In which we discuss: Guns, Second Amendment, Weaponry, and Violence

[bmack86]

Bryan what are the statistics on the number of times in the US in 2011 that guns were used to rebel against British tyrrany?

14,548 attempts. 0 successful.

[chairmenmeow47]

well this blows holes in the switzerland defense

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-2...ooting/4543982

Three dead after Swiss factory shooting
AFP/Reuters

A gunman killed two people and wounded seven others when he opened fire in a Swiss factory, police said, adding the shooter also died.

Three helicopters from the Swiss emergency service REGA evacuated four seriously wounded people from the scene of the shooting at the Kronospan wood panel plant in Menznau, near Lucerne.

Police said the gunman was an employee at the plant with no record of making trouble.

They told reporters that he appeared to have targeted his victims during the attack.

Local newspaper Willisauerer Bote said the company had just announced it was cutting production after a poor logging season.

Witnesses quoted by local media said the shooting started in the factory canteen around 9am (local time) as workers on an early shift took their lunch break.

"We're all in shock. We'll do everything we can to help the victims' loved ones and support them financially," Urs Fluder, a member of Kronospan's board, told local station Radio Pilatus.

"The company will keep going as normally as possible."

Owned by Austrian group Kronospan, the factory is the top employer in Menznau, giving jobs to about 400 people in the community of almost 2,600.

"This is a tragedy," Menznau's mayor, Adrian Duss, said.

Last month a gunman killed three women and wounded two men in the village of Daillon, stirring a debate about Switzerland's firearms laws that allow its male citizens to retain guns after their mandatory military service.

There is no national gun register but some estimates indicate that at least one in every three of Switzerland's 8 million inhabitants keeps a gun, many stored at home.

Citizens outside the military can apply for a permit to buy up to three weapons from the age of 18 in a country where sharp-shooting and hunting are popular sports.

A shooting in the regional parliament of Zug in 2001 that caused 14 deaths prompted calls to tighten laws, but the majority of Swiss citizens rejected a proposal in 2011 for additional measures such as the creation of local arsenals for military weapons outside service periods.

*pun intended

[Mugwog]

Now you can make your gun quieter with an oil filter suppressor

[canexplain]

The web is sooooooooo ..... I was looking into 3D printers and the home uses for them (BTW if anyone knows jack about the subject please post). By the time I finished surfing, I was at a site where you can get a free download file and you can literally make a plastic gun (you still have to buy the ammo). They also showed a simply made 30 round mag cart for an AR15. Yikes and fuck the local company that says it is going to move out if we pass more stringent gun and gun accessory laws .. cr****

[marooko]

We're gonna limit your business and get mad when you leave. Makes sense.

[mountmccabe]

Their first one only lasted for 6 shots. This 3D printed one has held up for 600 shots:



They printed the white part with the trigger, the "lower receiver." This is the part of the gun that is regulated (serial numbers, etc.) The rest of the gun was not 3D printed (though they have printed magazines as you mention). The barrel, for example, is particularly ill-suited to 3D printing (at this time).

[mountmccabe]

Also on Tuesday a police officer was patrolling the hallways of Highland High School in upstate NY and his gun went off. Fortunately no one was hurt.

[amyzzz]

3D printing sounds like it is right out of Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age. or Star Trek. It's the goddamn future, everyone.

[canexplain]

3D printing sounds like it is right out of Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age. or Star Trek. It's the goddamn future, everyone.

What sort of got me started the last couple of days is that dress on the Oscars that was "created" on a 3D printer....Yea, as little as I read also, the plastic gun has steel springs in it so it would show up ..... cr****

[xuclarockerx]

Also on Tuesday a police officer was patrolling the hallways of Highland High School in upstate NY and his gun went off. Fortunately no one was hurt.

"Accidents happen" - Serj Tankian

[SoulDischarge]

I know some of these have been posted, but taken altogether, The Onion makes the best case for gun control.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/nra...8352/?ref=auto

http://www.theonion.com/articles/rig...adly-me,30742/

http://www.theonion.com/articles/rig...or-adde,30749/

http://www.theonion.com/articles/62y...n-natio,30984/

http://www.theonion.com/articles/men...rangers,30829/

http://www.theonion.com/articles/nra...l-thing,28858/

http://www.theonion.com/articles/gun...nded-pu,10705/

etc.

[roboto]

http://news.msn.com/us/fatal-shootin...rketing-debate


Guns for kids just seems so fucking wrong.