America is the land of mad max.
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Good. If a beligerent has one of these we can at least do something about it, as opposed to "legal" weapons of mass murder.
It will only get worse as batteries improve and printed rail guns become trivial to make and difficult to detect.
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Are semi-automatic 3d printed guns legal in the US?
Yes, although iirc you are required By law to embed a metal plate for your serial number.
Also on a practical level, you need metal parts of the thing falls apart pretty immediately. 3d printed gun parts can be useful, but 3d printed guns are basically tech demos at this point.
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For personal use, yes. You are required to add some metal to it though I believe.
You have to have a metal barrel for it to function. You might get a single shot of .22lr with a printed barrel.
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So a criminal about to get involved in a very high risk situation is going to depend on 3D printed parts for the only thing that could possible help him get the thing done.....what happened to Joe schmoe? Oh his Prusa didn't print correctly so he go shot by the popo..... 🤔 Sounds controversial.