Ghost gun printers contract Chinese factories to manufacture receivers and other parts that can't be printed or at least durably enough for them en masse. edit: I should've read the other comments before running my yap.
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The 3D gun thing in China is frickin’ hilarious. Xi and the CCP are gonna go apeshit about that.
if you printed a gun in china, where would you get ammo
Or the metal parts needed to make a "3d printed gun" function as anything other than a random suicide generator.
You can't print 100% of a functional gun on a consumer printer unless you are willing to accept it blowing up in your hand after a shot or 2.
Not actually true anymore but they're not very performant.
Fine for a handgun to kill someone up close with, but it's not like making a machine to dohickey someone a la Abe is very difficult.
It's funny how when something's going offline it's easy for people to just switch apps even if the barrier to switching is extremely high (like having to learn a new language high). Makes it seem almost like...maybe people are fine with the shitty politics on the garbage sites and it isn't really about the switching costs after all.
look, this content isn't getting censored! it must be because rednote is Good, not that it didn't have the english speaking moderation resources
3D printed guns are a meme. Most of them require parts of functional guns such as the barrels, And they require regular ammunition.
The part you can easily print, however, is the receiver.
The receiver is the part that's legally a firearm. While I think it's neat I can customize my firearms, I do acknowledge that someone who is prohibited from owning a gun can very easily print a receiver and order the rest of the parts from Palmetto State Armory to get a perfectly-functional firearm without any background check being performed.
I also don't know the solution to the problem though. As 3D printing, desktop CNC, and other forms of DIY manufacturing improve in quality and decrease in price, it will be very hard to regulate home-brew weapons.
I like my ghost guns intangible as well. /$
Electro chemical machining can make a barrel.
But, idk how any of what you said makes them a “meme”. You can buy a barrel online for cheap, also ammo, and I don’t have to go through a government check. That’s what a lot of these people want to avoid.
Electro chemical machining can make a barrel.
Yes, but that's not 3d printing any more.
It's a separate process requiring separate tools, materials and skills.
In most countries, the barrel or other pressures bearing parts are the regulated piece. We are the weird ones for regulating receivers instead.
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You could print an entire functional gun if you only intend for it to be fired successfully once. And no shit they require ammo. Ammo is easier to source than filament for the 3D printer. I can't walk into a Walmart and buy printer filament; but I can get ammo.
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As much as I hate people going to an even more security disaster of an app, the amount of "fuck you" energy I've been seeing from everyone that's moved over there is so god damn funny.
If it keeps going maybe they will start roaching out of Facebook and Twitter too. The network effect works both ways.
Oh for anyone not actually on Tiktok, there is a huge movement to delete their FB and other Meta accounts on Sunday... we will see how huge it really ends up being.
It will be relatively small, but every person who does it is a win regardless.
Now do Tiananmen Square.
I have been told that China pushes NO PROPAGNADA on RedNote because they have a NO POLITICS policy.
And the person who told me that did not see the issue.
Now do &%$!@$+×# &%;%$.
Second time I've seen this in a day. Wow what are you guys talking about?
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americans and bringing guns places they absolutely shouldn’t be, name a better duo
Look man, I just don't see why my 6 year old shouldn't be able to bring his sawed off in his back pack. If someone tries to shoot up the school he'll be able to defend his class. I always tell him to keep 1 chambered just in case.
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China mods:
I was not ready for this flavor of shitposting
If youre an anarchist for fucks sake use a federated platfrom
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