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minus-squarebloodfartlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoWas there a shooting with a printed firearm recently?
minus-squaregomplinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoIrrelevant: the goal is not preventing shootings (I mean, they would go for the obvious solution otherwise)
minus-squarerefalo@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 months agonot sure but I heard they recently caught the FGC-9 designer EDIT found the story: https://news.sky.com/story/jacob-duygu-incel-who-mysteriously-died-unmasked-as-creator-of-worlds-most-popular-3d-printed-gun-12997178
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThis isn’t really about safety, it’s about gun manufacturer profits.
minus-squarebloodfartlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoLike how machine gun owners don’t support the repeal of the nfa or fopa because it would tank the value of their stamp items.
Was there a shooting with a printed firearm recently?
Irrelevant: the goal is not preventing shootings (I mean, they would go for the obvious solution otherwise)
not sure but I heard they recently caught the FGC-9 designer
EDIT found the story: https://news.sky.com/story/jacob-duygu-incel-who-mysteriously-died-unmasked-as-creator-of-worlds-most-popular-3d-printed-gun-12997178
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This isn’t really about safety, it’s about gun manufacturer profits.
Like how machine gun owners don’t support the repeal of the nfa or fopa because it would tank the value of their stamp items.