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Comment by int_19h

2 days ago

I think you might not be up-to-date on the current state of 3D-printed firearms.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FGC-9

(The law is still silly, but for other reasons.)

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magic_smoke_ee  2 days ago

https://youtu.be/d9JJrjvWvT0

An iffy 3d-printed gun using crappy materials can technically work for a few hundred rounds doesn't mean much in a country full of lots of legal guns of all sorts. And while I don't want TdA mass-producing RPGs, but that's not a problem solvable by regulating milling machines.

The problem is some people want total, invasive, inconsistent control over what other people can do, make, and be for ideological reasons rather than rational ones.

adriancr  2 days ago

> The barrel can be rifled polygonally through electrochemical machining.

It's not fully 3d printed. 3d printed parts are fragile.

So what exactly are they banning?

Why not ban the electrochemical machining instead?

  • imtringued  2 days ago

    It's a metal tube that has some plastic around it to make it comfortable to hold. They are basically banning the production of "comfort features", not weapons themselves.