Bubba, I have news for you: If a thousand people already downloaded the blueprints, you can kiss your ass and whistle a tune and have the same effect as trying to stop it from spreading those downloads and bring them back.
Now, I figure that Defense Distributed is already experiencing a lot of traffic. If you manage to get your hands on the blueprints, share them with somebody you love. And let people know in Social Media that you have shared the files! In Twitter is showing #StopDownloadableGuns and probably the same for the Instagram thing.
You can’t stop the signal, Mal.
PS: The idiot on the right with a yellow tie is Florida’s Senator Bill Nelson.
I gotz news for these morons… the files (yes, there are many) were downloaded by more than just a mere 1000 folks years ago, back when this whole 3D pew-pew brouhaha started.
The ones downloading now are just people being fashionably late to the partay. 😉
“You can’t stop the signal, Mal.”
Oh, and Senator “the peruvian mummy” Nelson needs to go. Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.
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I don’t know if anyone in the mainstream coverage has mentioned it yet, but if they want to stop scary “3D” guns then they’ll need to ban or start heavily regulating CAD software as well. Anyone can get free or relatively affordable CAD licenses. Even from the mainline providers.
I’ve had the files since, what, 2014?
I made a backup copy of the whole “thehomegunsmith” website around that time. No 3d printing needed. No milling machine or CAD tools needed, either.
“plans to make AR-15 style guns.” Now that would take some doing, printing semi-auto rifles from plastic. I haven’t seen those yet, but if someone prints one I sure wouldn’t try to fire it!!
Senators Stampyfeets are seen as doing just that; Stampyfooting like 3 year old brats who were told “No”.
I guffaw in their general direction.