Thread: Expert says 3D printed guns will not raise major concerns in NZ

Originally Posted by Gibo

You guys realise you can 3D print in metal aye

Yes, but as pointed out the gear is a tad expensive. WWWaaayyy cheaper to smuggle, steal, ... get by other unscrupulous means for the crooks.

Originally Posted by Gibo

You guys realise you can 3D print in metal aye

@Gibo

Any idea of metal 3D printing cost? I believe it is fairly high.

The fear mongers pretend to worry about 3D printed plastic guns brought onto aircraft. They conveniently ignore metal case / bullet requirements (and all non-gun, non-metal ways to cause aircraft mayhem).

You COULD of course make a bronze gun from 3D printed plastic parts and some lost-plastic casting process, though some finishing and fitting would still be required. But by then you'll have a brain, a skilled well-paid day job and far too much creativity to worry about doing Jihad.

Unemployed, young Saudi men is the historical problem, not useful 3D manufacturing processes.

A Plastic part that is AR lower size would be $500-$800 and Im guessing titanium wold be quite a bit more...

Originally Posted by Chilli_Dog

A Plastic part that is AR lower size would be $500-$800 and Im guessing titanium wold be quite a bit more...

Less than $30 of plastic, less than $1 of electricity, many hours of slow, noisy printing.

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Although technical barriers keep reducing for things like 3D printing and CNC, the point is that it is not magically making the production of either sophisticated or rudimental firearms etc any easier than it already is using other mechanical means. Regardless, this is still covered in existing nz legislation, the same as producing a firearm any other way. This furore is driven largely from the US situation where they were stressing about untraceable, "ghost guns" created without serial numbers, particularly if they were being made in strict states such as california or made their way south of the border

Understanding that we are (mostly) sensible adults, I'm sure we are conscious that, as a public forum, our discussions on such subjects dont "fail the CNN test" and set us up to become easy targets for the usual "gun nut forums provide instructions for making illegal machine guns/ defeating detection systems" bullshit headlines that mass media feed on. Not to be the voice of censorship but There are few things I appreciate less than our own conversations being used as arguments for additional "gun control" / stricter legislation for legal firearms owners

@ubique