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The First Fully 3D-Printed Gun Has Been Successfully Test-Fired
On Friday, we mentioned that Defense Distributed had created a (near-enough-to) fully 3-D printed pistol. Sparrowvsrevolution now writes that "Last week, the Liberator was fired for the first time at a firing range and successfully shot a .380 caliber bullet using a remote firing setup. Over the weekend, Defense Distributed's founder, the anarchist and radical libertarian Cody Wilson, was bold enough to try firing it by hand. The results of that test, witnessed by a reporter, indicate that the era of the 3D-printed firearm may be upon us, for better or for worse." Predictably, certain politicians are — so to speak — up in arms about it.
Although the new technology may have an impact, it appears unlikely there will be significantly more restrictive gun control laws passed at the Federal level in the US. The public and the facts are against it overall. In various states, such as New York, Colorado, and California, there have been a number of new, highly restrictive laws passed, that at least in some cases are unpopular, are opposed by the police, and are unlikely to survive challenges in court. The brilliant governor in New York managed to get a law passed that outlawed even police weapons - New York is in the best of hands although California is a contender as well.
The idea that ordinary citizens can't protect themselves with guns is ridiculous.
Tough Targets - When Criminals Face Armed Resistance from Citizens
Stories That Happened In MI
What about the murder rate?
Murder by Numbers
Gun control's general effect on crime?
Two Cautionary Tales of Gun Control
Crime soared with Mass. gun law
England has worse crime rate than the US, says Civitas study
Self-Defense: An Endangered Right
The withdrawal of a basic right of Englishmen is having dire consequences in Great Britain, and should serve as an object lesson for Americans. Today, in the name of public safety, the British government has practically eliminated the citizens’ right to self-defense. That did not happen all at once. The people were weaned from their fundamental right to protect themselves through a series of policies implemented over some 80 years. Those include the strictest gun regulations of any democracy, legislation that makes it illegal for individuals to carry any article that could be used for personal protection, and restrictive limits on the use of force in self-defense. . . .
Political support for more restrictive nation gun control measures in the US has fallen.
USA Today: Support for gun control bill falls below 50%
During a manhunt, 69 percent of voters want a gun
NRA Has 54% Favorable Image in U.S
Dems push gun control agenda in DC, but not in battleground states
much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot - George Orwell
And the predicted outcome arrived before I even finished posting reply to the AC.
My post - score 0 - off-topic.
Parent post establishing gun control topic and advocating for it is untouched at 2.
Post in same thread advocating gun control, voter redistricting, and implicitly slamming Republicans and gun manufacturers is +3.
Post in same thread by AC slamming gun industry is at +1.
This isn't about being "off-topic", it is simple viewpoint discrimination. Any topic is fine, you just can't hold unpopular views supported by facts contrary to popular prejudices. Rather progressive I would say. So, when will the next story on "anti-science Texas" be posted?
much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot - George Orwell