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Courtesy Flush

(4,558 posts) Sat May 11, 2013, 06:47 PM May 2013

My take on 3D printed guns [View all]

I've been saying this for a while, and now it's happening.

Just as the internet revolutionized the world, so too will 3D printers. They will free us from corporate consumer products, and allow the average person to download open-source goods, spare parts, etc., bypassing big business, and threatening their stronghold on consumers.

The corporate world will not let this happen. How will they stop it? I've been saying this all along... they'll stop it for our own protection. They'll make the public believe that 3D printing threatens our safety, and they'll be banned.

Doesn't this seem obvious?

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My take on 3D printed guns [View all] Courtesy Flush May 2013 OP

No! eom rdharma May 2013 #1

That's a pretty persuasive argument Courtesy Flush May 2013 #8

No "argument" needed........it's just a fact. eom rdharma May 2013 #9

Nope. But printed guns will be rolled into existing plastic gun laws. onehandle May 2013 #2

Very likely! eom rdharma May 2013 #3

IMO, it'll be about situation as with printers, VCRs, and digital recordings/file sharing. NYC_SKP May 2013 #4

A lot of those faced concerted attempts to regulate or outlaw them, too. (nt) Posteritatis May 2013 #25

I do not believe 3D printed Jenoch May 2013 #5

People who see this technology & can only think of ways to harm people with it are evil. baldguy May 2013 #6

Exactly! rdharma May 2013 #14

Currently, it's just a canard used to get prohibitionists into a lather. dairydog91 May 2013 #7

Oh, come on! It's the gun huggers who are glomming on to this BS. rdharma May 2013 #11

So they've realized they can troll people who want to ban guns. dairydog91 May 2013 #13

The gun hugger trolls have already FAILED...... rdharma May 2013 #17

Failed at what? dairydog91 May 2013 #19

The media wants them to be, basically. Posteritatis May 2013 #24

I thoroughly admire your take on this meme jberryhill May 2013 #27

I like the idea of subverting corporations and downloading products, but guns? Ugh. JaneyVee May 2013 #10

What makes you think you'd be able to subvert corporations? cynatnite May 2013 #16

Yeah, I was thinking like torrent sites for products/codes. JaneyVee May 2013 #18

They can no more be banned than sharing music or videos could be stopped. TampaAnimusVortex May 2013 #12

They couldn't stop file-sharing because it's not what they're really worried about... dogknob May 2013 #30

How sophisticated are those printers? Renew Deal May 2013 #15

Just about any on the market now are single-medium sort of things Posteritatis May 2013 #23

Their greatest limitation right now is that they don't use good strong engineered plastics. NYC_SKP May 2013 #33

...just like Corporations got the Government to ban the right to grow your own food? brooklynite May 2013 #20

wait, what, we cant grow our own food. erm thats just weed tomatoes etc growing on my land loli phabay May 2013 #21

People act like making guns was impossible before madville May 2013 #22

+1 jberryhill May 2013 #26

+2. The 3d printer industry couldn't have invented a better marketing vehicle. n/t lumberjack_jeff May 2013 #28

The 3D liberator gun is exactly the kind of gun DiFi thinks we should have kudzu22 May 2013 #29

Rec'd just for mentioning the industrial change. napoleon_in_rags May 2013 #31

OK, so I got the damn thing... dogknob May 2013 #32