Author Topic: 3D printing strikes again  (Read 1158 times)

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3D printing strikes again
« on: April 26, 2014, 03:53:04 AM »
http://m.abc.net.au/news/article/id/247936/c/1/p/Black+market+for+guns+grows+as+police+warn+of+3D-printed+firearms

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His name is ReadySetGo, and for $250 he can get you a gun straight out of a James Bond movie.

And this is why 3D printing is awesome. Are the Liberators suck guns? Yes. They are.

Can they bring suckguns to places where no other guns were not previously available and freak out The Usual Suspects? Yes. They Can.
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Re: 3D printing strikes again
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2014, 09:32:56 AM »
Hey MB, long time time no read.  Welcome back.
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Re: 3D printing strikes again
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2014, 04:34:15 PM »
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recent upswing in public shootings in eastern Australia

Oh, please. Obviously a fake news article. Australia has gun control, so there are no "public shootings."

(Whatever a "public shooting" may be.)
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Re: 3D printing strikes again
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2014, 08:12:48 PM »
Omg! Items being banned /prohibited creates a blackmarket for banned/prohibited items? Noone could have seen this coming! :O
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Re: 3D printing strikes again
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2014, 08:24:44 PM »
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Re: 3D printing strikes again
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2014, 12:24:25 AM »
The Mother Jones lower.

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Since 2011, part of the popular online forum Reddit has grown into an active marketplace for assault rifles, high-capacity magazines, and other powerful firearms, according to an investigation by Mother Jones. In the last six months alone there have been more than 1,000 listings posted by more than 400 Redditors on the GunsForSale subreddit, one of thousands of niche communities on the sprawling discussion site. Not only has Reddit allowed a gun market to thrive, it has also literally put its stamp on it: Gun purchases brokered through the site have included nearly 100 AR-15s engraved with Reddit's alien logo, which was used on the assault rifles with explicit permission from the company—while it was owned by media giant Condé Nast—according to email correspondence obtained by Mother Jones.


I went and read the whole stupid article. All their "investigation" turns up is that some people did some legal stuff, most of which involved buying firearms through federally licensed dealers. Then there were some apparently legal, off-books transactions. Naturally, these are called, "exploiting a loop-hole."  :facepalm:
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