[Liberal Classic]

Short article but it's AP so I trimmed it.

Does anyone know that such a gun exists?

[Puppage]

Let's ban Unicorns, too. They're just as real

[Centurion2000]

maybe an epoxy gun like that one from the Clint Eastwood movie where he was an SS agent

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Does anyone know that such a gun exists?

The Glock was the first "plastic" (polymer framed) gun, but even the glock has a metal barrel, and it Glocks show up just fine on x-ray machines.

There is no such thing as a completely plastic gun, and even if there were it would show up on an x-ray.

[Sender]

He won't have the luxury of 'quietly' signing a renewal of the AW ban. The public spotlight will be shining brightly on that one.

[Dead Corpse]

Anyone still think Bush wouldn't sign the AWB renewal as well? After all, he is willing to sign a ban on perfectly imaginary guns.

This is my "one issue" litmus test. Bush fails.

[Rebelbase]

Children everywhere are crying over this.

[The_Repugnant_Conservative]

Nice to know if someone finally perfects a composit/ceramic firearm,that terrorust will not be able to get one in the US.

[Ichneumon]

Does anyone know that such a gun exists?

Not the last I heard.

Even if the rest of the gun is made of "plastic", if it fires anything like a regular round, the barrel needs to be metal to withstand the enormous pressures of firing. And even a small barrel will trigger the metal detector. Even Glock pistols, which put the liberals into hysterics about "plastic guns that can evade airport security" in the first place, contain many ounces of steel in the barrel and other parts.

And "plastic" guns are a moot point for the X-ray machine, since even all-plastic toy SQUIRT GUNS show up just fine on airport X-ray machines.

About the only material other than metal one could make a reliable gun barrel out of would be ultra-high-tech ceramics, but those are pretty much beyond the reach of the average (or even above-average) terrorist workshop.

[CrazyIvan]

E. Pluribus Unum is correct, not such completely plastic gun exists. Can the government ban something on the assumption that technology will produce it in the future? I used to help race superbikes and had the priveledge to pick up one of Hondas composit frames in their pits once. I couldn't believe such a wispy feeling thing could hold a 100HP+ motor and two wheels in exact alignment. I don't doubt it will be possible to make plastics (or ceramics) to hold up to such stress someday.

[misterrob]

Advances in material science and nano technology will make such a gun possible in the future.

Bet on it.

[apillar]

Well I'm sure that if Bin-Laden or Saddam is working on developing a plastic gun this law will stop them in their tracks...

I feel much safer...

[zeugma]

I'm so happy we have a republican house, senate and president so idiocy like this is stopped dead in its tracks.

No. wait....

[Atlas Sneezed]

bang

[dalereed]

Since when were articles from AP to be excerpted?

They aren't a subsidiary of LAT or WP.

[TigersEye]

Well this is great! So what about box cutters?

[Destructor]

"Does anyone know that such a gun exists?"

Nope. This is just another bullshit gun ban.

[MarkL]

I hope that they also extend the ban on phaser ray guns too. Look at how effective those bans are! Nobody has a phaser ray gun!

Mark

[autoresponder]

I have vintage 1st Generation Colts that are worth more then a a gross of brand new composite handguns and their value goes up by the second.

Lightweight alloy or composite frames experience fatique and loss of integrity over time.

Corrosion resistence aside I see little purpose in owning one.

My Colts from 1846-1898 work just dandy thank you and will never get near any xray machines.

These idiotic laws are all just feelgood garbage meant to fool the voters and advance a complete ban on all legal firearms ownership by honest American citizens.

Washington DC, Mexico, and Bagdad have bans on guns but that does not stop a killer.

What is under your kitchen sink and in your pantry is enough to build some toys you would not believe.

A killer is rarely charged, prosecuted, and convicted of a firearms violation.

Only the average citizen is.

Give me five minutes in a Target or Walmart store and a few minutes with the exterior of your vehicle and I can guarantee no testing or xray will detect anything but it will massively self destruct within a few minutes without warning.

So much for all of these laws.