this is breaking news, so sources are somewhat limited.
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http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/05/09/dod-forces-3d-gun-printer-defense-distributed-to-pull-weapon-specs-off-website/
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http://www.ammoland.com/2013/05/us-department-of-defense-trade-shuts-down-defense-distributed-wiki-gun-downloads/
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http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/citizen-warrior/2013/may/9/us-government-shuts-down-3d-gun-manufacturer/
[url=http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/05/09/State-Department-Pulls-3D-Gun-Content]under order from the united states government[/url], Defense D***d was forced to shutdown it's blueprint website.
people with access to a 3d printer and a hardware store were able to make their own single-shot .22LR pistol with said blueprints, and making one's own guns is legal as long as they comply with all applicable laws and themselves are eligible to own guns.
the information is also being claimed as property of the government.
how does this make you feel?
should information be able to be subject to censorship and eminent domain? should they have a right to publish information?
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1 回复lol US Government: "HERP I DONT LIKE THIS. I WILL ORDER FOR IT TO BE DELETED FROM THE INTERNET"
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4 回复Of course, the nature of the technologies used to create this (3D printers, CAD software, and the internet) means that they can never truly squash home-printed guns. Of course, at this stage printed guns aren't much more than a dangerous novelty (and by that, I mean it's more likely to blow up in the user's hand than it is to successfully shoot someone).
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1 回复Should it be subject to censorship? Hell no! Stifle the 1st amendment to crush a part of the second, awesome job bros. Problem is, pandora's box is open and the files are out there. Good luck trying to stop that.
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4 回复Anyone with moderate metal working skills can make a far more reliable and functional firearm than one from a 3D printer. This is a tempest in a teapot, a distraction, and anyone who would print and use such an arm would be at as much risk (if not more) of injury than anyone who they attempted to fire at.
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7 回复Non-metal guns have been wholly illegal since the 80s. Don't know why anyone would act shocked about this now.
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1 回复Anyone with a lathe and sufficient metal working skill could make a weapon vastly superior to those printed completely out of plastic.
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由Arbiter 739编辑: 5/10/2013 9:32:48 AMIts gonna keep happening, and it won't stop. I think this is just going to be resolved in time. I'm getting the impression that this is a knee-jerk reaction and that they are probably hard at work checking out the legality of this mess.
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2 回复由Infiltrat0rN7编辑: 5/10/2013 2:16:39 AMI can already make a AK for 300$ and they are censoring shit and making it there own. Cut the 1st Amendment to hurt the 2nd
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8 回复由King Dutchy编辑: 5/9/2013 11:51:46 PM
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10 回复由Icy Wind编辑: 5/9/2013 11:33:55 PMInformation that could lead to anyone [i]printing [/i] a weapon should not be publicly accessed that easy.
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9 回复由Seggi编辑: 5/10/2013 12:00:48 AMIt's obviously in the public interest to prevent the information necessary to freely print guns from being disseminated, just as it is with instructions on how to make explosives.
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Big deal. If someone posted how to make bombs legally (if somehow they were legal) I wouldn't want that information circulating to everyone. 3D printed guns are untraceable, easily manufactured, and completely legal. Something about that seems wrong to me.
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