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Blue Owl

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28. Home perms were just a dream back then

Reply to TrollBuster9090 (Original post)

Tue May 7, 2013, 06:29 PM

May 2013

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People were building .22 'zip guns' when Rand Paul was just a twinkle in the milkman's eye. So... [View all] TrollBuster9090 May 2013 OP

True, you need a factory for that. Deep13 May 2013 #1

Yes, ironically the kinds of guns AND ammo you can make yourself TrollBuster9090 May 2013 #3

Muzzle loaders are not Firearms under the FFA formercia May 2013 #8

are you thinking of GCA? gejohnston May 2013 #38

They built black powder guns that oldbanjo May 2013 #12

I don't think those were around when the Constitution was written. brush May 2013 #18

Not black powder, but there was a 20 shot semi-auto rifle in Austria and imported to the US prior to AtheistCrusader May 2013 #19

They were difficult to maintain, expensive and not widespread. brush May 2013 #24

In the 1790's the Austrians were using them against the french. AtheistCrusader May 2013 #25

So gun regulation/law is fine how it is? brush May 2013 #29

Since the NFA, there have been two crimes committed with fully-automatic weapons that were register AtheistCrusader May 2013 #30

Thanks for clearing up your position brush May 2013 #31

However, SkyDaddy7 May 2013 #16

This particular 'printed' gun has a 6oz slug of metal built into it to comply with the AtheistCrusader May 2013 #26

Does not change a thing... SkyDaddy7 May 2013 #33

The technology is not new. AtheistCrusader May 2013 #34

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2013 #39

welcome to DU gopiscrap Sep 2013 #40

Take away their ammo and they'll run out,... Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #2

Here's an even better one. $5 for a couple of blocks of wood, a spring, and a break line. TrollBuster9090 May 2013 #4

Fortunately, 3-D printing is still prohibitively expensive Warpy May 2013 #5

I have never made a zip gun but oldbanjo May 2013 #13

Just a few things. A Simple Game May 2013 #14

AR-15 lowers have already been printed and fired for 600 rounds. GreenStormCloud May 2013 #21

K&R jberryhill May 2013 #6

Mine is in a Police Museum formercia May 2013 #7

Society will put up with this for only so long. Massive far reaching gun control will come. onehandle May 2013 #9

Thanks for pointing that out nt Progressive dog May 2013 #10

Tell me where these things are legal. baldguy May 2013 #11

Helps to actually know the law before you start making such claims. AtheistCrusader May 2013 #20

As criminals, actually. :) TrollBuster9090 May 2013 #23

Bullshit. AtheistCrusader May 2013 #27

Pretty sure it isn't illegal in most states to make pipoman May 2013 #15

Late '40's/early '50's zip guns liam_laddie May 2013 #17

Yep, and we also made 'fire-cracker guns' in high school metal shop. TrollBuster9090 May 2013 #22

I was in junior high school in the '50s RebelOne May 2013 #32

Home perms were just a dream back then Blue Owl May 2013 #28

What do home perms have to do with home-made guns? n/t RebelOne May 2013 #35

They have a lot to do with Rand Paul's hair Blue Owl May 2013 #36

OK. You have a point just like his pointed brain. n/t RebelOne May 2013 #37