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Hang on a second, you can make working gun parts with a 3-D printer? We can barely print black and white documents around here. Thanks to [H] forum member Malkizadek for finding this one.
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He made the lower receiver which was unserialized, ATF will be on him for that alone, never mind licensing, or tax.
Bet it'll be made illegal shortly. I fully expect Haveblue to have some men in black SUVs or his local Sheriff's office to pay him a visit real soon.
So ABS plastic is strong enough for containing the explosion of a .223? Barrel? It's impressive. Never would have thought it would be possible.
As long as you don't sell it, and unless your state forbids it which most do not, you can manufacture guns for yourself until your heart is content. The federal government gets involved in firearms under the commerce clause. When you aren't buying or selling firearms or their parts, there's not much for them to do as long as you don't build anything that requires a tax stamp.
He made the lower receiver which was unserialized, ATF will be on him for that alone, never mind licensing, or tax.
He made the lower receiver which was unserialized, ATF will be on him for that alone, never mind licensing, or tax.
Depends, if he was a licensed gun manufacturer he is ok. Otherwise, it would be illegal for him to make firearms and the FBI would have showed up at his office already.
Would you be shocked if I told you it's completely legal to make your own gun, you can just never ever sell it and it has to be destroyed upon your death?
Bet it'll be made illegal shortly. I fully expect Haveblue to have some men in black SUVs or his local Sheriff's office to pay him a visit real soon.
So ABS plastic is strong enough for containing the explosion of a .223? Barrel? It's impressive. Never would have thought it would be possible.
You could easily print the entire gun out of metal. But selective laser sintering is and electron beam melting are NOT cheap, but they are pretty precise. I got a quote for a part about 6" diameter, about .250" thick, $1500 - $3300 per part.
When you're starting with a metal barrel and action, you can't really say you're "printing a gun" anymore.
I doubt it would hurt gun development at all, as the big money comes from big legal entities that would not be able to pirate gun designs such as anything military/police/security/etc.Would hate to see 3D printing make whole pistols/rifles, and see the plans shared like mp3s..but I'm thinking there may actually be no way to stop this.
And btw, not to nit-pick, but if that rifle isn't capable of firing fully automatic, its not an assault rifle, its just a rifle.
I'm not a gun expert, but what I'm reading is that he can only make some minor parts of the gun with the 3D printing. Would hate to see 3D printing make whole pistols/rifles, and see the plans shared like mp3s..but I'm thinking there may actually be no way to stop this. All depends on if the 3D printers can make all the parts, and my understanding is that you still need significant metal parts that 3D printers won't be able to make any time soon.
And btw, not to nit-pick, but if that rifle isn't capable of firing fully automatic, its not an assault rifle, its just a rifle.
Would you be shocked if I told you it's completely legal to make your own gun, you can just never ever sell it and it has to be destroyed upon your death?
That's the problem, and why you don't want to make one. You could get your relatives who inherit it in trouble.
So how long before we hear politicians demanding printer control laws?