3d printed guns

[Dirk]

 

This particular 3d printed gun was printed from a printer that costs only $1800. Thoughts? I put this in this thread because I know it will go political not because it should.

[ASF]

But it doesn't have anything to do with politics. Until it does, it shouldn't be here. It belongs in the off-topic section. This will however be involved in politics, but not in two days in order for this thread to stay here.

 

Edit: Okay, the tech section fits it too.

[Frostbyte]

for 1800 dollars couldn't you just buy a gun?

[SilentGuns]

I am just interested in seeing how the US government is going to stop this one .

[SexualHarassmentPanda]

  Frostbyte said:

for 1800 dollars couldn't you just buy a gun?

 

You could buy several, and ones that survive more than 8 shots before you have to swap parts out. The point of these is that you can print as many as you want without anyone knowing (no registration and no serial number).

[Tweezy]

This is the tech forum, so completely ignoring the political and moral implications, I really want to know the specifications around this, actual hard evidence stating the amount of force this gun produces and how much it can withstand before it needs maintenance. I find this whole thing quite interesting.

[Wicked Pissah]

Watched the news where they were showing a printed-off AR-15. Shit's pretty crazy for sure.

[Frostbyte]

  SexualHarassmentPanda said:

You could buy several, and ones that survive more than 8 shots before you have to swap parts out. The point of these is that you can print as many as you want without anyone knowing (no registration and no serial number).

 

Completely slipped my mind.

[Dirk]

  Tweezy said:

This is the tech forum, so completely ignoring the political and moral implications, I really want to know the specifications around this, actual hard evidence stating the amount of force this gun produces and how much it can withstand before it needs maintenance. I find this whole thing quite interesting.

 

I want to know what they mean when they say the barrel lasted for 8 shots. How did it fail or did they just deem it unsafe?