Sheriff Annoyed That People Are 3D Printing Guns to Sell to State Buyback Programs

msn ^ | 25 oct 2022 | Noor Al-Sibai

[philman_36]

An upstate New York sheriff is irked that people around the US are 3D printing firearms to turn into gun buyback programs for cold, hard cash.

[joshua c]

i thought they wanted “ghost guns” off the streets

[joshua c]

sounds like you could travel the country on the state’s dime

rev up the rv

[redshawk]

How about a bar of soap?
Woody Allen classic
https://youtu.be/W8g24ml5cPc

[Manuel OKelley]

I’ve seen some modern weapons 3d printed on creality enders that I would have zero concerns using and I am talkign about glock/ar/ak/mp5 clones that are fully functional

This tech has advanced dramatically over the last couple years

this is just one example

https://www.youtube.com/c/PrintShootRepeat

[old curmudgeon]

It only happens because the sheriff is too stupid to be sheriff.

Gun “buybacks” are stupid.

They also make stealing guns more attractive because the ground rules say “No questions asked”.

[sit-rep]

gotta love the hard working entrepreneurs of America!!

[FlingWingFlyer]

The cheap bass turds will probably give you a picture of a Walmart gift card. LOL.

[joma89]

I love it when the mice beat the cat when the cat plays stupid games.

[Fester Chugabrew]

Bonus for a piece of pizza shaped like a gun.

[Panzerfaust]

I don’t know much about 3-D printing. Can you explain to me how a plastic gun can fire a bullet? All I can think of is the Clint Eastwood/John Malkovich movie where he makes a plastic gun. I wasn’t aware that a plastic barrel would contain the pressure from a fired round of ammunition. Do they print parts in plastic and then put a metal barrel in it? Just curious how this is done.

[dfwgator]

[HereInTheHeartland]

“How about a bar of soap?“

Sweet!
I just bought a 8 pack of Irish Spring, I’m going to be rich!

[dfwgator]

Back when Woody still made funny movies.

[Manuel OKelley]

Some of them use available “non firearm” parts, some are using metal (people are figuring out how to rifle metal barrels with chemicals, and some are printing with extremely high end filaments

Google printed and 100% printed, chemical rifling, etc it’s very interesting

[Manuel OKelley]

https://thegatalog.com/

[Deplorable American1776]

3D printing is getting popular! My 12-year-old son is printing 3D for the model railroad of ours. He made 40 cars (for a NASCAR race scene), some figures (including a wheelchair race - he is in a wheelchair, and the figures for model railroading never had kids in wheelchair.). He is still learning how to 3D print.

[TigersEye]

I've got Pop Tart that I chewed into the shape of a gun. Gimme my $200 bucks! :)

(It doubles as a pastry representation of the state of Florida too)

[x]

My gun doubles as a map of Texas.

[DoughtyOne]

Well, they don’t care where they got them.

If confiscated, it just saved them the effort.

I agree with your take on it.