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Anyone with an appropriate machine such as a (very expensive) DMLS or a (much less expensive) CNC can make gun parts. The price will continue to drop and the ma

by jakeogh 11y ago

Anyone with an appropriate machine such as a (very expensive) DMLS or a (much less expensive) CNC can make gun parts. The price will continue to drop and the materials and designs will continue to improve. Are the places where defending yourself and others with effective tools is criminalized going to mandate DRM'ed machines? Will the criminals (conveniently equated with hackers) follow the law?

DamnYuppie 11y ago
The hardest part to manufacture for a rifle is the barrel. All other parts could be easily machined in a High school shop class.
- masonic 11y ago
  And barrels aren't generally restricted, tracked, or serialized.
  - DamnYuppie 11y ago
    Correct, it is generally the actions that are serialized and stamped.
salgernon 11y ago
Whenever I read this or similar, i end up wondering how many gun aficionados will have stumps for hands in the near future? Unwanted opinion time: slap ammunition with a $250/ round tariff. Track sales more tightly than we currently do for sudafed. Let people load their own - and go back to my original point, but more likely blindness. (Of course there are competent home gunsmiths for whom neither would apply.
- masonic 11y ago
  Track sales more tightly than we currently do for sudafed Ammunition purchase registration was in fact the law of the land from 1968-1986, when it was repealed because it was useless in solving crime. To quote the BATF Director: "The Bureau [of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms] and the Department [of the Treasury] have recognized that the current recordkeeping requirements for ammunition have no substantial law enforcement value."
brbsix 11y ago
There are many firearms (i.e. receivers) that do not even require CNC machinery. A manually operated milling machine is more than enough. A small charcoal-fired furnace and drill press is enough to make an aluminum cast AR-15 or 1911. No need for the furnace if you're making stamped AK variant receivers. There are many places in the world where you see these sorts of garage workshops. I always wonder whether the anti-gun public is aware of the ease in which people are and will be able to acquire firearms "extra-legally" in the event of outright prohibition or further restrictions. I assume not, but I prefer not to enlighten them lest they attempt to make aluminum cans and hand files illegal as well.
- douche 11y ago
  They are not particularly sophisticated, or safe to use, but it is possible to build semi-modern firearms with nearly medieval technology[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pass_Copy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pass_Copy

by jakeogh 11y ago

DamnYuppie 11y ago

The hardest part to manufacture for a rifle is the barrel. All other parts could be easily machined in a High school shop class.

masonic 11y ago
And barrels aren't generally restricted, tracked, or serialized.
- DamnYuppie 11y ago
  Correct, it is generally the actions that are serialized and stamped.

salgernon 11y ago

Whenever I read this or similar, i end up wondering how many gun aficionados will have stumps for hands in the near future? Unwanted opinion time: slap ammunition with a $250/ round tariff. Track sales more tightly than we currently do for sudafed. Let people load their own - and go back to my original point, but more likely blindness. (Of course there are competent home gunsmiths for whom neither would apply.

masonic 11y ago
Track sales more tightly than we currently do for sudafed Ammunition purchase registration was in fact the law of the land from 1968-1986, when it was repealed because it was useless in solving crime. To quote the BATF Director: "The Bureau [of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms] and the Department [of the Treasury] have recognized that the current recordkeeping requirements for ammunition have no substantial law enforcement value."

brbsix 11y ago

There are many firearms (i.e. receivers) that do not even require CNC machinery. A manually operated milling machine is more than enough. A small charcoal-fired furnace and drill press is enough to make an aluminum cast AR-15 or 1911. No need for the furnace if you're making stamped AK variant receivers. There are many places in the world where you see these sorts of garage workshops. I always wonder whether the anti-gun public is aware of the ease in which people are and will be able to acquire firearms "extra-legally" in the event of outright prohibition or further restrictions. I assume not, but I prefer not to enlighten them lest they attempt to make aluminum cans and hand files illegal as well.

douche 11y ago
They are not particularly sophisticated, or safe to use, but it is possible to build semi-modern firearms with nearly medieval technology[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pass_Copy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pass_Copy