Why 3D-Printing an Untraceable Ghost Gun Is Easier Than Ever (Podcast 18mins)
Why 3D-Printing an Untraceable Ghost Gun Is Easier Than Ever
On today’s episode of Uncanny Valley, we discuss how WIRED was able to legally 3D-print the same gun allegedly used by Luigi Mangione, and where US law stands on the technology.
Rich Republicans tbh. For the poor ones it's when race or "the gays" gets involved,.
It's funny how everyone has a sacred quote in support of their own beliefs.
Reminds me of those jokingly exaggerated portrayals of Muslims arguing on something, where in one place in Quran the prophet said this, and in another place the prophet said that, and such a renowned theologist interpreted the confusion thus, and another one a different way.
Everything humans make turns into a religion. Asimov got it backwards, that the Foundation could use their advantage in knowledge as a religion for barbarians, but IRL the Foundation itself wouldn't be able to control it all becoming religion.
I mean, OK, the Foundation evolved there, and their practices backfiring on them were one of the reasons, something had to be changed. I hope real life analogues have some plans for that.
I like to use quotes because they're less likely to be misinterpreted than my own words saying the same thing.
"Property is theft!"
— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
"Experience demonstrates that there may be a wages of slavery only a little less galling and crushing in its effects than chattel slavery, and that this slavery of wages must go down with the other."
— Frederick Douglass
Do they have a transcript? I can't stand listening to podcasts for long
Fosscad
Yes
Model link? 😏
Unless you keep the gun I guess.
How do you mean? You 3D print something with no serial and it’s untraceable. Even if they find it they can’t definitively say your firearm shot the bullets. Unless of course you’re on video doing it and admit to it.
You 3D print something with no serial and it’s untraceable.
Except for all the metal parts they used a debit card/paypal to buy.
Unless of course you’re on video doing it and admit to it.
Something tells me not doing that part is going to be harder for a significant portion of today's population than getting a weapon.
In the age of AI deepfakes, I don't even think that's conclusive enough.
Didn't Luigi get caught with the weapon in his backpack? The title picture on this article is literally him. If it's untraceable by printing, it seems you'd want to not have it on you if apprehended.
when you fire a gun scratches are left on the bullet that are enough of a unique fingerprint to trace to the gun.
No plastic can withstand the pressure and shock from the propulsion of the shot, nor the heat or the friction generated. The 3D printed whatever is a fallacy. The only thing you can print is cute things you can attach to whatever.
Uhhhh my friend you can print a 9mm CZ scorpion that shoots as well as the real thing. Same with an MP5. You can find videos of them being tested and shot on the internet. A lot has changed in the past few years with 3D printed guns.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=kucefQ6sYbo there are silly videos too
Of course, they are not 100% plastic, but that's irrelevant. They can be made at home with little effort using a 3D printer and from simple materials anyone can buy at a hardware store, without any registration or serial numbers.
A lot of "real" guns are made from plastic, too, btw
Ngl I was hoping for The Glong lmao, close though!
Only the non critical to function parts can be plastic. IE, the barrel can't be plastic. And you can use literally anything else other than 3D printed stuff.
So why is 3D printed even an issue. Anything... A CNC, scissors, metal, a grinder, wood, springs, screws...can be made part of or be used to make anything else. Making things is not magic and a 3D printer is not magic either.
The highest pressure rated plastic has a Ts or just maybe 28ksi. But with 15% elongation and a really weak modulus. So you can make toys basically.
Yeah, cute things like an unregistered glock 19 lower printed at a 45 degree angle out of pla+ you can attach to a trigger and rails via pins, rails that themselves connect to a glock 19 upper?
Hmmm...
It's a hell of a statement considering theres tons of videos and evidence that prove the opposite of what you just said.
tl;dr printers got cheaper
Printers improved too.
And they wirk with more than plastic. I have had that conversation several times. People honestly think all 3d printers can do is cheap plastic.
What else do they work with?