Sen. Chuck Schumer Seeks To Extend Ban On 'Undetectable' 3D-Printed Guns

SonicSpike writes with this snippet from The Guardian: "As the technology to print 3D firearms advances, a federal law that banned the undetectable guns is about to expire. The New York senator Chuck Schumer says he is seeking an extension of the law before it expires on 9 December. Schumer said the technology of so-called 3D printing has advanced to the point where anyone with $1,000 and an internet connection can access the plastic parts that can be fitted into a gun. Those firearms cannot be detected by metal detectors or x-ray machines. Schumer says that means anyone can download a gun cheaply, then take the weapons anywhere, including high-security areas. The Democrat is pushing the extension along with Senators Patrick Leahy of Vermont and Bill Nelson of Florida. The effort was announced on Sunday."

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Re:Liberty is the only thing in danger here.

[geekoid]

you post is nothing but logical fallacys.

  'Begging the Question':
How effective have those bans been for schools?
and
  If so, why hasn't it with schools?
In those statements you are assuming it hasn't. What do you base this on?

Argument from Personal Incredulity,
  Even supposing you can "ban" all guns, the shear volume of guns in the wild will assure there presence indefinitely.

" "Attrition" just isn't an option."
of course it is; whoever we could just confiscate them.

"guns in the wild will assure there presence indefinitely. "
indefinitely is a long time.

I don't think you know how to have a conversation.

"Find another solution."
Why because you can't make an argument? becasue it doesn't feel right? You, and in fact pretty much everyone, has yet to put forth a logical argument to support that, to anything in you post.
Ban the sale or gifting of any fire arms. Ban the sale of ammunition.

"How effective have those bans been for schools?"
II didn't bring this up becasue I am assuming you are talking about US schools, so I kept it at the fact you have no basis for your premise. I do think it's worth noting that globally it has been very good for school in countries that strict and enforce firearm laws.

You are just repeating logically fallacious argument the PR controlled NRA has been spewing. All of it is based nowhere near reality.