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byOrangeTide ( 124937 ) writes:
Until someone asks an AI to iterate on a firearm design that doesn't trigger the detection algorithm. Government is ran by incredibly ignorant people. Maybe they're well meaning, but they're not going to be able to put the genie back in the bottle.
What is possible is we can investigate the sale and transport of firearms. And prosecute people who do this at a large scale for organized crime.
bygeekmux ( 1040042 ) writes:
Until someone asks an AI to iterate on a firearm design that doesn't trigger the detection algorithm. Government is ran by incredibly ignorant people. Maybe they're well meaning, but they're not going to be able to put the genie back in the bottle.
Plenty already manufacture AR lowers that are 80% machined, meaning they are semi-finished blanks that require additional machining. I'd imagine it's even easier to 3D print a part rough enough to bypass any "firearm" detection and then use that newfangled technology hundreds of years old (sandpaper) to finish it.
What is possible is we can investigate the sale and transport of firearms. And prosecute people who do this at a large scale for organized crime.
America did do that. We found out who was running the guns during operation Fast 'N Furious and realized it was rather difficult to arrest the President at the time.
byAlypius ( 3606369 ) writes:
And for those in draconian states, some even offer zero-percent lower receivers! [80percentarms.com]
byliqu1d ( 4349325 ) writes:
Are they having a laugh or is this a real thing? (Not American)
byAlypius ( 3606369 ) writes:
Both! IIRC they started a while ago; 80% has always been legal (it seems counterintuitive to those not in the U.S. or heavily involved in firearms, but manufacturing your own firearms for personal use has always been legal) but some states started freaking out about it, so they started offering 0% to mock idiot politicians. They'll sell them--they're just the blanks for their 80% offerings--but it's mainly mockery.
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byliqu1d ( 4349325 ) writes:
Brilliant haha! Thank you for explaining!
byevil_aaronm ( 671521 ) writes:
I looked at that, out of curiosity, and even though it's literally a block of metal, they can't sell it in California. I get overbearing protectiveness, but that's fkn ridiculous.
byAlypius ( 3606369 ) writes:
That must be new. I don't remember seeing that the last time I looked (which, admittedly, has been a long time. I stlll shoot, but I have enough guns so haven't looked)
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