How This 'Crypto-Anarchist' Could Completely Destroy Gun Control

I took a class many years ago on how to make a weapon from parts in a Home Depot or Lowes. 3D printers have added a new dimension to home made firearms, but really it's not that hard. Look at the zip-guns that were once prevalent in many big city gangs.

Zip Guns have been around for a very long time. I can make a simple slam fire shotgun from pipe bought at the hardware store. Other than the barrel and magazine I can make simple blowback machinegun similar to a Sten gun in my garage. You an build AR-15's and Glocks from 80% receiver kits with a simple drill press to make the receiver and buy the rest of the uncontrolled parts. They will be much more functional than that printed gun.

Well, yeah. My opinion is folks keep focusing on the wrong thing. It is the people and the violence and the reasons behind their violence, not the tools. Man has mastered the building of many things. Guns are simple tools, harder to make a piece of metal fly out a tube than it is to forge a blade, but still simple. Explosives are simple chemistry, which I won't discuss here, but anyone could do it. Same with deadly gases, or highly flammable substances. Also, it ain't hard to figure how to deliver anything at range. Also not hard to build a microwave that can heat up a target. Man has made weapons since time immemorial. Perhaps 3d printing will help with the concept. Not too long ago there was a Japanese gang that attempted to make biological weapons, luckily those are a bit harder to make. So, unless someone can make humanity unlearn everything we've learned, I don't believe controlling tools is possible.