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Maher, Greenwald & Joy Reid Battle Over Regulating 3-D Guns: They ‘Feed Dangerous NRA ‘Fantasy’ [View all]
By Evan McMurry | 12:53 pm, May 11th, 2013
Real Time with Bill Maher‘s panel Friday night tackled “The Liberator,” the 3-D plastic gun that can be printed based off plans published online. 100,000 copies of the blueprint were downloaded this week before the State Department stepped ordered Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson to remove the plans.
Maher introduced the technology: “You could make a doorstop, or jewelry, or a sex-toy, I guess, a 3-D object. Of course, this is America, we made a gun.”
“This is something that could change the equation on guns,” Maher said, noting that a home gun-production facility bypasses any and all restrictions on gun purchases, and a plastic gun could potentially evade metal detectors, meaning it could be brought into courthouses or government buildings.
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Maher widened the debate to the corrosive culture surrounding guns, one predicated on an almost pathological dedication to the specter of tyranny. “The NRA had their convention this week,” Maher said. “There’s this palpable sense that they’re whipping up their brethren into some sort of armed confrontation.”
More article and VIDEO at link: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/maher-greenwald-joy-reid-battle-over-regulating-3-d-guns-they-feed-dangerous-nra-fantasy/
Real Time with Bill Maher‘s panel Friday night tackled “The Liberator,” the 3-D plastic gun that can be printed based off plans published online. 100,000 copies of the blueprint were downloaded this week before the State Department stepped ordered Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson to remove the plans.
Maher introduced the technology: “You could make a doorstop, or jewelry, or a sex-toy, I guess, a 3-D object. Of course, this is America, we made a gun.”
“This is something that could change the equation on guns,” Maher said, noting that a home gun-production facility bypasses any and all restrictions on gun purchases, and a plastic gun could potentially evade metal detectors, meaning it could be brought into courthouses or government buildings.
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Maher widened the debate to the corrosive culture surrounding guns, one predicated on an almost pathological dedication to the specter of tyranny. “The NRA had their convention this week,” Maher said. “There’s this palpable sense that they’re whipping up their brethren into some sort of armed confrontation.”
More article and VIDEO at link: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/maher-greenwald-joy-reid-battle-over-regulating-3-d-guns-they-feed-dangerous-nra-fantasy/
I'm biased in favor of this write-up, my cousin is the author - oh, and FUCK THE NRA
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