It\u2019s true that 3D printing is coming on the scene like gangbusters. A few years ago 3D printers were used mainly in the manufacturing industry for rapid prototyping.<\/p>\n
But now the industry has changed, the printers have gotten cheaper and a few people are starting to make guns from the 3D printing process. And we are talking about the kinds of hard plastic guns that could evade metal detectors at airports.<\/p>\n
If you think this is far-fetched then check out what the Seattle Times has to say, \u201cUniversity of Texas law student Cody Wilson, 24-year-old \u2018Wiki Weapons\u2019 project leader for Defense Distributed, says the group last month test fired a semiautomatic AR-15 rifle – one of the weapon-types used in the Connecticut school massacre. Video posted by the group on YouTube indicates the gun was built with some key parts created on a 3-D printer and fired six times before it broke.\u201d<\/p>\n
And of course since this is leading edge stuff we are talking about here, there are no laws against doing this in the privacy of your own home.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a Youtube video that talks about 3D printing of guns: http:\/\/youtu.be\/YqzJlBcCsow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s true that 3D printing is coming on the scene like gangbusters. A few years ago 3D printers were used mainly in the manufacturing industry for rapid prototyping. But now the industry has changed, the printers have gotten cheaper and a few people are starting to make guns from the 3D printing process. And we […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-32-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t