Re:DIY rifles are untraceable and completely legal
by salesguy222 on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @08:05PM
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Time for some career politicians and grassroots campaigners to drum up a witch hunt to "regulate 3D printers" so that nobody out there can make a receiver without a permit ^.^
Re:DIY rifles are untraceable and completely legal
by flyingfences on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @09:16AM
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They've been doing that for quite some time. Do a search for "Ghost Gun" and have a laugh at California's politicians.
Re:DIY rifles are untraceable and completely legal
by jjeaff on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @01:27PM
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Luckily not a single anti gun politician has a bit of sense regarding guns or the disposition to ask an expert.
Making the barrel the serial numbered and tracked portion of a gun would make it much more difficult to machine at home.
Then they could just leave the 3d printer industry alone.
But you don't even to buy such an "80% lower receiver" to do this -- you can just make your own lower receiver out of most anything (it need not stand firearm chamber pressures, unlike the bolt carrier / bolt and barrel, which are much harder to DIY), up to and including wood.
Murders done with rifles are quite rare (an overwhelming majority of murder is done with handguns, per FBI's Uniform Crime Report) so the disproportionate focus on the evils of such "ghost guns" / "DIY rifles" is baffling.