I don’t like this app. I don’t like the idea of this app. I think the whole thing was misguided.
But let me tell you of a time when I was younger and more festively slutty, I had a few encounters that might have made me a user. Not all men, no, but after the third time a dude threatens to rape you in a park, you start to wonder if you could be doing more to protect yourself.
Remember, ladies, these days you can print your own handguns and make them look like whatever you want.
Maintaining a gun involves knowing how to take the slide off and scrub it with a brush. 3d printing one involves knowing how they work, not to mention having access to a printer, files, then buying a kit because you still need metal internals if you don’t want it to explode in your hand. Vice did a video on printed guns.
TL;DW: a reporter got someone experienced in printing guns to help him build and test the gun over weeks and it still malfunctioned on competition day. If you want reliable self defense, buy it. Even a hi point is preferable to a printed gun, and honestly it’s probably cheaper too.
I get CC’d on Crown reports on 3D printed guns. But I’m so glad you shared this thing from Vice.
I think our disagreement might be more cultural than technology based, though, since I’m not American and gun laws are much different where I live. And it was… sort of a joke. Obviously, where I live having an unregistered firearm carries a lot of risk that outweighs the benefit.
Kits are about $30-100, the files are free and materials are cheap. Ammo is another matter, but plastic darts are a thing.
But to the point, it was more of a hyperbole than advocating women start carrying unregistered firearms, so I’m exploring the hypothetical rather than arguing in favor of it.
Where I live getting a gun is a lot more difficult, and a license to conceal and carry a loaded weapon even more so. Hypothetically speaking, it is faster, easier and cheaper to make a 3D printed handgun if you know what you’re doing. Given their prevalence here, it doesn’t seem all that difficult for a lot of people. I’m not saying it’s without risk.
I don’t like this app. I don’t like the idea of this app. I think the whole thing was misguided.
But let me tell you of a time when I was younger and more festively slutty, I had a few encounters that might have made me a user. Not all men, no, but after the third time a dude threatens to rape you in a park, you start to wonder if you could be doing more to protect yourself.
Remember, ladies, these days you can print your own handguns and make them look like whatever you want.
I’d suggest just buying a small frame pistol. Printing your own and making it work reliably takes a level of know-how and effort.
I’d suggest 3D printing for affordability and because shooting and maintaining a gun already takes a level of know-how and effort.
Maintaining a gun involves knowing how to take the slide off and scrub it with a brush. 3d printing one involves knowing how they work, not to mention having access to a printer, files, then buying a kit because you still need metal internals if you don’t want it to explode in your hand. Vice did a video on printed guns.
TL;DW: a reporter got someone experienced in printing guns to help him build and test the gun over weeks and it still malfunctioned on competition day. If you want reliable self defense, buy it. Even a hi point is preferable to a printed gun, and honestly it’s probably cheaper too.
I get CC’d on Crown reports on 3D printed guns. But I’m so glad you shared this thing from Vice.
I think our disagreement might be more cultural than technology based, though, since I’m not American and gun laws are much different where I live. And it was… sort of a joke. Obviously, where I live having an unregistered firearm carries a lot of risk that outweighs the benefit.
There’s a big difference between being a safe/competent shooter and being a gunsmith.
3d printing a firearm you’re planning to bet your life on is a big ask for someone who isn’t already a gun owner.
Also, if you’re buying a glock slide and parts kit to put in your plastic gat, you aren’t really saving much money.
A glock can be had for nearly $300 on sale sometimes.
Kits are about $30-100, the files are free and materials are cheap. Ammo is another matter, but plastic darts are a thing.
But to the point, it was more of a hyperbole than advocating women start carrying unregistered firearms, so I’m exploring the hypothetical rather than arguing in favor of it.
Where I live getting a gun is a lot more difficult, and a license to conceal and carry a loaded weapon even more so. Hypothetically speaking, it is faster, easier and cheaper to make a 3D printed handgun if you know what you’re doing. Given their prevalence here, it doesn’t seem all that difficult for a lot of people. I’m not saying it’s without risk.
Luckily everyone everywhere in the world has the opportunity to buy guns and munition at their nearest supermarket.
Pepper spray, tazer, knife, air horn, whatever the hell is legal where you live. Any of that is better for self defense than a printed gun.
Holy crap, I never thought about that. That’s a whole different take on an assassin’s teapot.
I forgot about poison. Everyone should know it’s super easy to make poison. Toad venom is so big right now I bet that’s easy to get, too.
I mean poison is cool AF, but turning the teapot into a gun, with a trigger in the handle.
Wait is that an assassins teapot?
BLAM
Yes, why yes it is.
I would like to go into business with you.
Replace their ethanol with methanol.
I’m going to use “festively slutty” in my introductions from now on