{"id":63158,"date":"2021-05-01T12:58:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T16:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=63158"},"modified":"2021-05-01T12:58:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T16:58:12","slug":"3d-printed-guns-flooding-american-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=63158","title":{"rendered":"3D-Printed Guns Flooding American Streets"},"content":{"rendered":"

UK Cops Issue Warning Against “Plastic Gangsters” As 3D-Printed Guns Flood Streets<\/h1>\n

ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n

People have been making 3D-printed guns at home since 2013. Only in the last several years have these unserialized and untraceable weapons advanced in design and durability.<\/p>\n

The Sun<\/a>\u00a0reports 3D printed guns, also known as “ghost guns,” are flooding the streets of Britain and scaring the bejesus out of local police.<\/p>\n

“Criminals are flooding British streets with 3D printed guns in an “unprecedented” security threat.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

“Cops have been ordered to search for the futuristic devices in every house they raid no matter what crime has been committed in a ramped-up response,” The Sun wrote.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

3D-printed guns have come a long way since Cody Wilson and Defense Distributed built the first 3D-printed firearm, The Liberator, a single-shot\u00a0handgun, in 2013. Now, these untraceable weapons can be\u00a0constructed entirely at home for around $350<\/a>\u00a0and fire thousands of rounds in semi-automatic mode.<\/p>\n

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Met Police wrote off 3D-printed guns a few years back by saying they ‘were not a major concern’ – but since printers and gun designs have advanced\u00a0quickly – police sources are telling The Sun they’re “extremely concerned” over a surge in weapon seizures sparked by an “exponential” advance in printer technology and surge in instructional videos online.<\/p>\n

Since anyone can print AR-15s, AKMs, semi-automatic pistols, submachine guns, and more, police fear the UK could soon be overrun with military-grade shooters.<\/p>\n

Former undercover Met officer Peter Bleksley told The Sun: “There has been a rapid escalation – it’s very frightening. It completely changes the criminal landscape.<\/p>\n

“The activists teaching people how to make these weapons are deliberately setting the bar as low as possible – they are deliberately making it so anyone can do it.<\/em><\/p>\n

“If you can read, have access to the internet, and have \u00a3300 spare, off you go.<\/em><\/p>\n

“The most concerning element is that this cuts across and appeals to all criminality. From the loner in his bedroom to organized crime, they will all find it very attractive.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Sun spoke to a top gang leader, under the condition of anonymity, who said the weapon of choice is 3D-printed Glock.<\/p>\n

The criminal also said: “A kid I know makes them for people and he’s pretty good at it.”<\/p>\n

“He’s got the prints from online and has a decent 3D printer and he sells them to certain groups who need them – normally to put the frighteners on a fella or two.<\/em><\/p>\n

“The plastic gangsters are the ones who are using these, because they can’t get hold of the real thing.<\/em><\/p>\n

“That’s what makes these dangerous – they’re sloppy and unprofessional. Kids who think they’re it and they ain’t.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The wide release of the\u00a03D-printed gun\u00a0blueprints and access to cheap, quality printers is a disruptive technology that makes prior enforcement of gun laws challenging for governments.<\/p>\n

There are\u00a0communities of developers<\/a>\u00a0advancing weapon designs and allowing anyone (sometimes for a small nominal fee) to download and print their files.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0divided<\/a>\u00a09th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, California, ruled Tuesday that blueprints of 3D-printed weapons can be shared online, making these weapons more accessible to anyone.<\/p>\n

It’s only a matter of time, not just in the US, but in Europe, that governments unleash a massive crackdown on these untraceable firearms.<\/p>\n

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