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TSA agents nab 3D-printed handgun part at New York's LaGuardia Airport
Transportation Security Administration stopped a man with 3D-printed handgun part in his carry-on baggage at LaGuardia Airport. The traveler from Kansas was stopped at a security checkpoint with the weapon. The item included the trigger and body of the gun. (www.cbsnews.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
TSA still has my nail clippers
A small sacrifice for all the lives they saved by confiscating it.
Sarcasm looks good all typed out like that.... neat and readable. Lol
I still like the comment though!
I still like the comment though!
Last flight I took... I snuck an emery board past them. Shhh, don't tell them!
It’s not a handgun part. It’s a “lower” for a rifle. Likely an AR type firearm. It’s cast, not 3D printed. If you know anything about firearms, this is a VERY common starting point to buy and build up your own rifle. BUT it’s takes around 50 others parts to complete. The the trigger and firing pin system alone need specialty gun smithing tools and a vice to assemble. This person likely picked it up at a gun show or gun show believing that it, in no way, would be a problem to fly with. Which, in reality, shouldn’t be a problem. The TSA, in no way, saved anyone or stopped any form of illegal activity. Security theater...
Well said, jfflyboy.
What is he going to do with it ... THROW it at someone? The misinformation in the mainstream media is sickening. A total non-story that CBS took and ran with. The same logic that shuts down entire schools over a brass .22 casing.
What is he going to do with it ... THROW it at someone? The misinformation in the mainstream media is sickening. A total non-story that CBS took and ran with. The same logic that shuts down entire schools over a brass .22 casing.
I'm looking at that frame in the photo they show and I'm not seeing that "trigger looking" thing inside the trigger guard as an actual trigger. For one thing, it seems to be in the front of the trigger guard, not the rear where a trigger would normally go. I say this based on the location and direction of the safety markings and the silver screw being where the grip would attach. While BATF would classify this as a firearm it's incomplete and needs more work to finish before it could be assembled. Oh, and it's cast, not 3D printed.