• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    Trying it during a time where we can 3D print guns

    Firstly, you don’t need a 3D printer to make a gun. Any plumbing store in America can sell you the supplies you need to make a gun.

    Secondly, 3D printers make shit guns. Plastic has a low melting point and high elasticity. You’ll get off two shots if you’re lucky, before your bullets are firing sideways.

    Thirdly, you don’t just need a gun. You need ammunition. And ammunition is much more difficult/hazardous to produce.

    If you’re crazy enough to decide you want to become a revolutionary/reactionary anti-government insurgent, you’d be stupid to try and make your own gun from scratch. Bombs are easier to manufacture, simpler to deploy, and much more effective against the kind of people an anti-government activist has beef with.

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      The people of Myanmar used 3D printed guns to overthrow their government.

      I’m starting to think you just don’t know what you’re talking about.

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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        The people of Myanmar used 3D printed guns to overthrow their government.

        No they didn’t. They’re in the midst of a horrifying civil war with no end in sight. The current military junta is massacring people by the score with airstrikes. Over 5M people have been displaced.

        I’m starting to think you just don’t know what you’re talking about.

        Are you looking into a mirror?