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.”

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Re:however, Proper Capitalization

[belthize]

I blame all the pinko commie anti-capitalists.

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.