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Americans are posting videos about 3D-printed guns on the Chinese video app RedNote, despite the content being illegal in China.

While some users are uncomfortable with the topic, others see it as an opportunity for cultural exchange.

The future of TikTok remains uncertain as the Supreme Court is expected to rule on the ban.

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[–] [email protected] 160 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

As much as I hate people going to an even more security disaster of an app, the amount of "fuck you" energy I've been seeing from everyone that's moved over there is so god damn funny.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If it keeps going maybe they will start roaching out of Facebook and Twitter too. The network effect works both ways.

[–] Corkyskog 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Oh for anyone not actually on Tiktok, there is a huge movement to delete their FB and other Meta accounts on Sunday... we will see how huge it really ends up being.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

It will be relatively small, but every person who does it is a win regardless.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The 3D gun thing in China is frickin’ hilarious. Xi and the CCP are gonna go apeshit about that.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

if you printed a gun in china, where would you get ammo

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Or the metal parts needed to make a "3d printed gun" function as anything other than a random suicide generator.

You can't print 100% of a functional gun on a consumer printer unless you are willing to accept it blowing up in your hand after a shot or 2.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Not actually true anymore but they're not very performant.

Fine for a handgun to kill someone up close with, but it's not like making a machine to dohickey someone a la Abe is very difficult.

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

If you have a 3d printer, and a bit of electrical know how, you can actually machine most of the metal parts.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Trying to machine parts for a gun with "a bit of electrical know how" sounds like suicide by stupidity to me. Especially if you're going to DIY the ammo as well...

[–] [email protected] 119 points 3 days ago (16 children)
[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 days ago

I have been told that China pushes NO PROPAGNADA on RedNote because they have a NO POLITICS policy.

And the person who told me that did not see the issue.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Now do &%$!@$+×# &%;%$.

Second time I've seen this in a day. Wow what are you guys talking about?

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 days ago (11 children)

3D printed guns are a meme. Most of them require parts of functional guns such as the barrels, And they require regular ammunition.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago

The part you can easily print, however, is the receiver.

The receiver is the part that's legally a firearm. While I think it's neat I can customize my firearms, I do acknowledge that someone who is prohibited from owning a gun can very easily print a receiver and order the rest of the parts from Palmetto State Armory to get a perfectly-functional firearm without any background check being performed.

I also don't know the solution to the problem though. As 3D printing, desktop CNC, and other forms of DIY manufacturing improve in quality and decrease in price, it will be very hard to regulate home-brew weapons.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 days ago (8 children)

Electro chemical machining can make a barrel.

But, idk how any of what you said makes them a “meme”. You can buy a barrel online for cheap, also ammo, and I don’t have to go through a government check. That’s what a lot of these people want to avoid.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Electro chemical machining can make a barrel.

Yes, but that's not 3d printing any more.

It's a separate process requiring separate tools, materials and skills.

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

But you can make anything with that additional process. SO it's going to be difficult for a government to lock down those additional processes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I can make barrels and stuff like that on a milling machine and a lathe. Not just shitty parts but better than most big manufacturers put out. Government can't control manufacturing.

Still not 3d printing.

edit: Typo

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago (13 children)

In most countries, the barrel or other pressures bearing parts are the regulated piece. We are the weird ones for regulating receivers instead.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's funny how when something's going offline it's easy for people to just switch apps even if the barrier to switching is extremely high (like having to learn a new language high). Makes it seem almost like...maybe people are fine with the shitty politics on the garbage sites and it isn't really about the switching costs after all.

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

You can't look at switching costs in a vacuum. The real metric is the Expected Return. When the original app is going to remain open, there is a very high risk that, ultimately, most of the users you care about aren't going to make the switch. Even if the switching costs are low, the ER is negative because the most likely outcome is that you waste your time trying to migrate to a new platform that doesn't really take off.

When the original app might stop existing then the calculus switches and even a high cost option is worth it because the odds are much higher that your efforts will pay off.

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

Thanks, professor!

[–] [email protected] 75 points 3 days ago (2 children)

americans and bringing guns places they absolutely shouldn’t be, name a better duo

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Look man, I just don't see why my 6 year old shouldn't be able to bring his sawed off in his back pack. If someone tries to shoot up the school he'll be able to defend his class. I always tell him to keep 1 chambered just in case.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago

look, this content isn't getting censored! it must be because rednote is Good, not that it didn't have the english speaking moderation resources

[–] [email protected] 58 points 3 days ago

China mods:

I was not ready for this flavor of shitposting

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If youre an anarchist for fucks sake use a federated platfrom

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

Name one that isn't trash lmao

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This timeline is quite a ride

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago (4 children)

are 3D printed guns legal in the US?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (20 children)

Home made guns are legal (for the most part) as long as you are making them for yourself.

Until very recently, making a decent gun took a lot of skill, and was pretty dangerous if something wasn't done correctly.

Part of the issue with gun laws is that gun parts, by themselves, are fairly unregulated. You can buy a gun barrel off the Internet with zero paperwork. You can buy optics, grips, springs, pins, etc without any regulations.

So you can print a gun frame, then buy everything else online, and it's all perfectly legal... In most states... If you don't resell, or do anything illegal with it.

The main catch is, if you can legally buy a gun, you can legally make that same gun.

If that gun would be illegal to buy, it's also illegal to make (full auto, suppressed, high capacity, etc.) but the biggest problem is, with the rise of CNC machines, and high quality 3d printing, how would anyone know?

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