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Defense Distributed Has 3D-Printed an Entire Gun
Daniel_Stuckey writes with this snippet from Motherboard with an update on Cody Wilson's Defense Distributed project: "On Friday morning, Forbes's Andy Greenberg published photos of the world's first completely 3D-printed gun. It has a 3D-printed handle, a 3D-printed trigger, a 3D-printed body and a 3D-printed barrel, all made of polymer. It's not completely plastic, though. So as not to violate the Undetectable Firearms Act and guarantee it would get spotted by a metal detector, Wilson and friends embedded a six-ounce hunk of steel inside the gun. They're calling it 'The Liberator.'" (A name I'm sure that Wilson didn't come up with accidentally.)
Strawman. Civilian disarmament crowd (me included) wants guns only in the hands of the police (and not even ALL of the police). Besides, rich people do not really need to bother with guns themselves - why would they, if they can just hire bodyguards?
I utterly _disdain_ people who defend guns (and handguns in particular) as a mean of protecting against government oppression. It's totally ineffective and stupid and it won't even work!
The problem is - guns are very often lethal. FAR more often they are used to kill innocents rather than legitimate assailants. To continue analogy, is it OK for me to wear a suicide vest? After all, if it explodes then you can sue my ghost for the violation of your rights.
Yep. That's because opposition is nuts. They are primarily interested in keeping guns and nothing else. It doesn't matter that research says that having guns actually decreases security.
Oops, I'm actually wrong. It does matter. It means that any research of gun safety and efficacy must be forbidden.