The Future Of Gun Control In One Headline

The future is now:

World's first 3D printed metal gun blows through 50 rounds

Oh, my.

A 3D printing services company has built a fully functioning, semi-automatic pistol and shown that it works just as a traditionally manufactured gun.

Built by Solid Concepts, the pistol is a replica of the storied .45-caliber, M1911 semi-automatic that served as the U.S. military’s standard-issue sidearm for more than 70 years. Solid Concept demonstrated the gun by firing 50 rounds with it.

They were using a very high-tech printer to demonstrate the power of this production technique:

Solid Concept’s pistol was made with industrial-grade 3D printers using the Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) and Direct Metal Laser Sintering techniques (DMLS). Both DMLS and SLS use lasers to melt metals, even titanium, at temperatures exceeding 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit. The 3D printers work by laying down a fine layer of powder and then using a laser to fuse granules together, building an object layer by layer from the ground up.

“The industrial printer we used costs more than my college tuition (and I went to a private university),” Kent Firestone, Solid Concepts’ Vice President of additive manufacturing, said in a statement. “The engineers who run our machines are top of the line; they are experts who know what they’re doing and understand 3D Printing better than anyone in this business. Thanks to them, Solid Concepts is debunking the idea that 3D Printing isn’t a viable solution or isn’t ready for mainstream manufacturing.”

3D printers that use metal sintering techniques function differently from desktop 3D printers that use stereolithography, which melts plastic filaments and pushes them through a small extruder to build objects layer by layer.

Solid Concept’s gun is composed of more than 30 3D-printed components. The slide, frame and many of the internal components are made of stainless Steel. The main spring, the hammer and part of the upper grip’s handle was made with nickel-chromium-based alloy called Inconel 625.

...

“Laser sintering is one of the most accurate manufacturing processes available, and more than accurate enough to build the 3D Metal Printed interchangeable and interfacing parts within our 1911 series gun,” Solid Concepts said. “The gun proves laser sintering can meet tight tolerances.”

According to the company, 3D metal printing means fewer porosity issues than are seen with the traditional method of casting metal parts.

They are open for your spare parts orders:

“We’re proving this is possible, the technology is at a place now where we can manufacture a gun with 3D printing,” Firestone said. “As far as we know, we’re the only 3D-printing service provider with a Federal Firearms License (FFL). Now, if a qualifying customer needs a unique gun part in five days, we can deliver.”

At this point common street thugs won't be buying a printer capable of this, and I suspect conventional weapons are still cheaper and widely available to well-financed criminal enterprises. But over time, the notion of regulating guns by tracing their serial numbers from the manufacturer will become less relevant if production can be done anywhere.

Comments

[Truthbetold]

Ignatz@6:49

I don't need an excuse!

[Captain Hate]

@kathykattenburg Putting aside your misunderstanding of the subject matter, what gives you the idea I'm "furious"?

and so on.

On a perpetual audition to play the Sandra Bernhard role of "Masha" if they ever do a remake of "King of Comedy".

[J. Fred Muggs]

Ernie, Ernie. Geez guy, give it a break.

Every simian in the Chicago zoo knows you. Nest time you're in Lincoln Park look up Magadi and Cookie. They tell me you talk to yourself a lot in front of them.

They have asked me to ask you who the hell this Clarice person is?

[Danube on iPad]

"There has been a public accusation made that Clarice Feldman did not disclose a conflict of interest she had, when she reported on the subject of Sibel Edmonds credibility."

Why the passive voice? You yourself have published the same accusation, which is libelous on its face but is also so downright silly that no one can take it seriously.

And no, no one here is going to go to a link to the paytoplay site. Sorry.

[Truthbetold]

Muggs

Tell them Clarice is a close personal friend of Richard Perle.

[Ignatz]

--There has been a public accusation made that Clarice Feldman did not disclose a conflict of interest she had, when she reported on the subject of Sibel Edmonds credibility.--

Indeed there has. Did I say there hadn't? In fact I suspect the person making the ptp accusation is our good friend tbt, but he is too dishonest to disclose it.

--Get your facts straight if your going to speak for Clarice.-

I'm only speaking for myself.
Who are you speaking for?

[Truthbetold]

Danube

I could not care less what sites you do, or do not link.

[Ignatz]

--I don't need an excuse!--

That's fortuitous, because a plausible one is not available to you.

