ATF Tests Show 3D Printed Guns Can Explode 233
Lucas123 writes "The ATF has been testing 3D printed guns over the past year and, not surprisingly, has found that depending on the thermoplastics, 3D printers and CAD designs used, some can explode on the first attempt to shoot them. The ATF published videos this week of the tests on YouTube showing what looked like a Liberator model of a 3D gun exploding upon being fired. Another model, created with the popular ABS polymer and an advanced printer, could fire as many as 8 shots. The tests were published at a time when a law passed in 1988 banning the sale of guns made entirely of plastic is set to expire next month." I hope they post the videos when they do the same tests on Solid Concepts' 1911.
Coming soon - 3D printable everything (Score:5, Funny)
Once they have these minor inconveniences ironed out I look forward to printing my own hand grenades, flame-throwers, rocket-launchers, heat-seeking missiles, and battalion of robo-troops to deploy them on my 3D-printed floating island in the pacific.
Dammit - printer jam. brb
Re:do tell (Score:5, Funny)
So no new laws then (Score:5, Funny)
It looks then like we don't need to pass any laws around 3D printing of guns, since according to the feds it's a self-correcting problem.
Re:Coming soon - 3D printable everything (Score:2, Funny)