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http://www.washingtonpost.com/local...d8b45e-779b-11e2-95e4-6148e45d7adb_story.html
I think I'm more worried about 3-D printing regulation than gun regulation. I hope I own a decent one before they get banned. I probably have at least 5 years.
Wilson?s group has posted several videos to YouTube of AR-15s firing rounds with 3-D printed high-capacity magazines and lower receivers, the part that includes the firing mechanism and is the only regulated portion of the gun if it?s bought over the counter. Wilson?s parts are made from high-grade polymer and retrofitted to the bodies of existing weapons. The receivers are made able to fire by adding over-the-counter springs, pins and a trigger.
?The threat is not of 3-D printing military-grade weapon components from standard blueprints on industrial 3-D printers,? Lipson said. ?The challenge is that [do-it-yourself] 3D printers can be used by anyone to print rogue, disposable and shoddy guns that could be used to fire a few rounds, then be recycled into a flower vase.?
I think I'm more worried about 3-D printing regulation than gun regulation. I hope I own a decent one before they get banned. I probably have at least 5 years.