You Live In A Changing World

[Felonious_Monk]

The technology is emerging where people will soon be able to literally print a firearm at home from their desktop, with appropriate equipment. The company's name is Defense Distributed. Their idea is to create a cad file which will be freely distributable across the internet. They are using professional grade 3D printing equipment, with the intent to backport it to hobbyist type 3D printers like the reprap. Information is free, and rightly so.

Edited September 15, 2012 by Felonious_Monk

[Felonious_Monk]

UPDATE: At the behest of the BATFU Stratasys Inc. has revoked Defense Distributed's lease for their 3D printer. Regardless of the fact that Defense Distributed and it's founder Cody Wilson have violated no laws, the BATFU has requested that Stratasys reclaim their device until Defense Distributed acquires a firearms manufacturers license. The fact that a manufacturers license applies only to those who manufacture firearms for commercial sales represents a nigh insurmountable obstacle for Defense Distributed. Namely, since they have no intention of ever selling any firearms, they do not qualify for the manufacturers license. Rumor has it that the BATFU is considering "investigating" Defense Distributed for possible violations of the law.

Just another day in the "land of the free."

[Felonious_Monk]

Resurrecting this thread for informational purposes

Don't mind me, just printing out AR-15s in my house

Firing an AR chambered in 5.45 3D with a printed lower - one FTF

You can build a 3D printer in your own house using a $20 microcontroller for under $500. Gun control is dead folks. You're witnessing it's death throes. With the appropriate CAD file, you can print magazines as well. Interesting days ahead sirs and madams. Interesting days.

[tuckersdaddy]

this star trek replicator is the next great leap in society. there has been inroads in many other things that will drive this technology to be very common in day to day life. car breaks? no more parts store, down load and print the parts you need. shatter a bone in an accident? no more pins print a new bone and attach. the problem at the moment with printing structure (tie rod ends, receivers, kitchen tables) is strength of the substrates. but rumor in the industry is that carbon fiber (or something like that) may find there way into the substates, then its game on! good luck tracing who printed the mailbox....

[growalot]

So have they found those guys bodies yet?

[Felonious_Monk]

So have they found those guys bodies yet?

I put 'em next to Hoffa

[Felonious_Monk]

this star trek replicator is the next great leap in society. there has been inroads in many other things that will drive this technology to be very common in day to day life. car breaks? no more parts store, down load and print the parts you need. shatter a bone in an accident? no more pins print a new bone and attach. the problem at the moment with printing structure (tie rod ends, receivers, kitchen tables) is strength of the substrates. but rumor in the industry is that carbon fiber (or something like that) may find there way into the substates, then its game on! good luck tracing who printed the mailbox....

Some of the commercial/Industrial grade stuff (You can't use it in the home-brewed ones, the thermal element doesn't get hot enough to fuse it) is reinforced already for high tensile strength applications. This is amazing technology, and it had made leaps in applicability in the last 3 years. As you said, it's uses are nearly limitless. I can't wait to see where it is in another 5 years. That is unless it becomes a highly regulated industry, which I fear might happen.

[josephmrtn]

There IS no way to eliminate guns or stop us gun owners from having them... at this point in time we all are law abiding gun owners (i hope LOL) but if they (the gov) keep making stricter and stricter laws until we cant excersize our RIGHT to bear arms then i for one am NOT planning on continuing to obey the laws... i FIRMLY believe that MY RIGHT to bear arms matters more than a politicians whim.

Im sorry if you dont agree but this is the way i feel.

[tuckersdaddy]

Some of the commercial/Industrial grade stuff (You can't use it in the home-brewed ones, the thermal element doesn't get hot enough to fuse it) is reinforced already for high tensile strength applications. This is amazing technology, and it had made leaps in applicability in the last 3 years. As you said, it's uses are nearly limitless. I can't wait to see where it is in another 5 years. That is unless it becomes a highly regulated industry, which I fear might happen.

whats there to regulate? there is no differance between turning on my printer or turning on my milling machine. the law states i may build a firearm for personal use. now i prefer my milling machine, someone half my age will prefer the printer, and someone will simply hammer one out of the side of a washing machine. (yes it can be done, less skill required then the other 2 methods.) The only thing that is still controllable are primers and powder. always has been, always the biggest problem. The batf was concerned with them distributing finished receivers, they investigated found nothing illeagal. As with all things computer oriented what propells a technology to the next level is use, also known as the 'killer app'. the ironic part of this technology is its supported by the left (as obama stated in the state of the union speech) as the next great gadget. the driving 'killer app' at this time is printing firearms. makes me shake my head and laugh.

[Doc]

There IS no way to eliminate guns or stop us gun owners from having them... at this point in time we all are law abiding gun owners (i hope LOL) but if they (the gov) keep making stricter and stricter laws until we cant excersize our RIGHT to bear arms then i for one am NOT planning on continuing to obey the laws... i FIRMLY believe that MY RIGHT to bear arms matters more than a politicians whim.

Im sorry if you dont agree but this is the way i feel.

On the other hand, you might want to re-think publicly advertising an intent to commit a felony on an internet forum ..... lol.