[Man Tran on iPhone]

CC:

Miss Marple - when using iPad, click on the date and time stamp of the last comment in the thread that you have read - then, when you refresh, it will pick up from there.

I discovered this awhile back for my phone, but also discovered that with my perpetual catching up mode, it will jump to the last page, if your refresh point becomes part of a completed 100 comment page. (Kinda like putting a large number in the link.)

[Account Deleted]

"Who are you speaking for?"

Surely the demented are entitled to representation by the best like minded individual willing to waste time.

On a similar note: Judith Curry Calls Out 'Mike the Moron' Mann

Don't hold your breath for the start of the match.

[Extraneus]

J. Fred is the thinking man's chimpanzee.

Do you support Richard Perle?

As I say, cue the Jaws music whenever Sibel's mom asks a question.

[JIB (in Typhus hell)]

2008 Bugait Veron owned by Simon Cowell goes for $1.25 million at Barret-Jackson.

[Truthbetold]

Ignatz@7:18

No, it is accurate. It is strait forward honest. While, I might have reasons for not disclosing, I do not need an excuse.

Can you grasp that concept Ignatz?

[MarkO]

Clarice must really be disturbing the Left.

[J. Fred Muggs]

More and more TBT sounds like a woman.

Bet on it. Very feminie responses to all questions and confrontations.

I should know. I get it constantly here in the pen.

[Truthbetold]

Mark O

You are really lost if you think that is where I am coming from!

[miss Marple]

Strait forward, as in straits of Gibraltar?

[Truthbetold]

Muggs

Tell me how it would matter?

[J. Fred Muggs]

Since you asked that question I guess you answered it, Sibel.

[Ignatz]

--Clarice must really be disturbing the Left.--

Tbt seems more of the whacky paleo-right, Mark.
No self respecting lefty links Beck.

[Truthbetold]

Muggs

Nice try, but I don't think your female friends on this comment board are really going to buy your attempt to save face.

[Ignatz]

--It is strait forward honest. ......Can you grasp that concept Ignatz?--

I clearly didn't mean your non-disclosure constituted a lie.
You failure to disclose your identity is dishonest in the sense you sling accusations of conflicts of interest while denying others the right to determine whether you have the same or worse conflicts.
Can you grasp that?

What I can grasp is you are intent on playing infantile games and thinly veiling defamatory accusations behind what you characterize as simple questions.
See ya.

[windansea]

maybe I can build a 3d model of a cheap apartment close to work and school and a grocery store.

Posted by: rich@gmu

ask and you shall receive my friend

3D Printers That Build Entire Houses: Contour Craftings Aims To Print 2,500 Square-Foot-Homes In 20 Hours [Video]

http://www.ibtimes.com/3d-printers-build-entire-houses-contour-craftings-aims-print-2500-square-foot-homes-20-hours-video

3d printers will revolutionize just about everything.

invest wisely

[rich@gmu]

windandsea-

thank for that. now for the Bugatti Veyron and I'll be all set.

[J. Fred Muggs]

TBT,

You think I can save a face like this? Me and Phoebe waiting for a taxi in Chicago.

[Ignatz]

The tolerant left again believes blacklisting and forcing people out of work is an appropriate response to speech they disapprove of;
Maria Conchita Alonso forced out of SanFran play for supporting Republican candidate.

[Truthbetold]

Ignatz

What is your court case about?

[narciso]

the irony, which apparently doesn't occur, that the candidate who was against the Iraq war, actually supported funding it, because of pecuniary interests of the Baathist variety,
at least for two years, until his sponsor severed ties with interests in Kurdistan

Of course, the whole notion, propounded by Powell and his pals, that Bush broke Iraq, when it had been irrevocably broken, because of events going back to the '67 coup if not the '41 coup, is somewhat amusing, the warrant to
spread anti Semitic poison against Feith, Perle, Wulfowitz, because of an often financially based interest, is less so,

[rich@gmu]

that's gotta be androol...officious, smarty pants, nauseating...maybe he's branching out to other conspiracies.

[Ann]

Can I get a 3d model of Trey Gowdy? How about just dibs? I am in love.

Trey Gowdy Demands Answers On Benghazi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1jeJmeeMjs

[Truthbetold]

Do not make the mistake of viewing Iraq as the Right vs Left.

