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You can't make a handgun with a lathe, though. You can get pretty close with computer controlled mills that exist today, a lot closer than with the 3D printers

• abakker 11y ago
  And, you can put a bullet in the end of a pipe pretty easily. It doesn't have to be a good gun, after all.
  • vacri 11y ago
    If the quality of the gun was irrelevant to the effectiveness of the weapon, the military would be armed with homemade zipguns.
    • eonw 11y ago
      assassinations and such only require single uses. different tools for different jobs.
• TeMPOraL 11y ago
  We've been building decent guns for hundreds of years. You don't need computer controlled anything to make a working firearm for murder or self-defense.