In an earlier thread about plastic guns becoming legal the gun cited the recent
settlement of a lawsuit between the Dept. of State and Cody Wilson over his 3D printable plastic gun, 'the liberator'. What some of the respondents to that thread ( https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142114364 ) don't realize is that this isn't about a one-shot gun that might explode if printed with the wrong material. This settlement opens the door to unfettered manufacture of any kind of full metal semi-automatic rifle or pistol that cannot be traced.
For $1200 you can buy a CNC milling machine and build your own guns with software downloaded from the net. Programming for AR15s, AK47s, .45 1911 pistols and a number of 9mm pistols is available. The machine makes the only part of a gun that the ATF regulates, the lower receiver, from a solid block of aluminum. All the other parts can be purchased over the net without a background check and are completely unregulated. https://www.wired.com/2014/10/cody-wilson-ghost-gunner/
It is completely legal to make guns in your home for your own use without a license. It is not legal to sell or gift these guns without assigning a serial number and registering with the ATF. The gunners will tell you that this isn't a problem, that hobbyists aren't the problem and nobody has been harmed with one of these guns. Besides, it's not a gun issue, it's a freedom of speech issue.
Pardon me but BULL SHIT.
10 charged in Los Angeles homemade gun ring
https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2018/07/05/10-charged-los-angeles-homemade-gun-ring/762160002/
Man was building, selling 'ghost guns' out of his home, authorities say
https://www.nj.com/atlantic/index.ssf/2018/01/man_was_building_selling_dozens_of_ghost_guns_out.html
Shooting rampage in California highlights "ghost guns" and their dangers
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ghost-guns-shooting-rancho-tehama-california/
So now not only are corporations people and money speech it seems that guns are speech too.
If I have to get a permit to launch a protest why don't gunners need a permit to buy the parts to make deadly weapons?
WTF is wrong with this country?

Turbineguy
(38,760 posts)covets Wayne LaPierre's spot of holding the record for being responsible for the most deaths of Americans. LaPierre took the crown from Hitler.