• vortic
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    411 months ago

    I was going to ask if this had a chance of working. Reading the article you posted convinced me that, whether this one actually worked or not, it is certainly possible to make a working firearm from a stapler and some scrap metal. That’s pretty neat, a little scary, and leaves me wondering why more people don’t do this. Why aren’t there gangs using these?

    • Auk
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      11 months ago

      For something like the pictured gun you’re probably not getting much more in the way of accurate range than just holding a knife, and a knife would be a lot more reliable.

      I would also assume that if you can get hold of ammunition to load an improvised gun it’s not that much more of a stretch to acquire an actual gun to put said ammo into.

    • @CADmonkey
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      211 months ago

      Because it’s easier to find a car covered in 2A stickers and pictures of AR15’s and steal the guns out of it.