater methods like this.
Imagine if they had the same access to machines and materials like Americans.
RE: Working gun made with 3D printer - Ryummel - 05-17-2013
Indeed, I thought getting yourself an AK was still far cheaper than this thing.
I'm more concerned about this one given my field of study: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/02/scientists-use-3d-printer-to-create-bionic-ear-that-hears-better-than-you/
RE: Working gun made with 3D printer - Zen_Mechanics - 05-17-2013
I think you have a better solution, its called "airsoft" - genuine duplicate rifles made of steel completely legit though it fires none-lethal bullets, made from plastic and all sorts of things with a limited speed of 100m per sec.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB2NTi0G8BQ
RE: Working gun made with 3D printer - Draconyx - 05-17-2013
There's nothing new in this - having worked in the merchant navy I can honestly say its dead easy to smuggle stuff into a country. Not that I have of course
RE: Working gun made with 3D printer - Di'taraAlpha - 05-17-2013
I'm a bit concerned that people are actually considering this as a good thing in this thread (no insult intended of course). Remember the only reasoning behind an improvised weapon such as this is to kill people; you can't hunt with it.
My query is why would you ever want to own something that could potentially kill you? The law generally do a good job guys, guns are just murder tools. Again, I'm in the UK and I'm kind of intimidated that this sort of tech could get here, a country where people don't own guns (other than landowners with hunting liscences and farmers) and quite frankly don't need to. But if these things replace our knife crime issue then we have a serious problem.
RE: Working gun made with 3D printer - Ingenious - 05-17-2013
(05-17-2013, 02:58 PM)DitaraAlpha Wrote: I'm a bit concerned that people are actually considering this as a good thing in this thread (no insult intended of course). Remember the only reasoning behind an improvised weapon such as this is to kill people; you can't hunt with it.
My query is why would you ever want to own something that could potentially kill you? The law generally do a good job guys, guns are just murder tools. Again, I'm in the UK and I'm kind of intimidated that this sort of tech could get here, a country where people don't own guns (other than landowners with hunting liscences and farmers) and quite frankly don't need to. But if these things replace our knife crime issue then we have a serious problem.
Some people value the ability to defend oneself when the law is unreliable.
Why do you mount guns on your transport?
RE: Working gun made with 3D printer - Username removed - 05-17-2013
Why are people so fired up about guns? Guns don't kill people, they don't have a will to decide whether to kill you or not. People use guns to kill people, but then again people can also use a fork to kill people by stabbing them or punching their eyes out, or inserting the fork in the brain through the eye socket. Does this mean we should ban forks? What about matches? I can pour gasoline on you and your entire family and fire a match. Guns can in fact, protect you from a psycho like a certain someone who would much rather enjoy slicing your guts and making a bloody mess out of you rather than puncture a neat hole.
RE: Working gun made with 3D printer - Fletcher - 05-17-2013
Could be a culture difference.
RE: Working gun made with 3D printer - Agmen of Eladesor - 05-18-2013
(05-17-2013, 08:26 PM)Fletcher Wrote: Could be a culture difference.
I had a very long answer (complete with UCR statistics) typed out - and said, nope, not going to do it.
Short answer, yes. And that culture difference isn't just a national thing, it's also a state thing here in the U.S. Let's take the People's Democratic Republic of Massachusetts, for example. Open carry there - not going to happen. Heck, even concealed carry is nearly impossible, and simply purchasing a firearm is a nightmare. Here in Oklahoma - open carry, sure, not an issue. Oh, did you want to buy a gun? Quick background check and sure, here you go.
Do we have less crime here? Not really - but we do have more civilians able to defend themselves and thus the bad guys need to think about more, because they are more likely to get popped here.