[narciso]

It's somewhat ironic, that you're lecturing someone who successfully the first victim of the Watergate witchhunt, and you think you can teach her something about the nature of prosecutorial abuse,

[MaryD]

J. Fred Muggs, you are my hero.

[Account Deleted]

Rich,

Not androol, way too dumb. We're dealing with the result of the Illuminatti takeover of the Bilderburgers and the cross breeding which resulted. It appears they were all first cousins.

[narciso]

We might need the plans for thee Rambaldi machine,
before long, Freeman, Wilson, the other members of what they call the Camel Club in the UK, Cannistraro who Avrokotos, noted to George Crile, was an obstacle investigating the presence of the Afghan Arabs.

[Truthbetold]

narciso

You have repeatedly told me how you feel about Clarice Feldman.

Now tell me.

What do you think of Richard Perle?

[rich@gmu]

Rick-

I'll take that back. Same odd fixation though. I'm not smart enough to see the conspiracies within conspiracies.

[BB Key]

tbt , Are you friends with or related to Thomas Tamm , Michael Isikoff ,or Eric Holder ?

[windansea]

Do not make the mistake of viewing Iraq as the Right vs Left.

do not make the mistake of responding to this doofus :)

[Truthbetold]

BB Key

You are another lost soul.

[narciso]

Don't know whether he's SD-6, or Alliance of 12,

[rich@gmu]

Do not make the mistake of viewing Iraq as the Right vs Left.

View it as the Reptilians vs. Those who know the truth.

[skald]

I've heard some liberals argue that this changes nothing as they can regulate the propellant.

So, screw chemical propellant small arms. Coil gun or directed energy weapon that is 3d printed. Someone go for it.

[rich@gmu]

damn it sorry windandsea...later, I'm going to chat up that cute bartender I met about a month ago.

[miss Marple]

I think I would like to go back to discussing whether Hitler lived out his days in Argentina. That is a conspiracy I can understand.

[jimmyk on iPhone]

"Miss Marple - when using iPad, click on the date and time stamp of the last comment in the thread that you have read "

I found a better trick, one that may have been mentioned here but not in a sufficiently user-friendly way. Just copy the following text:

javascript:scroll(0,document.getElementsByTagName(%20%22body%22)%5B0%5D.scrollHeight);

Then create a bookmark called "Bottom of Page" and paste the text into where the URL would go. Then when you want to get to the bottom of the page, tap the bookmark symbol and then the "Bottom of Page" and you jump right there. Sounds a bit tedious but it's just two quick taps instead of swipe swipe swipe....

[narciso]

Well we might get to the 'plasma rifles in the 40 watt range' after all, the way they described it on 'Elementary,' was you would only need one piece of metal, as the firing pin, like a nail,

[BB Key]

tbt, No, do you have a conflict of interest ?

[Truthbetold]

BB Key

No, I do not have a conflict of interest.

[jimmyk on iPhone]

Oops, the script didn't show. Let's try this:

javascript:scroll(0,document.getElementsByTag
Name(%20%22body%22)%5B0%5D.scrollHeight);

[jimmyk on iPhone]

One more try, but take out the line breaks.

javascript:scroll(0,document.getElements
ByTagName(%20%22body%22)%
5B0%5D.scrollHeight);

[narciso]

the veracity of the claims, not the status of the issuer of the opinion should be the consideration,

http://www.volokh.com/2014/01/17/bloggers-media-first-amendment-libel-law-purposes/

the Driehaus case, is another example of this,

[clarice feldman]

How many of these did ATFE and DEA order and ask be sent as a gift to Mr Sinaloa in Juarez?

[narciso]

This reminds me of the smart bullet in Runaway;

http://therightscoop.com/irs-changing-rules-to-target-tea-party-groups-legally-but-not-unions/

[Janet - the districts lie fallow, while the Capitol gorges itself]

This is interesting.
Never satisfied with promoting/selling their own ideas & beliefs....
...why is it so many groups must tear down established organizations?
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2014/01/alcoholics_anonymous_and_addiction_doctors_are_support_groups_or_medications.single.html

"Alcoholics Anonymous has taken no official stand on the use of prescription drugs for recovery, other than to say the issue is between a patient and her doctor. Nor does AA have an official position on whether moderation could be the solution for some. (“We’re clear on what we suggest, but if people find other directions that work for them, more power to them,” an AA spokesman told me.)"

