Posted on 05/26/2013 8:43:53 PM PDT by marktwain
Image from Defense Distributed
Australian police in New South Wales have printed out two versions of the liberator 3D printed pistol and tested them to destruction. No technical details of the testing were released, just videos of the guns blowing up. The video does not show any cartridges used, nor does it detail the type of plastic used.
These are critical elements for anyone trying to actually understand what happened. Without this information, the video is just political theater, propaganda designed to frighten timid people away from this technology.
Compare the test fire shown in the New South Wales video with that shown in the recent video from the Defense Distributed web site.
It is clear that the New South Wales produced pistols use a different plastic; that the pins are plastic instead of the metal ones in the Wisconsin Lulz design, and that the resolution on the New South Wales design is significantly coarser than on the Lulz produced product.
The New South Wales video serves as a useful reminder that all homemade firearms should be function tested remotely before use.
Link to New South Wales Police Video
Link to Video from Defense Distributed on the Lulz produced gun.
Dean Weingarten
Gun Watch article with video links
Others have speculated that the cheapest plastic and worst resolution were deliberate, that the pistols were produced to show that they are inherently dangerous, and to create fear in an attempt to frighten people away from this technology.
I’m with the Others, this is nothing but modern “Reefer Madness”.
well at least they didn’t print out any pressure cookers...
Not really any different than annual films firefighters make detailing the dangers of frying a turkey. Surprising as it may seem, dumping a frozen turkey into an overfilled fryer, heated with an open flame on a wooden deck is dangerous.
It’s only dangerous if a tea party member does it. Just ask the IRS.
No worries, mate. Gun-free country.
Mr Scipione stressed the weapon was dangerous.
“For us not to do anything would be improper. For us not to show the dangers would be negligent,” he said.
Uhmmm, So???!!
Why don’t you show what happens when you shoot a 190 grain 30-06 through an M1 Garand? Using say, South African Surplus?
You are dishonest and there were already videos showing they gun has a viability and life cycle.
It isn’t ready for UL listing.
Besides, you can make the same parts in under 40 hours by hand and they will perform as well as factory made.
The Abu Sayyaf, in the Philippines, have men who can turn out 1911’s and AR’s in one week by hand, using drills and files.
Why do Australians use oil on their lawns instead of water...?
Answer: To lubricate their guns.
lesson: new south wales does not know what they are doing or how to build things.
There is no way that is the same grade of plastic. It looks like Styrofoam.
lesson here: don’t hire australians to build anything.
I understand what you're saying, but it's almost impossible for me to wrap my head around the idea that you could ever make anyone more afraid of the risks inherent in a piece of printed plastic, no matter how severe, than the risks of government control over who can have firearms. I have the hardest time conceiving of that.
I guess I need to watch People of Walmart for an hour to recalibrate my conception of what people are like.
I love old propaganda movies. This one will be a classic someday!
even if this was true it is still only a matter of time before better, bigger guns are produced.
Being from Massachusetts i cannot wait to finally get some protection that i have basically been denied my entire life.
New South Wales police might take a lesson from history- Liberator pistol looked pretty cheap, but if I remember correctly was used so that shooter could get better weapon from dead enemy.
Think: Quartermasters Dunkin & ØFA
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