Political power grows out of the nozzle of a 3-D Printer.
Posted on 05/13/2018 4:27:30 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Imagine a world where anyone with access to a simple and affordable piece technology could produce their own deadly weapons on demand.
This hypothetical future is the focus of a new report from the RAND Corporation think tank, which looks at the potential threats to personal, national and global security posed by the proliferation of 3D printing—also known as additive manufacturing (AM).
Additive manufacturing is a term used to describe various technologies which produce three-dimensional objects by “printing” layer-upon-layer of a given material, while following a digital blueprint.
Although the technology is currently fairly limited in some respects, it is already being used to produce everything from prosthetic hands to food items, and to quickly prototype products before they go on sale. And in the coming years, analysts predict that increasing numbers of people will have 3D printers in their homes, enabling them to print their own products at will....
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
Fixed it.
Didn't the Soviet Union feel the same way about typewriters, mimeographs and photocopiers.
Oh noooooes!
Cuz if everybody had a blackbelt in karate, there would be so much more violence.
Not.
Political power grows out of the nozzle of a 3-D Printer.
I guess that 3D printing can make dangerous items like cars, motorcycles, and adult novelty products they can make weapons too.
Like a forge or a lathe? I just can't imagine it!
An armed citizenry is a threat to no one but tyrants.
Really? 3D printed, huh? The author is an idiot.
We’ve got enough weapons already to smoke all comers.
Yeah how many unarmed Ukrainians did Stalin starve or shoot before Hitler started? Millions upon millions. Sheep to the slaughterhouse.
If I want to ‘produce a deadly weapon on demand’ I just press five numbers, turn a handle and there they are, along with oodles of ‘high capacity’ mags, thermal scopes, ammo. It’s PFM!
Eventually 3D printing will require only a fraction of the skill it takes to run a turning lathe or a forge
they’re years behind the times. There have been 3D printed AR-15s for years now. There are a few parts like the barrel and of course ammo that cannot be printed but its been possible to do the rest for several years.
Look at the date of this uploaded video. Its 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DconsfGsXyA
Seems the only thing the elite power mongers fear more than the 2nd amendment is the ability to freely print weapons that aren’t registered.
2018: 3-D Printed Weapons Threaten Global Security, Think Tank Warns
I’m actually planning to get into 3D printing once I get my home shop reorganized. Not just because it’s feasible to print out gun parts, BTW.
For someone who does advanced home/car maintenance, or has a hobby such as building electronic kits or modeling, a 3D printer affords the ability to print out some little piece or doo-dad that’s desperately needed NOW. Once you have the printer, all you need to produce a particular part is the printer file from the Internet, or you can design your own part from scratch with appropriate software.
I sometimes like to make small electronic projects, and finding suitable enclosures is usually a hassle, as well as creating needed markings on the enclosure. With a 3D printer I should be able to make an enclosure perfectly tailored to my project, and include needed markings and openings.
Eventually 3D printing will require only a fraction of the skill it takes to run a turning lathe or a forge
Some day we will have a robot to push the button for us.
Of course. I was just making fun of the author’s idiotic sentence. As if affordable technology, available to everyone that can be used to make deadly weapons is something new.
FWIW it wasn’t too long ago that the skills to use a forge or a lathe weren’t that uncommon.
Others who have seen my 3D printers ask me if I could make a gun with it. I tell them I downloaded the plans, but will never make a gun because it is much easier to just buy a real one. If I wanted to make one, it wouldn't be via the 3D printer.
I have not seen much of hybrid firearms using 3-D printed parts along with metal components.
There are some out there, like the “Shuty” “|That uses a Glock barrel and a metal fire control group.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsCAWh1Jn4c
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