How 3-D Printed Guns Evolved Into Serious Weapons in a Year

Re:How 3-D Printed Guns Evolved Into Serious Weapons in a Year by pingburg on Thursday May 15, 2014 @09:43AM (#7749331)

I guess it's because of the plastic but all of the guns look like they were sold at Toys-R-Us.

BTW: The gun made in Japan (1st video in the article) has a background track that is hilarious and worth the click.

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Re:How 3-D Printed Guns Evolved Into Serious Weapons in a Year by cgcardona on Thursday May 15, 2014 @12:06PM (#7750263)

FWIW I would think that how a weapon _looks_ matters less than how it performs. If it shoots and injures/kills it doesn't matter to me if it's bright pink with rainbows and unicorns all over—it's still a perfectly valid weapon.

Looking like a toy could even serve as a useful form of camouflage.

Finally I would say that the fidelity of 3d printers is going up and the price is coming down. I would imagine that they won't look like they were sold at Toys-R-Us for much longer.

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Re:How 3-D Printed Guns Evolved Into Serious Weapons in a Year by dfc on Thursday May 15, 2014 @01:36PM (#7750929)

  > I would think that how a weapon _looks_ matters less than how it performs.

Said no one who has been held up at knife point.

Put another way if someone waved a gun in your face and threatened you, would you need to see a tight grouping at 50 yards before you felt intimidated? Or would the mere potential for violence be enough to raise your anxiety level?

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