{"id":32655,"date":"2013-03-01T07:31:12","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T14:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/01\/gun-uncontrolled.html"},"modified":"2013-03-01T07:31:12","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T14:31:12","slug":"gun-uncontrolled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/01\/gun-uncontrolled.html","title":{"rendered":"Gun uncontrolled"},"content":{"rendered":"
Yeah, I'd forgotten this bit of tech joy coming up in conversation a year or two ago. \u00a0While this kind of technology has a lot of very cool positives in how it will revolutionize things, there are clearly some negatives. \u00a0And even if the current versions have limits, 3D printing only get better over time.<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Les Jenkins<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, this is an alarming turn of events. I wouldn't have thought the materials in 3D printing could withstand the forces involved in a firing gun, but apparently they can. As 3D printers become less expensive and widely available it'll make any gun regulations as about as effective as anti-piracy efforts have been for digital media. Unlike piracy, however, this is totally legal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are no restrictions on an individual manufacturing a firearm for personal use,\u201d a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) spokesperson, told Ars.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cDownload this gun\u201d: 3D-printed semi-automatic fires over 600 rounds<\/a>
\n The white portion of this AR-15, known as the “lower,” was manufactured using 3D printing.<\/p>\n

Defense Distributed<\/p>\n

Cody Wilson, like many of his Texan forebears, is fast-talkin\u2019 and fast-shootin\u2019\u2014but unlike his predecessors in the Lone Star State, he\u2019s got 3D printing technology to further his agenda.
\nWilson\u2019s non-profit organization, Defense Distributed, released a video this week showing a gun firing off over 600 rounds\u2014illustrating what is likel…\n <\/p>\n

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Yeah, I'd forgotten this bit of tech joy coming up in conversation a year or two ago. \u00a0While this kind of technology has a lot of very cool positives in how it will revolutionize things, there are clearly some negatives. \u00a0And even if the current versions have limits, 3D printing only get better over time. … Continue reading “Gun uncontrolled”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26107,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/06\/the-movie-piracy-problem-described-and-solved-in-three-simple-pages.html","url_meta":{"origin":32655,"position":0},"title":"The Movie Piracy Problem Described and Solved in Three Simple Pages","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 6-Feb-12 11:33am","format":false,"excerpt":"No, really. 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