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We can print these. It's only going to get better. You are ultimately making an argument for DRM. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20873414 https://news.yc
by jakeogh 7y ago
We can print these. It's only going to get better. You are ultimately making an argument for DRM.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20873414 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20873414
- tptacek 7y agoI absolutely do not think the ability for people to manufacture their own guns has any bearing on any of this. Gun nerd forums are rife with people observing that a full-auto conversion isn't rocket science either, and the immediate responses are always "you'll go to prison for 10 years". "Printing" has nothing to do with it. Computer nerds didn't invent machining.
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- michaelt 7y agoYou can already build a gun with entirely legal machine shop tools - like the brit Philip Luty's submachine gun [1] Luty was arrested with the gun and ammunition and -quelle surprise - jailed for possession of an illegal gun. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIhGCRIQnCA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIhGCRIQnCA