It's not as easy as printing a photo, but if you know how to 3d print it's not overly difficult either. And if people were willing to spend $1000 for one on the black market it could be worth doing for a profit...
And you would probably end up with something that doesn't work. Most printers that would make a gun worthy of shooting would be more expensive. Even then it would probably break after a single shot. Most of those don't get multiple shots.
The intelligence to complete that is something I don't think these mass killers have though. The buffulo guy maybe, he was on the planning scale of Christchurch and 2011 Norway, but most aren't that smart. Those psychos were on the level of ISIS. Sandyhook and Uvalde would have never happened if they only had the option of 3d printed weapons. Money isn't really the problem here, it's access.
The assault rifle ban correlated with significant drop in murders. When Republican controlled senate allowed it to expire murder rate went back up.
But if there wasn't legal access you'd then get a black market... So then you're doing gun buybacks etc, trying to get all of the black market guns. If that were somehow successful enough to to get the mass market guns out of the black market you'd start getting home made guns from garage machine shops and other means, including 3d printing. These are not traceable...
And pretty much all studies have language like it was not a "statistically significant amount"... https://www.factcheck.org/2021/03/factchecking-bidens-claim-that-assault-weapons-ban-worked/
How do you prevent a kid from killing his mom, taking her keys, and raiding her gun safe? Isn't that what Adam Lanza did?
You're quite a ways behind. They are running hundreds of rounds through these now... And the Ender 3 is one of the printers they suggest for making gun parts actually. It makes very good prints.
We need to harden our moms. Bullet proof vests and helmets at all times (may need to develop a tactical nursing vest?). Moms should be armed and vigilant, and trained to shoot first and ask questions later. Finally, and most important, the other kids in the family need to be heavily armed at all times. Remember, the best way to stop a bad kid with a gun is a good kid with a gun. barfo
That woman was obviously a terrible mother, may she rest in peace? I don't know, I wish I had an answer to that question. Do you think her having guns (and allowing her mentally ill son trained to use them) should be a protected right? I question that but also don't know how to fix it.
Most kids don't kill their parents and shoot up schools... And there will be media that shows them how to get and use these things. They will be on Netflix movies just like there are suicide movies etc...
Agreed. I'm torn on it. I think the only way would have been to have a better education and healthcare system to... Maybe even remove him from her custody. Most of these cases are really bad parenting...
