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Re:The Dangers of California's Legislation to Censor 3D Prin... by nickff on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @05:08PM (#47771552)
The device the parent is describing has a long history, and they're known as 'zip guns'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvised_firearm
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Re:The Dangers of California's Legislation to Censor 3D Prin... by echelon_musk on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @07:51PM (#47772972)
From Carlito's Way:

> Out come the zip guns. Homemade gun. You pull the hook back, catch that bullet square, ping. Hit you in the head, man, you got serious problems.

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Re:The Dangers of California's Legislation to Censor 3D Prin... by engineer_22 on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @08:44PM (#47773312)
Yes and the response is telling you that you can build something orders of magnitude more sophisticated without any trouble. The point is, the firearm is not the tube the projectile comes out of. Firearm is closely defined and not intuitive to the general public.
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Re:The Dangers of California's Legislation to Censor 3D Prin... by robot-wrangler on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @09:50PM (#47773744)
Quite a page. Featuring the work of ted k and a toy pop-gun that's un-toyed
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