Feds’ Own Half-Assed, 3D-Printed Gun Blew Up Right In Their Faces

Now thatthe ban on undetectable gunsis on the verge of expiring , the feds are doing everything they can to renew the law before it ’s too late . With one central addition : banning three-D printed firearms all in all . And what better way to accentuate the dangers of the plastic pistol than by build up it like a sloppy murderer would ( i.e. half - assing it ) and take in it vaunt up flop in front of your eyes .

https://gizmodo.com/100-000-people-have-already-downloaded-3d-printed-gun-p-498755006

Since Defense distribute ’s Liberator is presently the only 3-D - printed gun with widely available design , that ’s the one the Bureau of Alcohol , Firearms , and Explosives ( ATF ) resolve to test out . In fact , it made several different versions of the weapon : some used plastic produced by Visjet and others were made of the stronger acrylonitrile butadiene styrene ( ABS ) plastic , the stuff the single - shaft gun ’s CAD file actually calls for . And the verdict?According to Earl Griffith , chief of ATF ’s small-arm technology branch :

The bottom line is , the penetration upshot show that the Liberator is a lethal weapon . The .380 smoke fired from the Liberator penetrate sufficiently to reach lively organs and perforate the skull .

But it ’s not just the guy on the other end who should be disquieted ; if the person hold the gun does n’t have any existent experience / any estimation what he or she is doing , they could be proceed down just as well . As you could see in the picture , the gun made of Visijet ’s credit card could n’t handle the pressure , blowing up the second they pulled the trigger . Imagine all the fly plastic shrapnel shooting into someone ’s cheek — it ’s not pretty .

Though the Liberator may be the only 3d - printed hitman usable on a across-the-board basis currently , it ’s not going to stay that way for long . The ATF needs to forecast out some direction to regulate the job before these easily undetectable weapons become just as easy to print as a terminus paper — for everyone ’s sake . [ Huffington Post ]

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