My question is, if, if the judge, the courts, and our legislators find a way to outlaw this plan, just how do they plan on stopping the dissemination of the information over the internet?

They can’t even stop music pirating and the music industry is financing a HUGE portion of the effort to do that.

Would the Democrats support the censoring of books that detail how to engage in direct action activities? Those have caused far more damage to society than homemade guns.

Cotour
August 28, 2018 at 6:36 pm

Any machinist today could build a fully functioning (Choose the gun you would like) with basic machine shop equipment. Go to a CNC and do it 1/4 of the time and extremely high quality.

I would say don’t give them any ideas but the efforts to censor this guy are probably part of a larger effort to use the precedent of this case to go after self builds and regulate machine shops.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/05/05/meet-the-liberator-test-firing-the-worlds-first-fully-3d-printed-gun/#4efc545052d7

Forbes also notes, “the CAD file was downloaded from Wilson’s Defense Distributed over 100K times in 2013.”
We’re not un-ringing that bell, no matter what mr. judge-man says.

Mr. Z. is right on this one; I think we can all agree that this would be a sub-optimal weapon for ordinary use. It’s the factoid that this Judge thinks he can regulate the information contained in this file, ostensibly merely because it is the modern digital equivalent of a blue-print for a “gun.”

Most people don’t grow their own tomatoes, or grow their own weed, or synthesize their own methamphetamine, or make their own handguns, although it is well within the capability of the average person.

The technology controversy is but a BS vehicle for the legal system to set some legal precedent to take even more freedom of communication and rights from the people.

I think too many of the commenters here are missing the point. The issue here isn’t the gun, it is the chutzpah of a single judge deciding he, and he alone, has the right to ban what can or cannot be published. The 3D gun might be crap, but so what? If the precedent is set that a judge can ban the publication of anything he or she dislikes, the first amendment is lost.

This is why the maker of these software files made them available. He wished to tell that judge to go to hell. That is the point.

Without rifling the bullet will not stabilize and might tumble inside 3 feet. Thus useless.

It would only be good at a touch type weapon. Push it in their ribs and fire.

Does an individual need a license to make a firearm for personal use?

No, a license is not required to make a firearm solely for personal use. However, a license is required to manufacture firearms for sale or distribution. The law prohibits a person from assembling a non–sporting semiautomatic rifle or shotgun from 10 or more imported parts, as well as firearms that cannot be detected by metal detectors or x–ray machines. In addition, the making of an NFA firearm requires a tax payment and advance approval by ATF.

[18 U.S.C. 922(o), (p) and (r); 26 U.S.C. 5822; 27 CFR 478.39, 479.62 and 479.105]

Last Reviewed November 6, 2017

So unless it is an automatic (“NFA”) or “undetectable” (burden of proof of such on the government) weapon, go for it. (Presumably the NFA approval and tax payment info is for someone who is building a prototype – otherwise no one could respond to a military or law enforcement requirement for such a weapon)

Question about this design, doesn’t it require a metal barrel and breach to withstand the pressures involved ? So would be detectable ?

I will assume it is for 1. To set the atmosphere to pass some law that hampers these technology uses and 2. To further pump the hysteria in the media, it sounds terrifying to some, a new issue to be outraged about and to fear.

They have no idea what already exists in the real world forget about the coming level of affordable technologies to do pretty much what you like.

Yes– much ado about nothing. This File has been freely available since 2013.

Cody Wilson & Glenn Beck
March, 2013
https://youtu.be/HK6-kbdHE2A
9:51

Includes the infamous “..under who’s conception, under which paradigm?…” retort by Wilson.

One block for the barrel. Glued to a block for the receiver and a grip glued to that.
The hammer is a specially cut and shaped block of plastic with a metallic firing pin.
I don’t need a spring I would use a rubber band.

No trigger needed just pull the hammer back and let it go.

I have left out one important safety part but it doesn’t get glued in.

I could even make a metal rifled barrel that WOULD get through TSA x-ray checks. And that would let me be deadly at ranges farther that 10 feet.

I would have to do some real work on the bullets but thats coming together as we type. The US military is developing light weight fully plastic cases and bullets.

By the way, I already know I could do this so I have no need or intent to try any of this.

A loved the idiot judges reason for stopping the publishing of the plans. It was something like ‘the plans might get into cities and states that do not allow firearms.’
I guess he doesn’t know what the dark web is.

These guns do not violate ITAR and the fact they are on the internet does not violate any US state law or regulation. They are not stolen corporate copyrights so no problem there.
And quite frankly the design pretty must stinks. It could be better.

What is to prevent anyone who has the technology from designing their own 3D printed gun in any CAD program and pushing the button? Just put in your specs. Its a modern version of a zip gun, one shot. Yes, its plastic but the bullet is still made of metal. Any machinist today could build a fully functioning (Choose the gun you would like) with basic machine shop equipment. Go to a CNC and do it 1/4 of the time and extremely high quality.

https://youtu.be/pq1TXEE_QK4 These guys make them in the jungle with files and hacksaws.

Its just a non issue being fear mongered and pumped in the media. Some day there will be affordable machines and you will push the button and out will come a fully functioning (Choose the gun you would like).

A machine that could print todays version I am sure you could buy for under $5K, maybe less.

Just asking!