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15. How sophisticated are those printers?

Reply to Courtesy Flush (Original post)

Sat May 11, 2013, 08:38 PM

May 2013

I don't think they have the ability to recreate most products. Also, I don't think that 3D printers will be affordable enough that everyone will have one.

3D printers are a manufacturing tool. In theory, manufacturers must respect patents.

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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