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There's an entire industry in the Khyber Pass region in Afghanistan and Pakistan dedicated to making firearms with nothing more than simple hand tools and scrap

There's an entire industry in the Khyber Pass region in Afghanistan and Pakistan dedicated to making firearms with nothing more than simple hand tools and scrap steel [1]. Firearms are trivial to produce. It's producing ammunition that's the hard part. Specifically, producing propellant for your bullets. The panic about 3d printed guns is baseless. Any panic about terrorists being able to use something to commit heinous acts is generally baseless panic. As we've seen, all they need is a car or a knife and they can go on a rampage. The only reason we don't have more terrorist attacks isn't because of increased gun control or aviation security or restricted access to fertiliser. The only reason we don't have more terrorist attacks is because there simply aren't many people in the western world who hate it enough to commit terrorist attacks. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pass_copy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pass_copy

jhallenworld 8y ago
Interesting! There are videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FinRqCocwGE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FinRqCocwGE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRte65F_KRk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRte65F_KRk Of course firearms were made in pre-industrial times, and it's fascinating to see how: (just how do you chamber a gun accurately by hand?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTy3uQFsirk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTy3uQFsirk But how would a technologically savvy first world person do it? These days you can buy a "gunsmithing" lathe for your garage workshop. Check out this video by Shiraz Balolia, CEO of Grizzly Industrial (they sell Chinese made industrial equipment to home shop machinists): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb-RvRe_9-g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb-RvRe_9-g I was going to link to Joe Pieczynski's excellent machining videos on how to make an AR-15, but it looks like there are new YouTube guidelines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZAYMzAMwEI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZAYMzAMwEI In any case, the information is widely available (and check out his other videos if you want improve your machining skills).

jhallenworld 8y ago

Interesting! There are videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FinRqCocwGE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FinRqCocwGE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRte65F_KRk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRte65F_KRk Of course firearms were made in pre-industrial times, and it's fascinating to see how: (just how do you chamber a gun accurately by hand?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTy3uQFsirk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTy3uQFsirk But how would a technologically savvy first world person do it? These days you can buy a "gunsmithing" lathe for your garage workshop. Check out this video by Shiraz Balolia, CEO of Grizzly Industrial (they sell Chinese made industrial equipment to home shop machinists): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb-RvRe_9-g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb-RvRe_9-g I was going to link to Joe Pieczynski's excellent machining videos on how to make an AR-15, but it looks like there are new YouTube guidelines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZAYMzAMwEI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZAYMzAMwEI In any case, the information is widely available (and check out his other videos if you want improve your machining skills).