• Calls for tougher laws as Australian authorities brace for downloadable guns
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not exactly like 3d printing is a walk in the park either and many of these 3d printed guns are one use only, not to mention you can't 3d print the powder and other materials to actually make ammo
Okay, let's go a bit deeper and understand the reason why a blueprint ( just the blueprint ) requires a law for it's possession and self-manufacture, so you can understand the scope of the issue. Do you think the blueprints of LSD be legal ? Do you think the blueprints of heroin should be legal ? Do you think the blueprints of explosives should be legal ? Do you think the blueprints of poisons should be legal ? I mean, they are only blueprints. What's the harm ? Right ?
I don't think you understand what this means. Should we shut down every single machine shop in the country because they're capable of turning out homemade open-bolt SMGs for their biker mates?
But they are.
That's the point.
3D printing guns is a fucking boogeyman. Printing a gun is significantly more of a huge pain in the ass than any of the traditionally-metalworked easy-to-make firearms that were drafted up in the 20th century. The effort required to 3D print a gun over just machining a STEN in a toolshed is astro fucking nomical. Nevermind that almost nobody can trace that you've built a firearm with metal, whereas 3D printing has so many links in the chain where you might get caught due to internet connection.
No, obviously not. Blueprints for weapons is SLIGHTLY different to a machine shop. The point is the make it harder.
Substantial risk doesn't mean there is a victim, only that there could be. Unpermitted possession of dangerous substances and explosives (and guns) are considered victimless crimes because of the potential threat they pose. Many victimless crimes are based on purely moral reasons but that doesn't mean all victimless crimes are bullshit
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