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Edited by DELIVER ME MEMES:
5/10/2013 1:11:44 AM
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Printed gun idea downed by US Government[Updated]
this is breaking news, so sources are somewhat limited.
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http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/05/09/dod-forces-3d-gun-printer-defense-distributed-to-pull-weapon-specs-off-website/
new source-
http://www.ammoland.com/2013/05/us-department-of-defense-trade-shuts-down-defense-distributed-wiki-gun-downloads/
new source-
http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/citizen-warrior/2013/may/9/us-government-shuts-down-3d-gun-manufacturer/
[url=http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/05/09/State-Department-Pulls-3D-Gun-Content]under order from the united states government[/url], Defense D***d was forced to shutdown it's blueprint website.
people with access to a 3d printer and a hardware store were able to make their own single-shot .22LR pistol with said blueprints, and making one's own guns is legal as long as they comply with all applicable laws and themselves are eligible to own guns.
the information is also being claimed as property of the government.
how does this make you feel?
should information be able to be subject to censorship and eminent domain? should they have a right to publish information?
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1 Replylol US Government: "HERP I DONT LIKE THIS. I WILL ORDER FOR IT TO BE DELETED FROM THE INTERNET"
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4 RepliesOf course, the nature of the technologies used to create this (3D printers, CAD software, and the internet) means that they can never truly squash home-printed guns. Of course, at this stage printed guns aren't much more than a dangerous novelty (and by that, I mean it's more likely to blow up in the user's hand than it is to successfully shoot someone).
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1 ReplyShould it be subject to censorship? Hell no! Stifle the 1st amendment to crush a part of the second, awesome job bros. Problem is, pandora's box is open and the files are out there. Good luck trying to stop that.
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4 RepliesAnyone with moderate metal working skills can make a far more reliable and functional firearm than one from a 3D printer. This is a tempest in a teapot, a distraction, and anyone who would print and use such an arm would be at as much risk (if not more) of injury than anyone who they attempted to fire at.
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7 RepliesNon-metal guns have been wholly illegal since the 80s. Don't know why anyone would act shocked about this now.
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1 ReplyAnyone with a lathe and sufficient metal working skill could make a weapon vastly superior to those printed completely out of plastic.
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Too late. As much as I think action should be taken against easily printable and untraceable guns, the blueprints are already out there and they're not going to disappear from the internet.
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Edited by Arbiter 739: 5/10/2013 9:32:48 AMIts gonna keep happening, and it won't stop. I think this is just going to be resolved in time. I'm getting the impression that this is a knee-jerk reaction and that they are probably hard at work checking out the legality of this mess.
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5 RepliesBehold, the one gun control story that the NRA will never touch.
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2 RepliesEdited by Infiltrat0rN7: 5/10/2013 2:16:39 AMI can already make a AK for 300$ and they are censoring shit and making it there own. Cut the 1st Amendment to hurt the 2nd
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To hell with the government, seriously.
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They still can't stop it. It's the internet, and the guns are just 1s and 0s.
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Good.
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I knew this was going to happen. Eventually there will be too many specs online to be taken down, just like the issue with piracy.
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8 RepliesEdited by King Dutchy: 5/9/2013 11:51:46 PMGood. Wait, Breitbart is your source? In that case I don't care.
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Bad precedent to set, IMO
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10 RepliesEdited by Icy Wind: 5/9/2013 11:33:55 PMInformation that could lead to anyone [i]printing [/i] a weapon should not be publicly accessed that easy.
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9 RepliesEdited by Seggi: 5/10/2013 12:00:48 AMIt's obviously in the public interest to prevent the information necessary to freely print guns from being disseminated, just as it is with instructions on how to make explosives.
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I don't feel much of anything.
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Big deal. If someone posted how to make bombs legally (if somehow they were legal) I wouldn't want that information circulating to everyone. 3D printed guns are untraceable, easily manufactured, and completely legal. Something about that seems wrong to me.
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1 ReplyWell, someone will just upload it on pirate bay or so.
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Edited by Enlightened One: 5/9/2013 11:50:28 PMThis is wrong and should NOT be considerd government property.. They did NOT invent guns, nor the idea to print them.
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4 RepliesBecause that's a legit source...
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1 ReplyI wonder on how many other websites this information will be re-uploaded.
