Thread by @RYP__

Ghost guns are back. Well they never actually went away. But they never really were here according to prison gun use stats bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pd…
the actual story is about kits not 3D printing nbclosangeles.com/news/local/gho…
news story:
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"An estimated 287,400 prisoners had possessed a firearm during their offense. Among these, more than half (56%) had either stolen it (6%), found it at the scene of the crime (7%), or obtained it off the street or from the underground market (43%).

Despite the news stories...you can't just print a gun. You need a lot of actual gun parts. Just like the original old school ghost gun story about the Glock "That would get on planes undetected" Nope.

2014: Back when a guy said you could magically pass through airport X-Rays. Story was funky....and try it with bullets. wired.com/2014/08/study-…

There have been some interesting ideas that are fully 3D printed. Like this Defense Distributed do it yourself 3D project. Often used in articles that actually are talking about complete guns assembled from actual gun parts ordered online. federalwaymirror.com/news/ghost-gun…

The focal point of the fully printed gun (not so much the LEO described ghost gun assembled from parts) is the gunmakers match event held in Florida. AWCY is a big player. gunmakersmatch.com Vice is obsessed with 3D guns.

Before 3D printing (which again is a very laborious process if you want to build a gun that way) there was the "zip gun". Homemade firearms that impress with their potential for removing your hand or parts of it at least. thefirearmblog.com/blog/2019/05/3…

What is the real threat? Having your gun stolen and then sold to a criminal for a violent crime. Again...ghost guns not the main weapon used by criminals in crimes. Secure your weapons properly. americanprogress.org/article/gun-th…