Dems want Undetectable Firearms Act updated to curb 3D printed guns

By Chris Eger

New York Sen. Chuck Schumer shows off a picture of a 3D printed gun in 2013 (Photo: NY Daily News)
Senate Democrats on Monday introduced a bill that would mandate all 3D printed guns have at least one primary component made from metal.
The bill, S 533, would update the 25-year-old Undetectable Firearms Act, which requires all firearms to be detectable by a metal detector, by requiring at least one main component such as the frame or barrel be made of metal. Current regulations require a gun to contain at least 3.7 ounces of steel so they can be discovered by a metal detector, but the sponsors of the expansion argue the metal part, if unneeded, can be thrown out leaving a gun to be operable– and undetected– without it.
“Thanks to advances in technology, anyone with a 3-D printer can simply print a fully-functioning firearm that can be snuck through a metal detector without being noticed,” said U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. “Congress acted in 2013 to ban these guns, but a loophole in the law allows people to attach a removable piece of metal to get around that law. These guns pose a real threat to our safety and we need

Source: Guns.com