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.

Comments

Re:That's nice

[cold fjord]

Try reading the comment to which I was responding. Is that too much to ask for? I notice you didn't complain about that. Nor did you apparently complain about this comment above:

Not really. All they need is to fix voting districts which Republicans created to win House despite popular vote going to Democrats and then it's over for gun lovers. Or not game over, because 99% of them current breed of laws won't impact any way at all. Just their pride will be hurt - and arm manufacturers profit.

Nor did you reply to the gun control comment below this one. It isn't going "off topic," despite the fact that I was responding to an established topic thread, that appears to bother you. Advocating gun control is fine. Sniping at gun owners, the NRA, and Republicans is fine. It is interjecting facts into the discussion that you apparently find disagreeable. Is it because the facts are against your position? Can't we all just agree to be wrong together?

As to winning debates - facts seem to be far too rarely considered in moderation or "winning" debates on Slashdot. After all, the mob is Slashdot.* Popular prejudices often rule even if they are wrong. I expect you will ultimately be pleased with the moderation of my comment, I've come to expect it. Nonetheless, the facts should be presented for people to consider even if it displeases you. People can decide for themselves.

Gracchus: I think he knows what Rome is. Rome is the mob. Conjure magic for them and they'll be distracted. Take away their freedom and still they'll roar. The beating heart of Rome is not the marble of the senate, it's the sand of the coliseum. He'll bring them death - and they will love him for it.

Re:Not really

[flyneye]

The funny part is, the troll are going to run wild today over the site, because all the mod points are going to be used on this particular article to bounce posts up or down, till they are entirely depleted.
Good luck with that, let me know how it all turns out for you.

It could be nicer

[empty_other]

I would rather get killed by something i had a chance of defending myself against than something killing me instantly. So, yes, it is comforting knowing that punks in dark alleys are not carrying guns.

Re:That's nice

[asylumx]

Studies show that among people who are involved in firearm-related crimes, those victims who carry guns are 4.46x more likely to get shot than those victims who aren't carrying guns: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19762675 Protection, my ass.

Re:That's nice

[fearofcarpet]

Nope. I used quantifiable phenomena--i.e., facts--rather than other peoples' opinions and avoided making arbitrary comparisons.

Good for you for digging up some numbers about murder rates, but good luck convincing anyone that the threat of roving gangs is so severe that arming the elderly is a moral imperative. I suppose you could threaten them with a gun, but that might backfire... literally and figuratively.

Hey, maybe we can transplant the brains of pensioners into armored cyborgs and they can carry giant, automatic pistols where their quadriceps used to be: "Citizen, get off of my lawn. You have ten seconds to comply! Ten... Nine..." Unfortunately for me throngs of tire-iron wielding maniacs aren't a problem where I live, so I only point guns at ducks, skeet, and targets.