Defense Distributed has hand fired the first ever 3-D printed plastic gun. And the politicians are having a fit. The entire point of the project is an exercise to prove that technology makes certain classes of laws moot over time.
The irony is thick in Rep Steve Israel’s reaction to the news. He wants to extend the existing limitations on homemade weapons
Security checkpoints, background checks, and gun regulations will do little good if criminals can print plastic firearms at home [my emphasis]
Did you catch that? We have to tell criminals not to print plastic firearms because otherwise the gun regulations will not work. Doh!
