3D Printed Gun Parts Found in Greater Manchester

[piscator]

Thanks, America!

You're welcome!
But didn't the Chinese invent gunpowder?

[Warren Dew]

No drive-by shootings by young punks here.

(our serious crims tend to use their guns to kill criminal rivals, which doesn't exactly break my heart...)

That's true of our young punks, too. Mostly they shoot members of rival gangs.

[JimC]

No drive-by shootings by young punks here.

(our serious crims tend to use their guns to kill criminal rivals, which doesn't exactly break my heart...)

That's true of our young punks, too. Mostly they shoot members of rival gangs.

I'm sure that's true, but being young punks, not real good at marksmanship, and armed with semi (or sometimes full) automatics, there tends to be more bullets spraying around to hit the proverbial bystander...

Our hardened old crims know the value of a single well-placed bullet... "Good night, Mugsy. Sweet dreams, you arsehole..."

[Warren Dew]

No drive-by shootings by young punks here.

(our serious crims tend to use their guns to kill criminal rivals, which doesn't exactly break my heart...)

That's true of our young punks, too. Mostly they shoot members of rival gangs.

I'm sure that's true, but being young punks, not real good at marksmanship, and armed with semi (or sometimes full) automatics, there tends to be more bullets spraying around to hit the proverbial bystander...

Our hardened old crims know the value of a single well-placed bullet... "Good night, Mugsy. Sweet dreams, you arsehole..."

Sorry to disappoint, but our criminals all use single shot weapons as well. Tommy guns haven't been popular since the 1920s.

[JimC]

No drive-by shootings by young punks here.

(our serious crims tend to use their guns to kill criminal rivals, which doesn't exactly break my heart...)

That's true of our young punks, too. Mostly they shoot members of rival gangs.

I'm sure that's true, but being young punks, not real good at marksmanship, and armed with semi (or sometimes full) automatics, there tends to be more bullets spraying around to hit the proverbial bystander...

Our hardened old crims know the value of a single well-placed bullet... "Good night, Mugsy. Sweet dreams, you arsehole..."

Sorry to disappoint, but our criminals all use single shot weapons as well. Tommy guns haven't been popular since the 1920s.

What about the (no doubt cliched) drive by shootings of rival gang areas?

[Warren Dew]

No drive-by shootings by young punks here.

(our serious crims tend to use their guns to kill criminal rivals, which doesn't exactly break my heart...)

That's true of our young punks, too. Mostly they shoot members of rival gangs.

I'm sure that's true, but being young punks, not real good at marksmanship, and armed with semi (or sometimes full) automatics, there tends to be more bullets spraying around to hit the proverbial bystander...

Our hardened old crims know the value of a single well-placed bullet... "Good night, Mugsy. Sweet dreams, you arsehole..."

Sorry to disappoint, but our criminals all use single shot weapons as well. Tommy guns haven't been popular since the 1920s.

What about the (no doubt cliched) drive by shootings of rival gang areas?

One trigger pull per shot. They aren't using automatic weapons.

[Audley Strange]

I'd like to know how the police knew he'd bought a 3D printer and what made them think he was making gun parts.

It's called "the surveillance state." Derp.

You think the NSA is the only intelligence organization peering over our shoulders every minute of every day? We're just the very best at it, and you never would have found out except for a traitor.

Nor is the NSA going to stop doing it, no matter how much France or anybody else bitches.

It is an odd libertarian that celebrates the efficiency of those who wish to monitor them without consent.

[Jason]

It is indeed. Have you ever seen one?

The Tommy Gun is out of style, but it's got character.

[Clinton Huxley]

Thanks, America!

You're welcome!
But didn't the Chinese invent gunpowder?

They did, too. But they didn't invent a fetishistic and diseased love of firearms and try to export that around the world....

[JimC]

I'd like to know how the police knew he'd bought a 3D printer and what made them think he was making gun parts.

It's called "the surveillance state." Derp.

You think the NSA is the only intelligence organization peering over our shoulders every minute of every day? We're just the very best at it, and you never would have found out except for a traitor.

Nor is the NSA going to stop doing it, no matter how much France or anybody else bitches.

It is an odd libertarian that celebrates the efficiency of those who wish to monitor them without consent.

Thanks, America!

You're welcome!
But didn't the Chinese invent gunpowder?

They did, too. But they didn't invent a fetishistic and diseased love of firearms and try to export that around the world....

and

[Hermit]

Thanks, America!

You're welcome!
But didn't the Chinese invent gunpowder?

They did, too. But they didn't invent a fetishistic and diseased love of firearms and try to export that around the world....

In fact, the first recorded use of said powder was not in guns at all. It was used to make as much noise as possible in order to scare the dragon eating the sun away, and it was quite successful at that. To date, no solar eclipse has been permanent. The dragon fled every time without devouring that life giving light.

[Clinton Huxley]

Cloudy here now. Sun-eating dragon suspected. What's the recipe for gunpowder?

[Hermit]

Mix sulfur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate. Alternatively, a mix of Diesel and nitrate based fertiliser will create a suitable bang too.

This post ought to attract the attention of the NSA, by the way. I expect my phones to be bugged and my emails harvested soon, if they are not already.

[Clinton Huxley]

Mix sulfur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate. Alternatively, a mix of Diesel and nitrate based fertiliser will create a suitable bang too.

This post ought to attract the attention of the NSA, by the way. I expect my phones to be bugged and my emails harvested soon, if they are not already.

I suspect you may be some NSA funded honey trap.....

[Tyrannical]

You guys know this story is fake, right?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ctory.html

The statement came after the shop owner whose premises were raided wept as he proclaimed his innocence, saying the machinery was used to make toys.

The 38-year-old businessman was released on police bail an hour after answering questions by officers over the alleged 'gun' parts.
Police raided his model-making shop yesterday, confiscating his 3D printer, and hours later told the media that officers had seized what they suspected to be a 3D plastic magazine and trigger which could be fitted together to make a viable 3D gun.

But speaking on condition of anonymity, shop owner 'Andrew' said the supposed trigger and magazine for bullets were actually parts of the printer - which he uses to make models.

'I was sat here yesterday morning and I saw police officers coming to the door. I just thought it was a customer. We have officers who are customers.

'They came in and said "We have got a warrant to search this premises".They accused me of making gun parts.'

He said two police vans and 30 officers swarmed over his shop and he was taken to Levenshulme police station and held for questioning at 5pm yesterday.

Presented with the 'trigger' and 'magazine', he explained that one was a spool and the other another part of the printer, to which he said the officer replied: 'Oh! OK.”
Andrew was released an hour later on bail.