3D Guns

It is hard not to be impressed with how far technology has moved in the last few years. I'm not talking about comparing the iPhone 4 to the iPhone 5 or the fact that manufacturers will almost give away printers just for the ability to sell you the ink.

What is the most amazing is how quickly 3D printers have improved in the last few years. We are not very for from having the ability to print off broken machinery parts, instead of waiting for them to be shipped in from China or where ever else the manufacturer is located. Don't forget, the "just in time" model doesn't work very well when something breaks. Your local distributor most likely doesn't have the part in stock.

So in the not to distant future what you may be able to do, is to go on line, find the part you need from the manufacturer's catalogue and after paying the fee, download the file, then print it out on your 3D printer.

Just like this bike, only better.

What happens then when people want to get their hands on something that is restricted or perhaps against the law altogether. Just say for example that you want to get your hands on a assault rifle magazine the holds 30 or 40 rounds. Just in case you have a gopher problem.

No problem, just print one off.

It is all a bit pricy now but, what about five years from now? Those who support this sort of thing will make the files available on sites like Pirate Bay and first thing you know, any gun nut with access to a 3D printer will be printing these things out en mass. The file for high-capacity magazines has been downloaded more than 150,000 times since Obama’s gun control executive orders.


 A scary thought in any ones books.

Here we go Again

Sometime I wonder who starts these fights. No matter what, PostMedia seems determined to put themselves right into the middle of it. No doubt, they figure, a good dust up sells newspapers.

A deer rifle?

Now the Stephen Harpers, the Maurice Vellacotts and the Tom Lukiwskis of the world have pretty much won the ban the gun registry fight, the gun nuts have moved on to the next battle, stopping any attempt to restrict semi automatic weapons. Despite the fact that Public Safety Minister, Vic Toews tells them not to worry. Just wait. The campaign is just getting started.

Just in case a stranger comes to your door?

We have moved from “farmers need to protect their grain from deer, their cattle from gophers and their grandchildren from marauding packs of coyotes” to “our fine fighting men and women back from war torn Afghanistan need to keep their skill fine tuned.”

For shooting gophers?

You might ask, who can we thank for all this fine mess? If you asked me, I'd say it sits firmly in Stephen Harper's lap. I don't know how the nerdy economist got so pulled in by the gun nuts of the world but he did. 

And of course, one for the ladies

If you want to figure out who loves these weapons, spend a little time on some of the Canadian gun forums on-line. So, to be frank, I wouldn't trust most of those guys with a butter knife. It doesn't make me feel more secure knowing that all the guns on this page are available from your friendly Canadian gun dealers, down the block.While little Stevie cozies up, I get more and more nervous.