Posted on 11/28/2012 8:05:27 AM PST by marktwain
is there a law against building your own automobile? no, registration is a operating on the road issue.
there is no law against building your own computer.
making your own sword.
making your own wine not for resale.
this should be no different.
What??? You wouldn't trust a gun made from sand and glue?
I thought CavArms was put out of business by the BATF a while back for dabbling in 80% polymer receivers. I remember looking at one at a gun show and it would have taken about a half hour with a drill press to complete (essentially just enlarging existing undersized holes). After all, it does not take hardly any time to injection mould a plastic part.
I don't recall them dabbling in 80% recievers, as their design is molded in halves that are friction-welded together. With the quality of adhesives out there these days, that might be a better plan than "printing" these things. Mold them in halves, then slap 'em together with JB Weld. It need not look pretty to work well.
I remember looking at a table full of the 80% receivers (with attached stock and handgrip) several years ago. It was tempting, but I could not get past the polymer. That’s just me.
I don’t know all the details about their dealings with the BATF, but I thought they agreed to get out of the business to keep from getting further railroaded. Just affixing the serial number plate seems to be a very small problem that would not keep someone from continuing to produce the product.
I read what I could about their troubles with the BATF, but I think that both sides were deliberately keeping the details quiet. No doubt the BATF did that to deliberately put the scare in other 80% receiver suppliers. They closed down a bunch of them about that time (including those selling aluminum ones that needed a lot more work). In most cases, no one went to jail, but they had to spend a lot of money to keep from ending up there and quickly got out of the business. I think that was the real intent of the BATF — putting them out of business, whether guilty of something or not.
Uh, I'm lost. Exactly who is it that the author thinks needs a FFL? You don't need one to disseminate gun blueprints and you don't need one to manufacture guns for your own use (which would seem to be the intent here). So who exactly is it that needs the FFL?
Won’t be too far off we will see real replicators such as from Star Trek. Imagine inserting a custom 1911 pistol in one and punching up a couple dozen before breakfast?
And I bet the TSA has had a LOT of interesting back room discussions about this. Pistols that won’t detect like a pistol. Kinda like a Glock 7?
It's not alchemy. The things don't print gold bars using sand as feedstock. Yes, if you had Vicodin powder you could probably print a Vicodin pill, but if you had Vicodin power, why would you need a Vicodin pill?
Missed this when it first was posted. Low-tech may indeed
be more feasible for many. In any case, those much more
knowledgable than I have said: guns are easy. ammunition
is hard.
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