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Australian Police Move To Make 3D Printed Guns Illegal

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-way-mate dept.

lukehopewell1 writes "'Untraceable, undetectable, cheap and freely available.' That's how Australian police have described the 3D-printable gun known as The Liberator today as they announce that they will be seeking to make the download, construction and possession of these weapons illegal. In their tests, Police printed the 15 parts required to assemble The Liberator in 27 hours and assembled it within 60 seconds with a firing pin fashioned out of a steel nail. The two guns were test fired into a block of resin designed to simulate human muscle, and the first bullet penetrated the resin block up to 17 centimeters. NSW Police Ballistics division confirm that it would be a fatal wound if pointed at someone."

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  1. Make metal ilegal too... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's also used to make guns...

    1. Re:Make metal ilegal too... by batwingTM · · Score: 5, Insightful

      A creative enough person could kill another without a weapon, and a weapon could be made from many ordinary household objects.

      But this gun is only a gun, an unliscenced, unregulated gun that has proven to be less safe than an actual gun.
      I see no problem which what the police are saying here, but it is a very difficult thing to regulate.

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      Leg Godt!
    2. Re:Make metal ilegal too... by Squiddie · · Score: 5, Insightful

      You're talking about the country that tried to ban small breasts and looks to China as an example of sound internet policy.