In what might be the first assassination in the United States using a 3D printed weapon, multiple people told 404 Media an image of the weapon found on the person of interest in the shooting of the UnitedHealthcare CEO looks like a specific design of 3D printed Glock.
Nowadays they can last a few hundred rounds before they break (if you print them and finish them correctly).
You have it backwards, you print the lower (the part the government considers “the gun”), and can basically buy the remaining parts (or manufacture them yourself).
The things like the slide and the barrel aren’t controlled so you’re free to buy them from any online gun dealer no questions required (fingerprints, background check, or additional info either).
What defines “an gun”? Obviously this part (the easily manufactured lower)! Not the barrel that holds the actual shooty bit (and has to handle the tons of pressure from the explosion, and is much harder to manufacture)? Nope!
If you actually use firearms, the laws around guns become incredibly dumb. And is probably a rant for another time… As someone who has guns, I want better legislation on safe storage and mandatory training federally. The fact that supposed “good gun owners” argue against this is nuts…