Why can't these assorted groups & "experts" in the article just leave AA alone? If they think their ideas work better...then fine, DO IT.
But that is never how it works. These people have to destroy the organizations that have different ideas.
It's true with this story, the Boy Scouts, churches,...
Never satisfied with organizing their own group...they must destroy the existing groups.

[narciso]

A study where people react to the placebo 75% of the time is considered valid, that's a hugh chasm right there,

[narciso]

I guess they think Sharia law, is the only proper alternative;

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2014/01/obama-administration-dismisses-new-egyptian-constitution-that-guarantees-freedom-of-religion-womens-rights/

[sbwaters]

J. Fred, it's fun for a while, but stop playing with the Banana.

Answering it means I have to repeatedly SOB.

[sbwaters]

Back on topic, we could use the 3D printer to make cheaper 2D ink cartridges... if we can 3D the ink into them.

[McGoohan]

Richard Perle? Holy fuckballs of fire.

Publication of his association with Clarabelle should send him into the Golan Heights for cover.

[Jane on Ipad]

Ann,

I'd fight you for him, but I've seen your picture.

TBT has a very large bug up her ass for Clarice. I suspect Clarice will never notice. As it should be.

[narciso]

$3 million for the 'horror, the horror;

http://theoptimisticconservative.wordpress.com/2014/01/18/taxpayer-funded-covered-california-dance-off-with-richard-simmons/

[narciso]

Sorry, 43 million, revolutionary technologies cannot be suppressed,

[Rob Crawford]

And no, no one here is going to go to a link to the paytoplay site.

What I find curious is that the site's registration is secret. Why? What are they hiding? I can only speculate it must be something horrible...

[Rob Crawford]

Clarice must really be disturbing the Left.

If they weren't disturbed, they wouldn't be lefties.

[pagar]

narciso's link at 08:57 shows the results obtained:

" There is zero chance that anyone will sign up through Covered California because of this marathon, or its video offspring."

Remember that number: ZERO!
There will be a quiz later.

[Rob Crawford]

More and more TBT sounds like a woman.

That's why I still think it's the Pitzer Pisser.

[Ann]

Jane,

We might squish him if we fought over him.

I have always been a John Wayne type girl. Number one... the guy's shoulders and waist must be larger than mine, but I keep finding him so attractive.. even with his bad hair.

Is that opinion something that comes with age, Jane?

LOL/:)

[Rob Crawford]

No, I do not have a conflict of interest.

Prove it. Give us enough information to verify that claim.

[Truthbetold]

Clarice

Do you know how the Sinaloa cartel brought their drugs in during the Bush years?

[Rob Crawford]

Never satisfied with organizing their own group...they must destroy the existing groups.

The existing groups are a challenge to power. Total power cannot be grasped until all challengers are vanquished.

[narciso]

Well it could be aspect of the Larouchite right, that fooled the likes of Packer, like Kwiatkowski,

they really let their freak flag fly,

Bialystok and Bloom would look on that, and doff their hat. A finer con cannot be had,

[Rob Crawford]

Do you know how the Sinaloa cartel brought their drugs in during the Bush years?

I'm suspecting it was packed in (leaky) baggies and shoved into your rectum.

Brought it in by the ton, they did...

[sbwaters]

To some George Bush appears to be the yardstick by which all must be measured.

It's light fear of being buried alive in a box. Bob Newhart would know what to do.

[narciso]

I've seen this trick, too, Lurch used a Cartel accountant, Ramon Milian Rodriguez, who try to inpugn the Contras, Hamilton brought in fantasists like Brenneke to float the October Surprise, the more lurid the allegation, the more resolute they are in propagating it,

[Truthbetold]

sbw

We can talk about the Clinton years at a later time.

[Rob Crawford]

Bob Newhart would know what to do.

Partially deflate the Jeep's tires, put snow chains on them, disconnect a spark plug wire, then drive it around in a circle.

[Rob Crawford]

We can talk about the Clinton years at a later time.

Why don't you just go someplace where they're interested in talking about your obsession?

Illinois has a number of high-quality hospitals; find the one with the highest number of politicians as patients, and you'll find the one with the best mental ward.

