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I understand the intent, but feel that there are so many other loopholes that put much worse weapons on the street than a printer. Besides, my prints can barely sustain normal use, much less a bullet being fired from them. I would think that this is more of a risk to the person holding the gun than who it's pointing at.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

99% of the what I've seen is more deadly to the user than to anyone on the receiving end. You'd really be better off with a pipe pistol or shotgun.

But yeah, almost anything could be dangerous depending on how it's applied.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you've only seen the liberator and the harlot, the hoffman lowers and FGC9_2 0s? Well...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Looked into the ones you mentioned, both require non-printed parts.

Those are better than what I had seen, but aren't even on the same scale as what someone can make with a mil or a lathe casually in a couple days

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Of course they do, but the serialized part that is run through NICs is printable, the rest you can order online or get at home depot.

Of course plastic, extruded or otherwise, is less strong than metal. That wasn't the question. You can get a good few thousand rounds out of those before they crack and when they do, they crack along a layer and are not "more dangerous for the user" by any stretch of the imagination.