Sneaky Federal Bill to Ban ALL Guns !!! HR 1474

[drjoker]

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr1474/text

This bill seeks to ban all 3D printed guns. The following is the world's first 3d printed gun:
http://youtu.be/N3PMi2pz4NI

That gun at the beginning of the video is a "Liberator" and it fires .380 ACP about 8 times before it falls apart and is no longer usable. It is a single shot pistol and must be reloaded after every shot. The video makes a claim that is untrue. The Liberator is NOT all plastic. The design includes a metal insert to comply with the law that all guns must be detectable with metal detectors.

Remember when music used to be purchased in "Record Stores"? Now, almost all music is downloaded. Remember when movies used to be rented in Blockbusters? Now, many movies can be viewed online or downloaded; Hulu, Netflix, Crackle, Crunchyroll, etc. Soon, almost ALL physical objects will be downloadable with 3d printing technology. I own a 3d printer and it is truly mind boggling. Currently, the lower priced models only print plastic stuff, but with the metal object creating 3d printer patents (SLS) running out in 2014, consumer priced 3d printers that print quality guns and engines are only a year or two away. in 30 years, almost ALL guns you purchase will be bought digitally online then printed out on your printer at home (or at a local print shop if you don't own a 3d printer). I am not a psychic nor a lawyer so I don't know how the legal specifics will work out. Maybe you'll have your background check done at your local FFL, then purchase a lower receiver from your local FFL but print all the other parts at home? Or maybe you'll do an online background check by filling out some online form, then downloading a digital key that will allow you to print out on your 3d printer a gun with your name on it so that it's traceable to you? Or just download it with no background check as your 1st Amendment right and print it out as your 2nd Amendment right? I don't know how the specifics will work out, but I do know that ALL guns in the future will be 3d printed. Therefore....

A law that tries to ban 3d printed guns is an attempt to BAN ALL GUNS pre-emptively in the future with a law passed now. Please write your local congressman and senator to protest this bill. Write a snail mail letter NOW, not an email, and not a phone call. Nothing impresses a legislator more than a huge mountain of letters in their office! Tell your legistlor that you will not allow all guns to be banned in the future and oppose the language banning all 3d printed guns in the bill. You only support banning guns not detectable with a metal detector as this is the current law set to sunset soon and is expected to be renewed. (I actually don't support any gun ban at all, but we must be politically realistic) In other words, you only support the renewals of the undetectable firearms law with NO amdendments! Please share this post with all your Facebook, Twitter, email, and blog friends. Also, call your local legislator, too, just in case they're about to make a vote on it and your letter will not arrive on time.

Thanks.

P.S. Here is an AR15 lower that is completely 3d printed being fired: http://youtu.be/ElgTP3c-XcQ
Check out this free online repository of 3d printed objects (but guns are banned on this website): http://www.thingiverse.com
The US Gov't censored the website with the downloadable guns so you'll have to use the infamous Pirate Bay and / or Bittorrent to download it.