Yeah. I think it was Vice that did a REALLY good video/documentary on “ghost guns” that really highlights this. If memory serves, they printed basically a glock and just needed a few springs and a firing pin (and heavily implied the pin could be improvised).
I love my 3d printer. But I can definitely seen an argument for background checks on them between ghost guns, drones, and so forth. Because it really is “once you level the bed and find a setting for the right kind of filament, yolo”
Yeah. I think it was Vice that did a REALLY good video/documentary on “ghost guns” that really highlights this. If memory serves, they printed basically a glock and just needed a few springs and a firing pin (and heavily implied the pin could be improvised).
I love my 3d printer. But I can definitely seen an argument for background checks on them between ghost guns, drones, and so forth. Because it really is “once you level the bed and find a setting for the right kind of filament, yolo”
That’s stupid. I could also build a gun out of a Dremel and a trip to the plumbing store. Does that mean we should do background checks on dremels?
Even a simple pipe gun would need more than just a Dremel.
But the issue is ease of use. Learning basic machining skills takes a lot longer than going on the sketchy version of thingiverse