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Hard to believe Adams is clueless about plastic guns [such as the Liberator (edit)]. Gun detectors are pure graft unless he is planning a full TSA strip search

Hard to believe Adams is clueless about plastic guns [such as the Liberator (edit)]. Gun detectors are pure graft unless he is planning a full TSA strip search to use the subway.

GenerWork 3y ago
If you're talking about "plastic guns" like a Glock, the barrel is still metal, and parts of the trigger assembly may be metal as well. If a metal detector at the airport can trip due to a belt buckle, why couldn't it trip due to a gun barrel?
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- dehugger 3y ago
  OP is probably talking about 3D printed devices. There are devices made of nothing but polymer (and maybe a spring? although I believe elastic can be substituted) that do function. They don't get many shots, but they will still put some projectiles downrange before malfunctioning. Some even have profiles which look nothing like a handgun, you can't rely on a human operator to recognize them when scanning bags. Even more robust DIY guns like this use metal components for only the breech, and that's a very small component that could easily be confused for any number of other things.
  - GenerWork 3y ago
    Interesting. I haven't kept up with 3D printed firearms at all because it seemed like they were simply not useful due to the fact that they were made out of polymer.
  - wepple 3y ago
    I assumed even “3d printed” guns required a metal barrel. Can polymer withstand even a single round being fired? Are we talking 22LR only or something? Breach only makes a lot of sense. That would indeed be hard to detect, and would likely solve the above.
    - wepple 3y ago
      I stand very corrected. The Liberator mentioned in GPs post only has a single metal component, a nail used as firing pin. Apparently the 380 cartridge doesn’t explode upon firing
tekla 3y ago
Hard to believe anyone would care about something thats such an irrelevant issue on the Subway

Hard to believe Adams is clueless about plastic guns [such as the Liberator (edit)]. Gun detectors are pure graft unless he is planning a full TSA strip search to use the subway.

GenerWork 3y ago

If you're talking about "plastic guns" like a Glock, the barrel is still metal, and parts of the trigger assembly may be metal as well. If a metal detector at the airport can trip due to a belt buckle, why couldn't it trip due to a gun barrel?

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dehugger 3y ago
OP is probably talking about 3D printed devices. There are devices made of nothing but polymer (and maybe a spring? although I believe elastic can be substituted) that do function. They don't get many shots, but they will still put some projectiles downrange before malfunctioning. Some even have profiles which look nothing like a handgun, you can't rely on a human operator to recognize them when scanning bags. Even more robust DIY guns like this use metal components for only the breech, and that's a very small component that could easily be confused for any number of other things.
- GenerWork 3y ago
  Interesting. I haven't kept up with 3D printed firearms at all because it seemed like they were simply not useful due to the fact that they were made out of polymer.
- wepple 3y ago
  I assumed even “3d printed” guns required a metal barrel. Can polymer withstand even a single round being fired? Are we talking 22LR only or something? Breach only makes a lot of sense. That would indeed be hard to detect, and would likely solve the above.
  - wepple 3y ago
    I stand very corrected. The Liberator mentioned in GPs post only has a single metal component, a nail used as firing pin. Apparently the 380 cartridge doesn’t explode upon firing

tekla 3y ago

Hard to believe anyone would care about something thats such an irrelevant issue on the Subway