3D Printed Glock Magazine Undermines Gun Control Once Again

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko

I’m not someone overly fascinated with technology. I use it and often wonder about what the future holds–I’m a science fiction nerd and writer, after all–but I don’t get overly excited by new technologies.

With one exception. That’s the 3D printer. To me, it represents pretty much the ultimate freedom, the idea that you can build almost anything you want in any room of your house.

Almost immediately, people started trying to build guns off of 3D printers. Gun parts are easy. Guns are a bit trickier. Still, the 3D printer effectively puts an end to any gun control effort you want to name.

Now, with gun control so prominent in the news, especially a push for a ban on higher-capacity magazines, it seems a good time to point out that if you can print a Glock magazine, you can put an end to any efforts to control magazine capacity.

The American gun control debate rages on, hot as ever. Liberals show no sign of relenting when it comes to taking away the rights of Americans to defend themselves against the state. However, thanks to the miracle of 3D printing, gun control is dead in the …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms