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“Something tells me we’re about to see a flood of cheap AR-15 lowers coming onto the market in the next few weeks.”
Even if they could print more than a handful a day (which they can’t without setting up a massive printer farm) they aren’t going to be nearly as cheap as a cast/reductive machined/injection molded piece. The materials cost more.
Yep. 3D printing is about distributed reasonably-cheap-if-you-just-want-one manufacturing, not cheap mass production.
I know how you feel. Downunder the gun-control ghouls are eagerly awaiting any incident of mass homicide via firearm as a means to further push their anti-gun agendas. It doesn’t matter in what part of the world it happens or even if the firearm is effectively prohibited in our part of the world (nearly all the time these days). The local LAFOs (law abiding firearm owners) are getting tired of being international scapegoats, and I think the US LAFOs are getting tired of also being blamed as well.
When you punish the guilty, it is justice. When you punish the innocent, it is tyranny. I haven’t seen much justice done over the last nearly 20 years (since Strathfield and Port Arthur).
Great shot. At 40 feet I would not even be able to see the tack.
I bet a couple green tips into the bulk of the machinery would shut that thing down pretty quick. Robotics are finicky beasts. I suppose if it was armor plated, that would be an entirely different proposition. Then a fiddy would do nicely.
A plasma rifle in the 40 watt range should do nicely. Could lay some sheet metal smeared with 10w40 in it’s path. It was having a hard time on the ice.
SWATing is all kinds of messed up. It remind me of one of my soldiers who lived on post housing. His wife called to talk to someone about marriage counseling. It spiraled into the MP’s surrounding his house because the person on the phone made it their personal duty to elevate a basic call out of realm of reality. Luckily nothing happened.
During the recall vote, I guess I should have voted a few more times. I think I remember him being dumbfounded at the closeness of the recall vote, and that relatively few of his supposed many supporters bothered to actually show up for it.
He’s not a particularly charming man with whom to do business, either.
Sure, it’s possible that anti-gun people would make such a call maliciously, but I think much more likely is the possibility that they might make the call in the total belief that you were dangerous. For example, if they saw a firearm inside the house? For these people, firearms are not part of their daily lives; they panic when they see them.
I was thinking about this issue during the week. I was working on one of my rifles and had it out. It would have been easy for somebody to call the cops on me if they saw me through the windows. Luckily I do live outside of the city and the nearest neighbor is 150 yards away and can’t see. Even if they did, they probably have their own guns and wouldn’t care.
That’s just weird… creepy… and amazing.
I know my local police deparment, I trust them that trust me.
The outcome of this would have been the same if it was SWAT with M4s or your standard town police with a Glock 17, and I can’t really fault the police for responding to the call. It’s unfortunate that people do this, but I’d rather the police respond than to ignore people.
It’s nice to bring awareness to the people who are unfamiliar with these tactics.
As for tracing the call, if the cracker/phreaker was any good, it’s basically not worth the effort. The phone system is just not designed to be secure.
Cops like to play with their guns too!
“We need to get these weapons of war off our streets!” -DF
I wonder what a autonomous robot “horse” would do if someone laid out a snare made of tow cable?
It could be quality entertainment.
Bishop, guilt will only go so far with those that mean you harm. Good luck convincing victims to stay the course and accept that they have no choice in their defense.
The Catholic Bishops in America, specifically the USCCB, has been so infiltrated by statists that truly faithful Catholics are hard pressed to even recognize their authority. This Bishop does not speak for the Church as a whole, his opinion on this matter is contrary to Church doctrine which specifically addresses the inherent rights to life and self-defense, and I’d like to know who is actually pulling his strings.
I have seen other video of this particular robot where the operators approach and try to shove it sideways to knock it over. It reacts like an animal or person: it stumbles a bit and moves away from the person shoving it as it regains its balance but it doesn’t fall over.
The only positive aspect is that it is slow … which makes it vulnerable to a nice sledge hammer. Of course no one normally carries a sledge hammer around so that would be the down side.
He appears to be one of the happiest people on earth
sends the message that deadly force and intimidation are not only allowed in our state, but encouraged.
This has to be the most hilarious thing I’ve read from a Catholic leader ever. Please please, brush up on the history of the Catholic Church, particularly in the medieval times and get back to me on the use of deadly force and intimidation tactics. Or better yet, religion in general.
So many people putting their whole foot in their mouth lately.
I had never heard of this gentleman til this posting. Still another reason to appreciate TTAG.