There
is currently a bit of a brouhaha over the plans for 3D printed guns. Many fear that criminals – even terrorists –
with access to a 3D printer will be able to make untraceable guns they will use
to do horrible things with. Many want
these plans banned. But in all
likelihood, if you dug into the dark web far enough, various plans are already out
there. There’s no putting the genie back
in the bottle; thanks to the internet, the bottle is smashed.
I’m
going to go out on a limb and say that many who want these plans banned are
probably also anti-NRA. Something I’ll
point out to these people is that some years ago I read that the NRA was
against 3D printed guns. The reason
being that if people could make their own guns, they wouldn’t have to buy them
from gun manufacturers. And if the gun
manufacturers lost money, they’d have less money to give to the NRA to lobby
politicians. If responsible gun owners
start making their own guns, some of these manufacturers may even go
under. It’s unlikely they’ll take the
NRA with them, but without the fear of “the government taking all the guns” and
a dying industry to lobby for, what will the NRA do?
Anyway,
the point of this blog was to share an idea for a story I had a few years
ago. I thought it an interesting idea,
but one I never got around to working on.
Which sucks because it would be perfectly topical right now. The idea was this anti-gun group would flood
the internet with plans for 3D printed guns.
Why would they do that you ask?
The plans would have defects in them.
Some might be obvious – the barrel turned around so it shoots whoever
pulls the trigger – but many would have subtle defects. Instead of blowing up in your hand the first
time you shoot it, maybe every shot increases the chance of a crack forming in
a critical component, eventually leading to it jamming. With thousands of plans out there, how will
people know which are the goods ones?
And if you see a glowing review for the Boomstick 4000 from
TrumpJesusUSA47, how will you know if it’s a true review of an actual gun and
not from someone hoping this junk gun will blow up in the face of anyone dumb
enough to print it?
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