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To: marktwain
AFAIK, it is totally legal to build your own gun/receiver, you just cannot sell them without being a licensed manufacturer.

The same rule would apply to printed guns.

3 posted on 11/17/2013 8:09:40 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

That is also my understanding.

As 3D printed guns become mainstream, oppressive governments will initially shift their concentration to restricting ammunition while scrambling to control 3D technology and materials.

Sort of sounds familiar.


5 posted on 11/17/2013 8:19:57 AM PST by DakotaGator (Weep for the lost Republic! And keep your powder dry!!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Not quite true if my understanding is correct. You can still sell your homemade firearm, you just can’t be in the business of making them for sale if you don’t have a license. Seems like you’d be going out on a limb liability wise though. You sell it, someone abuses it and it blows up, they sue you and claim it was defective.


6 posted on 11/17/2013 8:23:31 AM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
The same rule would apply to printed guns.

What would particularly complicate things would be a set of 3d printed parts which could be combined with widely-available products and materials which are not associated with firearms. Most parts of a typical firearm will be subjected to severe acceleration, but not to much stress other than that resulting from their own inertia. Making a few high-stress parts from metal would allow the rest of a firearm to be made from lower-quality materials without an excessive increase in size or weight.

26 posted on 11/17/2013 12:34:04 PM PST by supercat (Renounce Covetousness.)
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