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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]
Individual gets through security at airport A with a part and at the gate meets 5 others. He gets their parts and flys to airport B. Just outside the gate he meets 10 other similar individuals from other flights. Individual now has a gun and a few spare parts! Enough said.
The individual is going to need a van or something like it outside that gate, complete with a workbench, vise, and armorers tools to make the final assembly, and for what? A firearm that could have been bought complete and working in the local pawn shop? If the individual couldn't legally make the purchase it's not like there weren't dozens on the black market.
With the gun smithing tools, presses, and hammers required to assemble that lower into functioning firearm? Let alone anyone making it through with the barrel or magazines with ammo. Suuuure. I’m going to assume you don’t have a lot of experience with firearms...
Who is to say that piece isn't 3D printed. As I pointed out to Bernie above, CAD has come a long way and with newer hybrid and metal 3D printers, no need for gun smithing tools. Ammo could be bought local. The way 3D printed guns are popping up, assembly is nothing, and they are going through rounds, and surviving, like crazy. And it is a very very scary thought.
You obviously have only very cursory familiarity with this subject. May I suggest you gain a bit more knowledge and experience in this area before making such wild pronouncements?
I’ll say it again. It seems that you all are commenting without adequate experience or knowledge. Have you ever assembled an AR lower receiver? Please tell me how you plan on assembling the the trigger assembly, much less the bolt catch roll pins without a smiths punch, c-clamps, a hammer, and a vice? What about a buffer tube wrench? What’s your plan there? 3D printed or not, IT DOESN’T MATTER. This was not a danger to anyone. If it was, the TSA would have not let him continue on his flight. It’s just a story conflated by the media and gobbled up by the ignorant masses. Do your research. Get some experience on the range with real weapons and understand how it all works before speaking on a topic you’re obviously ignorant of.
EXCUSE ME?? Ignorant of guns, my ass!! I was referring to your comment about the gun smithing tools etc, which you no longer need! Also this is NOT the lower tower section of an AR!! No one said it was a danger, but what is the danger is being able to make parts all the parts needed to assemble a gun WITHOUT A LICENSE OR PERMIT!
I am not going any further but to say this. Please do not put folks down acting like you know it all about guns and they are just some lame brained nothing.
I am not going any further but to say this. Please do not put folks down acting like you know it all about guns and they are just some lame brained nothing.
You can 3D print, forge, smith, or machine your guns for your own use all day, everyday. No serial numbers. No permits. No license. You can't sell as then it becomes a regulated business by the BATF. Now you better have some experience and run your own quality checks or it becomes an experiment in Darwinism.
Remember, Shall Not Be Infringed? What difference does a permit make to a criminal or terrorist? If it made ANY difference, Massachusetts would be the safest state in the Union in which to live. Since Independence Day, there's been over 10 shootings in Dorchester, outside of Boston. How's the most strict gun laws in the Nation working out there? EVERY city here in MA is just like this, too.
I'm done with this post. If you think it's ok for guns to be able to be made, with a good 3D printer system, have at it. I made no mention of whether or not a license or permit would deter criminal activity, I was defending my point that these can be easily made via free online plans, then assembled, without all the specialty crap mentioned by the other poster. Getting downvoted for making sense, and knowing what we did out in the field....yes..we didn't just strip the rifles into little bits, it was a complete teardown just like it had to be completely assembled, no vice, no hammer, no c-clamp.
Just being ignorant of what this item actually is shows your knowledge. You’ve yet to prove your point. Only whine about hurt feelings.
I had hitched hiked with that rifle earlier. No problems.
I got that rifle from my uncle when he was a sports department at a Wards store. I was underage.