they're simple, you must understand. you must not hate!

I'm sure most of your parents are like this. I would fiercely debate my mom as an ignorant child. I would use epic Reddit science to pwn her christian views, to boom her on abortion

she just don't want dead baby! i didn't understand!

@pd 80% lowers and CNC machines have been around for a while

Ur racist for blaming china for releasing weaponized AIDS

"lets go kill some chinese people" - corona virus

@Mellisco how much do you think a cnc costs

or even a shitty vertical mill

I mean you can drill out an 80% lower with a $60 drill press from Lowes

the last myth isnt even a myth

its just a statement

you cant make a gun with a drill press

You can 100% drill out an 80% lower with a drill press

you can drill holes

You literally are just drilling out the area for the trigger group

drilling holes is not the same as making a gun

https://www.80-lower.com/blogs/80-lower-blog/how-to-complete-an-80-lower-receiver/

you can make an entire gun with a 3d printer

Okay but the lower reciever is what is serialized

autonomously from data

for $300

All the other parts can be delivered straight to your door

Assemble the council

If you make your own lower you have an untraceable gun

And by legal definition the lower is the gun

You’re supposed to notify the ATF if you manufacturer a firearm

Ive never heard of that

no doubt machined metal is the superior option but the difference in accessibility between a desktop 3d printer and a comparable subtractive milling machine is astronomical in terms of cost, availability, pre-req knowledge required, etc

Da perfect pinball machine

oh 100%

Hit 'Print', come back 30 hours later to all your parts printed out

yep

Run to the hardware store to get a pipe and some nails, boom

3d printing makes it impossible to eradicate gun production

you could shut down major mills

that make the lowers or whatever it is that's a legal part to sell/distribute

but you couldn't possibly shut down home appliances

if you shut down the majority of the manufacturers making gun parts, that's basically it

it takes a lot of knowledge, skill, and money to do that sort of thing and the average person will not be able to do it themselves

but a home appliance that can make virtually any object can't be banned, functionally