The US is awash with guns. 3D printing a gun is more expensive and time consuming than just buying one illegally.
A 3D printer can mainly make things like frames. The one part that’s actually hard to make is the barrel. That one isn’t made in a 3D printer.
Lots of 3D printers have open source firmware. There are several designs you can build yourself from easily available parts. So it would be easy to patch out the detection.
Even if this was implemented, it would have negligible impact on gun related crime in the USA. It also would make 3D printing guns only marginally more difficult.
This is just attention seeking populism and might even get enough attention so lawmakers will try and implement it.
The US is awash with guns. 3D printing a gun is more expensive and time consuming than just buying one illegally.
A 3D printer can mainly make things like frames. The one part that’s actually hard to make is the barrel. That one isn’t made in a 3D printer.
Lots of 3D printers have open source firmware. There are several designs you can build yourself from easily available parts. So it would be easy to patch out the detection.
Even if this was implemented, it would have negligible impact on gun related crime in the USA. It also would make 3D printing guns only marginally more difficult.
This is just attention seeking populism and might even get enough attention so lawmakers will try and implement it.
Watch this fear mongering video by wired on it and read the comments.
Not just the barrel but the slide, bolt, or upper receiver. Those are the parts that take the explosive force and they can’t be made of plastic.