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Quote of the Day: Future Shock Edition

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“I think there’s nothing wrong with what we’re doing in a moral sense. We’re pursuing what we think is a step toward liberty and even if it scares people, well, that’s our world view—liberty is scary and increasingly there’s less and less you can do about controlling the way someone can fabricate a gun.” – Defense Distributed co-founder Cody Wilson in Gun maker: 3D gun parts a ‘step toward liberty’ [courtesy pcworld.com]

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  1. Better yet, how about an amendment to the Colorado state constitution to prevent legislation of this nature in the future?

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  2. I recently saw this pic on one of my friends posts. There is nothing wrong with teaching your kids gun safety. When authorities come knocking ask questions and get them to show proof. They did .great

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  3. Increased manufacturing capacity of weapons and related components in red states and less in blue states is a really good thing.

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  4. I remember reading Bastiat back in business school as an undergrad, in relation to the importance of the concept of opportunity cost:

    Good ‘ol broken window parable
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window

    Speaking of opportunity cost… all these resources being wasted by our government on gun control and laws that are ineffective in making people safe or reducing crime.

    Wouldn’t it be nice if all this time, money, and effort were spent on other important things: such as education, fixing the economy, or a better mental health system?

    Yeah, I know. I’m dreaming.

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    • Neither education nor mental health are the purview of government; and the best thing the government can do about the economy is get out of the way.

      Just wanted to set the record straight on that.

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  5. 1. Home gunsmiths have been at digitizing guns and passing the files for a decade. Anybody who wants to home CNC a firearm needs to spend 5 minutes on google.

    2. DD’s stuff can only be made on a ‘real’ digital printer – one most folks will never be able to access. They can get a used one for around $5-10K if they’re good shoppers.

    3. No, none of the companies that do 3D printing can print your gun, that’s already illegal.

    4. According to an article in Forbes last week, there will be a paywall on the downloads. I’ve been screaming this is just a money ploy since day one.

    5. A table top CNC mini-mill can be had for $2-4K all day long. Wanna make your own gun parts out blocks of (quality) plastic, aluminum and steel? Get one of those. Join one of the hundreds of home gunsmithing groups.

    6. Are you truly committed to additive machining? Get involved in the DIY SLS projects that are out there. Yup, laser beams. Sharks optional.

    7. Thanks to this nimrod Cody and Dumbkid Distributed, the real home gunsmith hobby is now fodder for the chattering class. He’s done nothing but enrich himself and draw unneeded attention that will almost certainly lead to new convoluted nonsense from ATF.

    8. If he really wanted to do what he claims, he could do with guns what google is doing with books – scan, digitize, post. But he isn’t doing that. Other people are, but they’re smart enough not to draw attention. There is nothing good in anything this kid is doing. He’s an embarrassment to 20-somethings with good judgement, and when the hammer falls on all of us, he’ll be blaming everyone but himself for the trouble he caused.

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  6. It IS private property, and from reading the AJC article, he hasn’t been chased off by the drug dealers who scared off the last couple of guards. It’s a whole different world there, that, absent the rowhouses, reminds me of “The Wire”.

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