Gun Rights Hacktivists To Fab 3D-Printed Guns At State Capitol

giulioprisco writes On January 13th Come And Take Texas (CATI) will be manufacturing 3D-printed firearms on location at the State Capitol. In 2013 Defense Distributed made public the 3D printable files (STL files) for the world's first fully 3D printable gun. Their more recent Ghost Gunner is designed to automatically manufacture publicly created designs with nearly zero user interaction. According to CATI’s website, “In the last year and a half Texan Gun Rights Groups all around the Lone Star State have walked, assembled, and engaged in Humanitarian efforts all while Open Carrying their Long Guns and Black Powder Pistols. This has succeeded in Educating the Public as well as Law Enforcement, to show that the presence of Firearms in Public is not only Safe but Highly supported.”

Comments

Thanks, assholes

[rainwalker]

If there's anything that'll push forward legal restrictions on 3D printers/home CNC, it'll be assholes like this making a media push over how easy it is to make weapons and OMG THE CHILDREN. This is why we can't have nice things.

Re: Thanks, assholes

[RabidReindeer]

You don't need guns to take down a bunch of clowns with boxcutters when there's 200 of you and 4 of them.

What was lacking wasn't firearms, it was the realization that the usual way of dealing with hijackers no longer worked. Flight 93 was warned in time to change to a more active response. If they'd known even earlier, they might have even been able to save the pilots.

Re: Thanks, assholes

[TheCarp]

Well yes and no. The main thing that 9/11 hijackers exploited was NOT the fact that passengers were disarmed but, the fact that previous hijackings all resulted in hostage situations. Seriously, you are sitting in a seat, on an airplane, going somewhere.

In a pre-9/11 world (ugh i can't believe I said that), what is your expectation when a hijacking happens? You expect the plane will be grounded, the hijackers will make demands. Eventually they will either be killed and arrested, but you are going to be released within a couple of days, unharmed.

A small crowd can easily overpower a couple of hijackers with knives. The reason they didn't was simply that everyone expected they were going to be walking out alive and well within a few days.

Re: Thanks, assholes

[Jason Levine]

Just to add to your comment, during the pre-9/11 days, standing up to the terrorists risked injury or death. Sitting quietly virtually guaranteed you'd emerge unharmed.

The 9/11 terrorists exploited this mindset but that's a one time deal. If some terrorists were to try to take over a plane tomorrow, the passengers wouldn't just sit quietly since now sitting quietly equals certain death. When one option is certain death, fighting back is a better option even if you might die in the process.

Re: Thanks, assholes

[BlueStrat]

Your "belief" does not, however, trump the reality that an increased number of people carrying weapons for self defense purposes creates a safer society.

Citation needed.

Look at it like this: The only effective counter to a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. There are more good people than bad people. Bad people will always have access to guns because they do not follow laws or restrictions.Therefor, having more of the general public armed means more good guys with guns than bad guys with guns. Q.E..D.

Strat

Re: Thanks, assholes

[mi]

the second amendment speaks of redcoats and muskets

No, actually, neither word is found anywhere in the Bill of Rights.

then there is the whole *well-regulated* part: trianing, proficiency, responsibility, level headedness *BEFORE* you get a gun.

If we read the 1st Amendment the way you propose we read the 2nd, then your Freedom of Speech would also be limited — to Petitioning the Government. And only for Redress of Grievances. And only after a cool-off period. And only using the medium in existence back then — not on radio, TV, or the Internet.

As things stand, however, we consider selling pornography on the Internet and the publishing of bomb-making instructions to be protected by the 1st Amendment...

the second amendment is nothing at all like the dirty harry fiction

Huh? I think, you got carried away...

Not doing what they're thinking

[GameboyRMH]

They think they're protesting against gun control, but they're actually making a powerful and probably effective protest for 3D printer control.

Priveldge Protest

[T.E.D.]

Interesting country, where white folks earnestly protest that they should be able to openly carry weapons and not be viewed as a threat, while black folks have to protest that they should be able to walk around unarmed and not be viewed as a threat.

All just show ...

[gstoddart]

If you don't plan on using any of these much vaunted gun rights to defend the other rights in your Constitution, WTF is the point?

If you're going to say "well, the 1st amendment is shot, the 4th is being ignored, the 5th is being tramped on, but I have my gun" ... why the hell are you even bothering??

Why are none of you gun advocates killing off the NSA officials and the rest of the security people who are shitting all over the rest of your fucking rights? Or are you just a bunch of one trick ponies who only give a crap about your guns?

If so, you should seriously STFU and start worrying about the other rights they've been taking away from you. Otherwise you're just a bunch of children playing cowboy.

Or should we conclude gun advocates are totally OK with tyranny and the erosion of your other rights?

If you won't defend the rest of your Constitutional rights, you don't deserve this one either.

Pathetic.