[sbwaters]

light = like

[narciso]

Ah, they let one of Lloyd's parrots warble;

http://twitchy.com/2014/01/18/bye-rush-salon-sings-praises-of-nationalized-media-in-a-socialist-usa/

[Rob Crawford]

the more lurid the allegation, the more resolute they are in propagating it

It's not the paucity of evidence, but the serious of the charges...

[Captain Hate]

Why can't these assorted groups & "experts" in the article just leave AA alone? If they think their ideas work better...then fine, DO IT.
But that is never how it works. These people have to destroy the organizations that have different ideas.
It's true with this story, the Boy Scouts, churches,...
Never satisfied with organizing their own group...they must destroy the existing groups.

They hate AA because it requires the participants to adhere (I don't know if "submit" is the correct word) to a higher power which isn't the State. That is heresy to the dolts. AA isn't 100% effective but it has saved and turned around the lives of many lost wretches. My maternal grandmother formed a chapter in my home town. I've been told by a number of people that she helped them immensely.

[narciso]

Oh yes I remember that golden oldy,

[narciso]

as with '1984' they see this episode in the demotivator, as a how to guide;

http://twilightzonewor.fr.yuku.com/topic/5848#.Uts5HhAo7IU

[Rob Crawford]

Ah, they let one of Lloyd's parrots warble,

Is it just me, or has the left's calls for one-party rule, totalitarianism, etc. coming more and more frequently?

[Danube on iPad]

"Do you know how the Sinaloa cartel brought their drugs in during the Bush years?"

I think it was throught that airport in Arkansas. Right?

How many people do you think give a shit about the answer? And if you do, please tell us why.

[DrJ]

AA isn't 100% effective but it has saved and turned around the lives of many lost wretches.

Indeed. It helped a colleague of mine a great deal. I didn't know him in his former life, but he is doing well now (regarding alcohol).

[Jane on Ipad]

Ann,

I think I resemble that remark.

[Truthbetold]

Clarice

The pride you must feel having an intellectual giant like narciso answer for you.

[narciso]

Well it's one of the usual suspects;

http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Fred-Jerome/16317304

they really can't get their arms around faith,

[Rob Crawford]

they really can't get their arms around faith,

Sure they can. They just cannot tolerate faith in anything but the State.

[narciso]

How did that work with your last client;

“Christie should still be Christie,” Madden said. “I believe it has less to do with changing his style entirely and more to do with picking his spots or his battles wisely. There will be times where his no-nonsense, confrontational approach will still fit perfectly with an electorate that is tired of the status quo and tired of what Christie himself called ‘the blow-dried approach’ of today’s conventional politicians.”…

[narciso]

Whereas with some faith's they give a pass;

http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/dgreenfield/syrian-jihadist-sheikh-who-called-for-murder-of-jews-and-gays-gets-us-visa/#.UtdIbJu8UrF.facebook

[DrJ]

In other news, the sun rises in the East:

Dennis Rodman has checked into an undisclosed alcohol rehabilitation center to treat his long-time struggle with alcoholism, his agent says.

[DMZ]

Tis but a minor set-back for the Bilderboogers.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-17/german-gold-manipulation-blowback-escalates-deutsche-bank-exits-gold-price-fixing

[narciso]

So were they buying or selling in bulk;

[Danube on iPad]

Truthbetold, I am going to give you some advice.

The typical JOM troll has nothing serious to say, and aims merely to be disruptive. Although it is difficult to tell, it seems at least plausible that you believe you have an important point to make, although no one can determine what it is. You maintain that Clarice Feldman has some sort of conflict of interest because she is a friend of Richard Perle.

Apart from the question of whether, in this instance, a friendship creates a conflict that rises to the level of a breach of ethics, why do you consider this important? Why would you expect that anyone else would?

To this point, your body of work on this site bespeaks a deranged and obsessive fellow. People respond to you, at least for the time being. But let me tell you with great confidence that if you don't make plain your point, the responses will dry up.

The onus is on you to persuade us that you are not a lunatic.

[narciso]

It takes a certain amount of skill to do this;

http://freebeacon.com/gawker-got-literally-everything-wrong-about-floridas-new-warning-shots-bill/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

[Rob Crawford]

Whereas with some faith's they give a pass

Islam preaches total submission to the state just as much as fascism does, warrants just as much interference by the "elites" in the day-to-day lives of the people.

[Gus]

Danube, the dishonesty and begging for attention, coupled with the rhetorical bullshit is palpable. It's a troll.