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The internet + 3-D Printed guns = Global Freedom

5/11/2015

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A fascinating issue has cropped up with the latest legal challenge from a company called Defense Distributed, who has recently made headlines by announcing its Ghost Gunner machine, an affordable portable CNC machine that can complete an AR-15 80% lower. The benefit of going this route is that you can buy an 80% lower without going through the government, so they will never know that you own the gun. 

This current legal challenge is in regards to a two year old letter from the U.S. State Department stating that Defense Distributed was violating U.S. law by posting a file to the internet that was the blueprint for 3-D printing a pistol. 

The legal argument is that the file is free speech and is protected by the First Amendment. 

My personal opinion is that with CNC machines and 3-D printers dropping in cost, any attempts to regulate what can be built will simply be in vain. The internet empowers the entire world with knowledge, and the ability for a people to make their own weapons could possibly lead to revolutions in countries with dictatorships. 

America rose up to fight against the Brits using firearms, and we won our freedom. What if North Koreans were able to print their own guns to stand and fight against Kim Jong Un? Or Mexicans who need to protect themselves from corrupt cops participating in the drug trade? You know, that whole tyranny thing.

The internet paired with 3-D printers and portable CNC machines could be a liberating force for good.

The above is my opinion, but for more, Wired covers the story more in depth:

http://www.wired.com/2015/05/3-d-printed-gun-lawsuit-starts-war-arms-control-free-speech
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1.13.15 | Second Scoop: #JeSuisCharlie, America FAIL, AK-47 FAILĀ 

1/13/2015

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This week's Second Scoop is live below. #JeSuisCharlie, America FAIL and AK-47 FAIL are this week's topics. 

My heart goes out to the victims of the Charloe Hebdo terrorist attack.

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Women Train with AK-47s to defend the streets of Baghdad

7/10/2014

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Via CNN- Iraq is a mess. There's no other way to put it. Many men are joining the fight to combat ISIS, the active jihadist group that is trying to destabilize an already fragile Iraq. 

A mother with a 14 year old daughter who are both taking the course note ""When her father and I are at work, what is she going to do if someone comes in the house to kill them?"

It's summertime like here in the U.S. where kids are out of school for the summer. I had carefree summers, and I can't imagine having to worry about someone coming into my house to kill me and my family at any given moment. 


Watch the accompanying video here:

"We are training these ladies to make them ready if (ISIS) makes it into their neighborhood," Abdullah 
(Maj. Kareem Abdullah of the Badr Brigade) said.

"They will be the ones who have to defend their home."
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