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'It's alarming nationally': ALERT seizes nearly 100 3D-printed firearms in Alberta (edmontonjournal.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The problem is we decided to regulate the one piece of a firearm that's now the easiest to 3d print.

Everything else you can buy online.

If we regulated barrels instead, people couldn't make a Glock at home. And they definitely couldn't make an AR

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

I think you vastly underestimate the gunprinting community, but it would make it more difficult for some people.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yeah, go ahead and 3d print a barrel and let me know how that works out...

A barrel isn't a straight pipe either, you'd need a CNC machine

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I realize this isn't what they're printing in this case, but look up the FGC9. It's designed to be made with hydraulic tubing and a 3d printed jig to elctro-discharge machine the rifling inside.

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

It's perfectly possible to machine a gun barrel in your garage. Difficult, yes; prohibitively so, no. But like the other commenter said, it would at least cut down on homemade firearms