Whereas you once needed special skills to fabricate something out of nothing but raw materials, the 3D printer lets you use a file to create something in the privacy of your own home. I don’t care who you are, that’s pretty badass.
Unsurprisingly, someone immediately turned their attention to using this technology to make guns. Makes sense, right? After all, if the government becomes tyrannical and bans guns somehow, the good people of this country will still need at least some access to arms in order to take their country back, right?
The Rhode Island Senate on Wednesday approved legislation sponsored by Sen. Cynthia Coyne to outlaw 3-D printed guns, ghost guns and other untraceable or undetectable firearms in Rhode Island. “Ghost guns, 3-D printed guns and undetectable plastic guns are designed especially for criminal activity. They are meant to dodge the legal safeguards that protect public safety.