3D printed guns are here, but that’s not what we should be worried about

3D printed guns are here, but that’s not what we should be worried about

6 years ago
Anonymous $oIHRkISgaL

https://qz.com/1344798/3d-printed-guns-are-legal-in-the-us-but-homemade-guns-are-nothing-new/

Tomorrow, theoretically, building an untraceable gun in the US will be about as easy as downloading a song from iTunes.

From Aug. 1, you’ll be able to log onto websites like Defense Distributed and download a design file that you can use to produce a working firearm on a $200 3D printer in a couple hours. Thousands have already accessed such files. Unsurprisingly, this has gun-safety activists worried. Even the president is “looking into” it.

3D printed guns are here, but that’s not what we should be worried about

Jul 31, 2018, 8:18pm UTC
https://qz.com/1344798/3d-printed-guns-are-legal-in-the-us-but-homemade-guns-are-nothing-new/ > Tomorrow, theoretically, building an untraceable gun in the US will be about as easy as downloading a song from iTunes. > From Aug. 1, you’ll be able to log onto websites like Defense Distributed and download a design file that you can use to produce a working firearm on a $200 3D printer in a couple hours. Thousands have already accessed such files. Unsurprisingly, this has gun-safety activists worried. Even the president is “looking into” it.