For a couple of weeks now, I have been contemplating a post about the new concept of 3D printable guns. The concept disturbs me greatly, but as yet I was still in the process of researching the technology to better understand it. Meanwhile, tonight I came across a terrific post by fellow-blogger On The Fence Voters, aka Greg, and decided not to re-invent the wheel, especially as Greg has done an excellent job of explaining what they are and whether we should worry … or not. Please take a minute to read this informative and thoughtful post, and also check out the comments, for there is much more food for thought there. Thank you, Greg, for implied permission to re-blog and for this great post!
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Thanks for this repost. I found the comments even better than the post. Fascinating intelligent reasoning people. So refreshing ..
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Yes, I was quite impressed with the back-and-forth discussions in the comments section also, which was part of the reason I wanted to share it. I do love it when people can engage in civil discourse!
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Even if these guns are useful for one shot only, they are still capable of taking a life.That is a life too many (unless it’s Comrade Trump’s). Given that people can now access these printers for home use a lot of these weapons can be made in a day without the requisite piece of metal that helps security measures identify them.
Cwtch
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You are quite right, and I agree that even if they can only take a single life, it is one too many. Additionally, there is the concern that they will be perfected on at some point in the future, and that they can be mass produced in the home without anybody’s knowledge. The 3D printers are costly, but a one-time investment that most who would wish to use these for nefarious purposes would not hesitate to spend. However, all that said, I have more immediate concerns about assault-type weapons, such as the AR-15 or AK-47, for they can clear a room in under a minute. But not to discount the 3D guns, I do have a fear that at some point they are going to be a big problems, and not only in the U.S. with its wide-open gun culture, but also in countries where there are strict laws regulating buns in the hands of civilians.
Cwtch
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Heh Heh, is it the diet police that object to buns in the hands of civilians? Are buns only for service personnel now? Maybe it will ease the rampant diabetes eh?
Cwtch
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Heh heh … errrr … um … 🤔 Why yes!!! You see, when Senator Schumer proposed a bill in the Senate calling for taking guns out of the hands of civilians, there was a typo, and so the bill became law, only instead of banning ‘guns’, it read banning ‘buns’, and thus the banning of buns for civilians became the law of the land! Obesity is a large (pun intentional) problem over here, so it all made perfect sense anyway! (In reality, my face has egg on it for my own typo, but I’ll never admit it!)
Cwtch
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And why should you? It gave me a laugh.
Cwtch
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Good!!!
Cwtch
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It’s CRAZY!!!!!!!!!! :0
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Definitely!!!
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