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hexola

(4,835 posts) Tue Jul 31, 2018, 08:30 AM Jul 2018

Can we stop saying 3D guns are "untraceble?" [View all]

Aren't they MORE traceable?

We catch people with child porn all the time.

Online downloads - traceable.

Buying a printer - traceable

Buying printing material - traceable

Print jobs on PC - traceable

Begging the question implies we can trace all guns now - we can't!

I keep hearing A. Camerota on CNN saying this - and it sounds stupid.

STOP!

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Can we stop saying 3D guns are "untraceble?" [View all] hexola Jul 2018 OP

Why does it matter? Crutchez_CuiBono Jul 2018 #1

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ still_one Jul 2018 #2

3-D guns present a vector for implementing gun control hexola Jul 2018 #3

I think there might be some misdirected concern here. genxlib Jul 2018 #4

There's a difference between detection and tracing. hexola Jul 2018 #5

That might be true genxlib Jul 2018 #12

Starting from a 3D printed gun located at the scene of a crime markses66 Jul 2018 #6

Not sure - but hexola Jul 2018 #7

Seriously? EffieBlack Jul 2018 #9

Are you quite confident its not possible? hexola Jul 2018 #10

The Byzantine "tracing" process you propose is preposterous EffieBlack Jul 2018 #14

I designed and built my own 3d-printer... belcffub Jul 2018 #15

For starters genxlib Jul 2018 #16

Should be easy. Iggo Jul 2018 #24

Are saying purchases are never entered into evidence of a crime? hexola Jul 2018 #25

I want to know that it's a plausible task given your OP markses66 Jul 2018 #21

Not so easy. aikoaiko Jul 2018 #22

Maybe if the criminal leaves the gun behind. Seriously, how often does that happen? brush Jul 2018 #29

Hummuna Hummuna ... EffieBlack Jul 2018 #8

5 year old article - If You Can't Stop it, Trace it -- Personalised Forensics and 3D Printing hexola Jul 2018 #11

There are a lot of coulds and possibilities in that article... belcffub Jul 2018 #19

Did we start? Iggo Jul 2018 #13

Hmmm not really Kentonio Jul 2018 #17

Well, with enough tech know how Downtown Hound Jul 2018 #18

Not correct. Oneironaut Jul 2018 #20

If you want an untraceable gun, build a sub-machine gun in a rudimentary workshop Kaleva Jul 2018 #23

You can put a file on a disc to print it Johnny2X2X Jul 2018 #26

It shouldn't be much different than anti-counterfeit technology in printers hexola Jul 2018 #27

Actually I would guess more than 50% DVRacer Jul 2018 #28

Way less traceable than a manufactured gun with a serial number. n/t Orsino Jul 2018 #30

I'll accept less traceable - fair enough. hexola Jul 2018 #31

How would you trace a particular weapon? Orsino Jul 2018 #32

Today? I have no idea... hexola Jul 2018 #34

They will be difficult to trace to a crime because the weapon will most likely be Vinca Jul 2018 #33

Sounds like more of a lead than a metal gun at the bottom of a lake 5 states away hexola Jul 2018 #35

Not really. Disposable guns is a dream come true for criminals. Vinca Jul 2018 #37

Eh no. Chris Studio Jul 2018 #36