Summary
Patrick Thomas Egan, 39, was arrested in Colorado for allegedly attacking TV reporter Ja’Ronn Alex, demanding to know if Alex was a U.S. citizen and declaring, “This is Trump’s America now.”
Police say Egan followed Alex’s vehicle for 40 miles, confronted him at his news station, and tackled him, putting him in a headlock that left Alex struggling to breathe.
The attack is being investigated as a possible bias-motivated crime.
Egan faces charges of assault and harassment, with prosecutors yet to file formal charges.
I honestly would not trust a 3D printed gun. Even after some successful uses, there have still been plenty of fuckups.
I think guns are a case where precision machine tooling is a good idea.
Edit: Am I really getting downvoted for suggesting if people get a gun, they get one that was made with precision milling? Would you downvote me for saying people probably shouldn’t assemble their own cars out of 3D printed parts either?
Yeah, you dont wanna have to rack the slide after every shot, like some goddam noob.
I mean I’m thinking of stuff I’ve read like this:
https://3dprint.com/285741/teen-shoots-self-accidentally-with-gun-made-with-3d-printed-parts/
It’s a tool. You don’t make your own screwdriver or drill.
This article explains it better than I can:
https://www.fastcompany.com/90290217/3d-printing-guns-at-home-is-dangerous-mostly-for-the-person-shooting-it
Well you may have just moved to Britain but with your knowledge of handguns I would assume you were born there. Guns are dangerous tools. Yes. The kid didn’t shoot himself in the leg because of the 3D printed parts. He shot himself in the leg because he fumbled a partially assembled and cocked handgun that for some inexplicably stupid reason he had decided to load with a single round.
Due to a large amount of very stupid laws by a couple of different three-letter agencies, a handgun is actually defined as the frame that holds all the pressure bearing parts and not the pressure bearing parts themselves.
So he printed the hand grip basically and then put the upper assembly of a standard normal factory assembled upper of a firearm inside of that.
Are you really trying to argue with me that a tool which requires precision doesn’t have to be made with precision?
I mean for fuck’s sake, this isn’t even a gun control argument on my part, it’s a “be wise with what you have” argument.
You go ahead and 3D print all the guns you want though. Just don’t come crying to me if one of them blows up in your hand because of a faulty print. Righteous indignation is the important thing here.
No, I’m telling you that the tool that was made with precision was inserted into a plastic handguard that was 3D printed. The upper assembly and pressure bearing parts of the firearm were assembled in a factory
Try reading what I wrote again or you know maybe reading your own article first
Cool. It’s still generally a bad idea to 3D print a gun. You should get one made professionally for basic safety reasons. I provided a whole other link you’re ignoring.
Are you actually this incapable of understanding what I’m saying? The gun wasn’t 3D printed. Let’s try this another way. Imagine I take a Honda Accord from the Honda factory. Imagine I strip off all of the paneling and replace it with custom paneling that I made and or assembled or got from a panel kit. Is my Honda now 3D printed?. I didn’t replace the wheels. I didn’t replace the drivetrain. I didn’t replace the engine, it has the same naked frame. It rolled off the factory floor with.
Which “the gun?” I’m talking about hobbyist 3D printed guns in general. It’s a bad idea to print one out on your home 3D printer. There are plans to do so which can be downloaded. Don’t use them because it’s dangerous. Why is this such a controversial thing to say?
This article you ignored the first time explains very clearly why you should not 3D print your own gun at home. Maybe read it this time. https://www.fastcompany.com/90290217/3d-printing-guns-at-home-is-dangerous-mostly-for-the-person-shooting-it