Americans can legally download 3-D printed guns starting next month

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27. I don't know if this is going to increase that risk as much as some are saying

If these gangs want easily concealable guns, then they already have connections that can provide them with far more reliable firearms. The same goes for terrorists and other such organized bad folks. The larger risk is some kid or an idiot trying to print a gun and then blowing his/her fingers off in the process. I don't think anyone is going to go out and buy a 3D printer just because they want a gun that they can shoot people with. People who already have 3D printers and want to screw around with 3D guns will be the majority.

Although, I could also see a problem with the neighborhood idiot or maybe a high school kid who has a printer trying to make these and then selling them to others. I'm not really sure how you can prevent that, though. People can make their own models to print, or even find them on the internet (legal or not) The only real way to prevent it would be to make 3D printers illegal. Not sure that's a route most people want to go down. We'd also have to make desktop CNC machines illegal, because those too allow people to create dangerous devices. I suppose draconian laws against 3D printers or even homemade firearms of any sort may be a solution, but prohibition rarely works as planned. In fact, it often times seems to have the opposite effect.