Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988

[Inigoes]

In reading the article http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/02/13/print-draw-fire-3d-printing-could-muzzle-new-gun-laws/

An interesting gem appeared, the "Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988" is set to expire this year.

Plastic guns anyone?

 

[HKB]

May want to keep that on the D/L....

 

[jonnyl]

time to fire up my 3D printer...

 

[NY Transplant]

I like the video at the end.

 

[justindavidson2]

How hard is it to make a 3d printer?

 

[Arcamm]

How hard is it to make a 3d printer?

It's two notches easier than making a CAT scan machine.

 

[Half-cocked]

How hard is it to make a 3d printer?

Easy, you just need a 3D printer, then you can crack out all the 3D printers you need.

 

[2ndMDRebel]

Saw on Fox that the .gov are already set to expand this law to include the manufacture of illegal capacity magazines as well as other firearm parts. This is definitely not going to expire under the radar.

 

[teratos]

Wait, My Glock 7 isn't legal?

 

[Rack&Roll]

What good does it do to have a "homemade" mag if possession of any 10+ mag is a felony? Frankly the panic of the last year has put so many Pmags in circulation that it doesn't seem possible that anyone would go to the cost and time it takes to make a Lego Mag when they could just beg a buddy give up a couple from the pile of 100 Pmags that everyone seems to be stacking up...

Who...needs...100...Pmags....to....kiwl...a...deah!!!!

 

[Wraith]

my one joke on the subject,

I hate to see how much a refill cartridge for one of those printers costs. Maybe they'll be on sale at Staples sometime?

 

[jonnyl]

So let's make manufacture and sales of mags over 10 rounds illegal
AND let's make manufacturing them with cool new technology EXTRA illegal!

 

[Nixon]

Easy, you just need a 3D printer, then you can crack out all the 3D printers you need.

HA!

 

[mvee]

Wait, My Glock 7 isn't legal?

How much did that cost?

 

[capman98]

So let's make manufacture and sales of mags over 10 rounds illegal
AND let's make manufacturing them with cool new technology (double secret) illegal!

FIFY

 

[pitpawten]

The Anti-Gun lobby (via Gabby Giffords) is pushing the renewal on this one:

If you or your family have ever visited an airport, courthouse, or even some hospitals and schools, you know that a metal detector can be the last line of defense between your loved ones and a criminal with a gun.

But on December 9th, a relatively obscure but important law that prohibits the sale or shipment of firearms not detectable by a walk-through metal detector is set to expire.

It's called the Undetectable Firearms Act and in the age of 3D printers that can produce a gun made almost entirely of plastic, it's imperative that Congress move to reauthorize the legislation.

With three weeks to go, time is running out. It's important that you sign our petition urging the House and Senate leadership to bring the Act to a vote before it expires. Add your name here:

http://action.americansforresponsiblesolutions.org/undetectable_firearms

In the past Republicans and Democrats have come together to renew the law by simple voice votes. Even the NRA has agreed not to oppose the bill.

We're counting on Congress to reauthorize this responsible solution to reduce gun violence. If you make your voice heard, we're sure they will.

There is some info on this one over at Wikipedia, namely some of the alterations that expand the scope of this bill:

Proposed renewals and expansions of the current Undetectable Firearms Act (H.R. 1474, S. 1149) include provisions to criminalize individual production of firearm receivers and magazines that do no include arbitrary amounts of metal, measures outside the scope of the original UFA and not extended to cover commercial manufacture.[12][13] These "modernization" proposals have been criticized as disingenuous attempts to suppress adoption of and experimentation with 3D printers in home gunsmithing.[14]

 

[XCheckR]

It's two notches easier than making a CAT scan machine.

This made me laugh

 

[Boom Boom]

Anybody else see the interview on Fox Business a few mornings ago for the 3D metal printer? The guy being interviewed printed a metal 1911 and had hundreds of rounds through it. Downside is cost. Mucho $$$ for now. $500K, IIRC.

 

[Inigoes]

Anybody else see the interview on Fox Business a few mornings ago for the 3D metal printer? The guy being interviewed printed a metal 1911 and had hundreds of rounds through it. Downside is cost. Mucho $$$ for now. $500K, IIRC.

Yeah, metal is more expensive to work with.

That's why you want to use a polymer printer for $1500.

The polymer guns might not last as long as a metal one, but for $500K in material - you can print a lot of them

 

[Ab_Normal]

Wait, My Glock 7 isn't legal?

It hasn't been since before Diehard.