Defense Distributed has used a 3d printer to create the worlds first functioning handgun. Of the 16 parts that make up the handgun, 15 were made by the printer. Only one part of a gun needs to be made of metal to be legal. How do you think this kind of technology will influence gun laws in the future?
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Defense Distributed has used a 3d printer to create the worlds first functioning handgun. Of the 16 parts that make up the hand
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Graphene is another material being developed that may even be able to replace the steel. A few ten thousands of an inch thick of the material would take thousands of pounds of pressure to push a pencil point through it. One company makes it from the Carbon in the air.
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Jay, was this an actual functioning gun? It sounds as if it is a prototype. These 3D printers are used pretty much everywhere there is prototyping/R&D lab on new products. The days of clay modeling are virtually through with this 3D printing technology. They don't actually function they are just true to form. I seriously doubt this hasn't been done before. I don't have the article to read so I'm going off of assumption.
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