Why would I buy a 3D printer when all I need is part of a car radio antenna and a clothes pin to make a .22 zip gun?
There are a lot of the current generation that never handled a hacksaw, but can run rings around most everyone over 50 with software and computer hardware.
This is about education for wishy washy "liberals" and independents. I have written and talked about how easy it is to make homemade guns. It had some effect, but this seems to be going viral.
I think that is happening because it seems like something out of a science fiction movie, instead of going back to the 19th century, like the workshops in Peshawar, Pakistan.