World's first 3D-printed gun fired in US
 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22423883 (video)

Soon, everyone will be "tooled up" ..... :eek:

Yes 3D printing
is like magic

Any chance I could get a fully functioning vagina printed out?

Oh yay just what we want. More guns!

That would probably be very profitable

Probably going to be marketed in Europe as there would be no market for this in the US since everyone in the US already owns a gun.

what's wrong with your one?:joker:

its not about the gun its about the possibilities of this technology!
22,000 children are dying every day of starvation!

Of all the things they could print out, they choose a gun. :rolleyes:

Typical.

(Obviously Jesus has never heard of a sex shop if he has such artificial needs).

You want them to make food? :suspect:

This isn't a magic printer. The objects are made out of non edible materials.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/...58_634x338.jpg

You can Buy a 3-D printer for 3K

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/...00_638x429.jpg
Easy to make: Schumer says a plastic, 3-D gun can be made for as little as $1,000 and can be accessed by any terrorist, convict or mentally ill person

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz2SX1chl2L


http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/...53_638x505.jpg
['It's stomach churning': New York Senator Chuck Schumer
plans to introduce legislation that would ban
plastic guns made from 3-D printers]

It's an ugly little thing isn't it. Looks more like a nail gun than a real gun.

I think it only works once, so it's probably going to be used mostly for suicides.

Do these 3D printers make tea, earl grey, hot?

http://24.media.tumblr.com/4369316aa...wy8so1_400.gif

i am so going to print out yoghurt

:laugh2:

hahaha poverty being ignored what a funny subject

I agree, it's good technology, sadly it can't make food, but it is the sort of direction that I hope technology does move in.

I wonder if you could print a 3d printer with it http://i.imgur.com/l9RL25T.gif

Arn't factories basically 3D printers? I mean that's what a factory is.

Yes, but on a much much smaller scale, simpler to use too.

Think about how expensive printer ink is though, I'm sure the "ink"(i know it's not ink but you know what i mean) will be ridiculously expensive.

Its reuseable, fires one shot at a time.

The major problem is because it is made of plastic anyone that has the printer can make one and it cant be detected by normal detectors, used at airports, schools, jails etc.

Most but not all ammunition still comes in metallic forms, the ceramic type are very expensive but not unobtainable.

A terrorists dream?

I don't see how a terrorist would do much damage with this. if you can only get 1 shot off before you have to reload.

That being said, i'm sure that someone will design a printable gun that can fire multiple rounds eventually. This is just the first version of it.

Really? It only takes one man to pull the trigger and one round to lets say assassinate a world leader. If you cant see how just one round(bullet) can change world history or affect things then you don't know much about history.

Who says a terrorist or nutter would not carry more than one?

Funny old thing though, sometimes terrorists don't act alone, they act in groups, it .wasn't one man per plane at 9-11!

well i suppose someone could hypothetically carry 30 of these things, but that doesn't seem very practical.

especially when you could just buy a pressure cooker.

You could probably do more damage with a machete in a large crowd, just slashing away with a sharp machete at people in a crowd than you could with one of these single shot plastic guns.

People that want to commit terrorist attacks will always find a way. That doesn't mean we should take away more civil liberties though.

Somehow I don't think the Secret Service would let anyone carry a pressure cooker into the White House, do you?

The secret service wouldn't let them carry a plastic printed gun into the white house either.

I'm not sure what point you are making.

Without intimate body searches of everyone entering any sensitive areas, how can you ensure someone doesnt have one on them?

Think about it, eventually one day, some terrorist group or some criminal gang will recruit a boy genius who may develop this sort of thing, but throwing the plans out on the internet for anyone to use is lets say a little irresponsible.

So what are you advocating? More censorship of the internet?

Maybe we should also censor chemistry books.

Evil people will find a way to be evil, censorship is not the answer.

Downloads for 3D-printed Liberator gun reach 100,000
 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22464360

Presumably, illegal manufacture will now be in progress .... :rolleyes:

One of the biggest concerns about these, is that they wouldn't show up through airport metal detectors, potentially enabling terrorists to smuggle them on to planes.

Yes, this is very worrying. :shocked:

Yes as there is a World Market for it


Supply and Demand

But Bullets
how do they get them through

Very clever the technology used today,but a gun!!! really? surely something better and more usefull could have been made

Yes loads of bits
no longer made will
be made in 3-D Printers



But like the internet there is a Dark Side
and this 3-D gun is the dark side.

I worry that because it's plastic and a funny shape it really does look like a toy gun, so kids would be more likely to play with it. They really should make it look more like a real handgun.