Just imagine what happens when lawmakers discover the possibilities of every one with access to a lathe or CNC machine.

Absolutely ridiculous.

debatem1 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Every time I see one of these stories I wonder how many tools I would have to remove from my garage to make it impossible to build a primitive gun in there. With enough ingenuity I'm really not sure there would be anything left.

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int_19h 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Luty#Firearms_design

> one particular design, outlined in his book Expedient Homemade Firearms, is the best known. This design makes extensive use of easily procured materials such as folded sheet metal, bar stock, washers, and hex screws. It is a simple blowback-operated sub-machine gun and entirely made from craft-produced components, including the magazine and pistol grip. The major drawback of such designs is the lack of rifling in the barrel, which results in poor accuracy and limited range

This book was openly sold on Amazon 10 years ago. I still have one on my shelf.

	▲	meindnoch 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		See it in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YE9J7qcj0c

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ErroneousBosh 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Wasn't the whole point of the Sten gun that it could be made out of readily-available materials (steel plumbing pipe mostly) with simple hand tools, and really only needed two of the 50 or so components to be machined?

So, unless your garage is down to a pair of rusty pliers and a dried-out Biro then you're probably still up there.

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tbrownaw 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Do potato cannons count?

	▲	stefanfisk 11 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The could if lawmakers wanted them to. Here in Sweden potato guns are actually illegal if the potato achieves 10+ joule.
	▲	wombatpm 10 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I had friends who would scour the produce isle to find potatoes they could cut down to fit their potato gun with a rifled barrel.

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Mashimo 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This law in new york will also affect CNC machines and laser cutter AFAIK. Everything that is computer controlled that can "create" a 3d object.

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jeffbee 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Or a file. You can make a perfectly good gun with a damned file.

	▲	wombatpm 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Or as we learned on Star Trek, some rope, bamboo, charcoal, rocks, sulfur and Gorn dung will make a one time weapon.

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paradox460 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Or fire and a hammer