Topic: I hope to see the AR-15 banned.
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q started this discussion 13 years ago #26,313
Then it will make sense to convert them to automatics. You can gain a much higher profit, but you don't have much to lose. They'd be just as illegal.
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 3 minutes later[^] [v] #397,271
so this is the latest thing that you americans are getting mad about
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 7 minutes later, 10 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #397,274
3D printers make such a ban obsolete.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 19 minutes later, 30 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #397,280
Anonymous C replied with this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later, 33 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #397,281
@previous (D)
They've already printed receivers that can withstand 600+ shots. Considering that is the part that needs the licence, and other parts will follow in the future, yes, those bans are obsolete.
They've already printed receivers that can withstand 600+ shots. Considering that is the part that needs the licence, and other parts will follow in the future, yes, those bans are obsolete.
Anonymous B replied with this 13 years ago, 5 minutes later, 38 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #397,282
Anonymous C replied with this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later, 41 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #397,283
Meta !PARAdoxiHw joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 5 minutes later, 46 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #397,284
@397,281 (C)
I'll grant you that a receiver, stock, magazine, and probably even lock can be 3D-printed or fabricated at home, but the barrel cannot be homemade in the foreseeable future. Once the 3D-printed AR-15 takes off, government will pass the Won't Somebody Please Think of the Children Act of 2016 and require a license to buy gun barrels as well.
I'll grant you that a receiver, stock, magazine, and probably even lock can be 3D-printed or fabricated at home, but the barrel cannot be homemade in the foreseeable future. Once the 3D-printed AR-15 takes off, government will pass the Won't Somebody Please Think of the Children Act of 2016 and require a license to buy gun barrels as well.
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Anonymous C replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 47 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #397,286
@previous (Meta !PARAdoxiHw)
Now, I'm not an expert on firearms, but a gun rack seems safer anyway, and those can be printed easily.
Now, I'm not an expert on firearms, but a gun rack seems safer anyway, and those can be printed easily.
Anonymous B replied with this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later, 50 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #397,291
Meta !PARAdoxiHw replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 51 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #397,292
Anonymous C replied with this 13 years ago, 5 seconds later, 51 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #397,293
@397,291 (B)
Really, though. Being able to print all the food you want, and then the replacement organs you destroy in the process? Why isn't this a major industry yet?
Really, though. Being able to print all the food you want, and then the replacement organs you destroy in the process? Why isn't this a major industry yet?
Anonymous B replied with this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later, 54 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #397,297
@previous (C)
Yeah, there's massive potential here. I can't help but see it as a sort of primitive precursor to those machines on Star Trek that can conjure anything out of thin air.
Yeah, there's massive potential here. I can't help but see it as a sort of primitive precursor to those machines on Star Trek that can conjure anything out of thin air.
Anonymous C replied with this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later, 56 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #397,300
@previous (B)
Those machines brought new things together from pure energy. In real life that type of fusion, on that scale, would destroy the starship in such an uncontained way. /autism
Those machines brought new things together from pure energy. In real life that type of fusion, on that scale, would destroy the starship in such an uncontained way. /autism
Anonymous B replied with this 13 years ago, 5 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #397,304
@previous (C)
Yes, hence my use of the word "primitive". Obviously they can't do unreasonable stuff but their ability to quickly make lots of useful stuff out of raw material is pretty fucking rad.
Yes, hence my use of the word "primitive". Obviously they can't do unreasonable stuff but their ability to quickly make lots of useful stuff out of raw material is pretty fucking rad.
squeegee joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 1 hour later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #397,319
@397,300 (C)
They had things like Heisenberg compensators, I'm sure all replicators on the enterprise were run through a buffer system that prevented any dangerous reaction from occuring in real time.
They had things like Heisenberg compensators, I'm sure all replicators on the enterprise were run through a buffer system that prevented any dangerous reaction from occuring in real time.
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Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 1 hour later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #397,322
@previous (squeegee)
Heisenberg compensators are needed for the transporters, which have quantum resolution. The replicator systems work at a molecular resolution.
Heisenberg compensators are needed for the transporters, which have quantum resolution. The replicator systems work at a molecular resolution.
squeegee !first/o5zA joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 12 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #397,323
@previous (G)oh, well see, there you go, it's a protein resequencer, not an atomic fusion machine.
paradox avoided.