States Engage in Witch Hunt Against A Free And Open Internet- 3d Printed Guns

in guns •  6 years ago 
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it's so bizarre how they say that offering files for download is somehow equivalent of selling a gun. And of course it is very bizarre that they care about something that does not appear to be being used in crimes at all. You would think they would want to address things that actually harm people.

I've made a similar argument on one of Styx's earlier posts; see, not only am I heavily involved in 3D printing, but I also own gunsmithing equipment, and have even made replacement parts for some of my guns. Does giving someone a photocopy of a blueprint I drew up so that they can make parts with a lathe or milling machine draw as much ire from the anti-gun crowd? I imagine it would, if they knew just how common the practise was.

I posted this comment to two different people yesterday:

do you own a hacksaw and a drill? then you can start pumping out guns.
here you go:

Which right did I exercise by posting that to you, my first amendment right or my second amendment right?

Should posting what I just posted be a crime?

Anyone who printed a gun who would fail a background check would be committing a crime just like if they made the pipe shotgun or bought a gun from a gun show.

Just like the example I posited, I'm fairly certain this is an exercise of rights protected under both ammendments. No crime here, and yet it drives the anti-gun crowd farther up a wall than a gecko after a housefly!

gun control is not about guns, it's about control.