Showing posts with label 3D Printing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 3D Printing. Show all posts

Monday, May 6, 2013

Gun Revolution: 3D Printer Guns that Everyone can Built at Home to Prove Gun Control Law Won't Work




(Fox News) Video above shows the first 3D-printed gun successfully being fired. Defense Distributed, a Texas company, has found a way for people to make their own guns at home. The process involves a 3D printer and the end result is functional plastic gun that can shoot real bullets.
The plastic guns wouldn't require background checks or set off metal detectors. Trace Gallagher reports that the group is headed by self-described anarchist Cody Wilson. He's said he's trying to make a political point that gun control laws simply won't work.
The company said it's willing to share the blueprints with anyone who wants them. It's apparently already been downloaded over 50,000 times worldwide.
Now lawmakers are trying to beef up laws on plastic weapons. The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence is more concerned about Wilson than the 3D printers. They said, "What makes Wilson dangerous isn't his tech savvy. It is his belief that he has an individual right to employ violence when he personally finds our democratically-enacted laws to be 'tyrannical.'"
Wilson said he doesn't advocate violence, but he does advocate ignoring the government.

WATCH: The World First Gun That Everyone Can Print online, Shooting Real Buttlets




Liberator - Dawn of the Wiki Weapons
The first 3-D-printed gun has been fired, and the directions to print a gun can be downloaded online by anyone.
(Globalnews) TORONTO -- It's called The Liberator and it's the world's first 3D printed gun. The Liberator is the brain child of law student Cody Wilson's company Defense Distributed in Austin, Texas. The blueprints for the gun were released on his website Defcad.org Monday, ready to download for free and be printed by anyone who has access to a 3D printer.
"Where there's a computer, there'd be a weapon," Wilson told 16×9. "Well, literally where there's a 3D printer."
The gun, smaller than a 9mm, is made almost entirely of plastic, except for a metal firing pin, and could cost about $60 to make. It's capable of firing between eight and nine rounds until the barrel breaks. Not a problem, Wilson said, people can just print another barrel.
Wilson previously printed gun parts, like a lower receiver for the AR-15 and has been working on this project for almost a year.
But he is also quick to point out that this project is political and about access to information. "You know, I don't think you should be armed, right? But I think you should have to choice to be."
There are few rules for what someone can or can not make with 3D printing. According to the National Firearms Act in the United States, it is legal for someone to make their own gun, but to distribute or sell it requires a license.
Wilson received his manufacturing licence from the Bureau for Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) earlier this year, allowing him to distribute his plans online. So far, people from all around the world have downloaded his blue prints.
But many are worried about how the technology will be used. A heated gun debate in the United States and shootings like the one in Newtown, Connecticut have dominated headlines amidst cries for stricter regulations and background checks.

First Working Gun Made Using A 3D Printer "Untraceable And Potentially Undetectable"

First Working Gun Made Using A 3D Printer "Untraceable And Potentially Undetectable"
The elites control on the weapons on this planet is illegal .. I live on this planet too .. I have a right to own a weapon for defense as much as these rich controlling do .. You can't stop us now ... I'm investing in one of these machines...

3D printing is a form of additive manufacturing technology where a three dimensional object is created by laying down successive layers of material. 3D printers are generally faster, more affordable and easier to use than other additive manufacturing technologies. 3D printers offer product developers the ability to print parts and assemblies made of several materials with different mechanical and physical properties in a single build process. Advanced 3D printing technologies yield models that can serve as product prototypes. There has been large growth in the sale of 3D printers. Additionally, the cost of 3D printers has declined. The technology also finds use in the jewelry, footwear, industrial design, architecture, engineering and construction (AEC), automotive, aerospace, dental and medical industries, education, GIS, civil engineers, etc.