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    <title><![CDATA[Discussion on Uh-oh! 3D printer produces a real gun ]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[3d printed gun sillly issue]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-11243-100301]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Although they created a gun using this tech the fact is pretty much a joke.  It isn't really ready for prime time.  Any halfway decent carpenter can make a gun out of a couple pieces of wood, a spring and a nail.  I can remember them being in hobby magazines of the past.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[pduffy211]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:54:00 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Weapon shops!]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-11243-95161]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Yes, someone remembers that book!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[cvx4c4]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:38:27 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Well]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-11243-95158]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[The flying drones are already done.  The good is anyone will be able to manufacture the guns of their choice.  Cheap guns for the poor who are the people most likely to not be able to afford the $1500.00 cost.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[cvx4c4]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:37:31 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[No, You're mistaken]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-11243-88107]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[The M4 is the current rifle being used by the armed services, for the most part only the USMC use the M16 anymore. also the Individual Carbine program is mainly just updating the M4 with a piston instead of the current direct impingement. Finally, it is correct to refer to the M16 lower and M4 lower as the same, as the differences between them are so minute that they boil down to time of manufacture, as both weapons use over 80% of the same parts, and to convert a M4 to an M16 one would only need to swap out the uppers.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[SPCshort]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:42:58 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Like this 3D Printing so much]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-11243-84623]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Visit our website for your printing services needs http://www.minutemanmarketing.com]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[minutemanmktg]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 02:08:40 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Aurora those citizens were trained and some had seen combat.]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-11243-80335]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Several of the people in the theatre that night were combat veterans.  At least one was a Marine who had served multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and had seen combat in both countries.  In other words, a man who knew combat situations, had MOUT training (and had likely been involved in urban combat).  In other words, one thing which would have happened in all likely-hood, was that the shooter would have been taken down rapidly by people who knew how to do just that.  It could have saved lives if they'd been armed that night.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[JOEL0903]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:30:44 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[You're mistaken]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-11243-80334]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[The M-16A4 is the current model being used by the majority of the armed services.  For the most part, only special forces and some regular units (depending on the need and availability) are using the M-4.  The Marine Corps will be the primary user of the M-4 in the future as the Army are looking to transition to whatever ends up coming out of the OICW/Individual Carbine (and related) projects.  However, most of the rifles in service today are still M-16s - generally A4s.  The M-4 isn't all that new itself.. it has been around for close to 20 years now.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[JOEL0903]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:22:00 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I guess I'm just smarter than everyone else here?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-11243-75765]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I can 'print' sugar based rocket propellent, so ...who needs 'guns'?  In fact, if someone wants to put up a $50,000. challenge, I'll 'print' a 10 kTon nuclear warhead.  I'm kidding of course, unless... my doing so is not illegal, then I am not kidding.  It's just that you folks have not quite adapted to these DIY technologies and are still thinking in terms of machine shop operations and overly precise, skilled labor.  If this nuke challenge is too drastic, make it a $10,000. closed house challenge.  You get your gun and I'll print my device and we'll get locked into an abandoned house and see who kills who first?  Anyone?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[DoctorEigenFlow]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2012 21:38:52 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Not all that easy]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[All one sees is the final result of the ill use of technology. I wonder if any one has any idea of  what a setup like this would cost !From my - limited knowledge -  there are several expensive requirements to do the job.First of all you need a very high end computer and very expensive software to create the required computer design of the item to be printed. One has to be an expert at using this software - requiring many years of experience - or a laser scanning  and replicating equipment. Second you need a really expensive printer to print such finely detailed 3D object plus appropriate INK (generally some kind of polymer or wax) to do the job.What one gets from this 3D print is a master for using in Investment casting of the final product. This would require a furnace to first create a hollow ceramic shell and then a foundry to cast the final product.I am not aware of any product that can do the job on the kitchen platform.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[pmshah@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2012 21:25:25 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yes, and they will be ignored]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-11243-75734]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[just like all the other gun laws and laws against murder, rape, etc.Killing someone who is trying to kill you is not murder. And there is nothing wrong with killing as long as the right people get killed.Your last sentence is correct.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mudpuppy1]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:16:03 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[And all the lonely nerds]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-11243-75732]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[still living in their mother's basement will start printing women.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mudpuppy1]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:59:44 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[just some more left wing misleading reporting]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-11243-75688]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Tuan, why do you continue to spin the truth and create these misleading articles?You can fire most 22 rifles without the parts that were made on the 3D printer. But your headline screams to all the other left wing zealots out there: &quot;OMG THEY MADE A GUN ON A 3D PRINTER&quot; please quit your day job! maybe you can find something that doesn't require any more thought or research than what you put into your stories that you post here.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Cabo Wabo Addict]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 09:37:13 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Think BIG!]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-11243-75636]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[The obvious answer is to print intelligent life!Many artificial parts already exist. Most are simple items like bladders and ears, but some parts won't be needed since they are basically &quot;support&quot; systems. Look to the (not too distant) future and you might see a world where condoms have been replaced by software...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[FiOS-Dave]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:19:36 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[gdsfdf]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[http://redir.is/aSchttp://redir.is/aSchttp://redir.is/aSchttp://redir.is/aSchttp://redir.is/aSc]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[linzhaner]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:03:45 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Tuan, please dont post sensationalist rubbish.]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-11243-75608]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[There isnt a 3d printer in the world that can print a firearm.What the guy printed was a handle for a gun, not a barrel, endstock or ammunition which are all necessary parts for a firearm. I doubt anyone would bat an eyelid if he'd printed a handle for a bow, or a survival knife.Here in the UK, we have heavy restrictions on firearms and yet that piece of work wouldnt be illegal here ON ITS OWN - Police finding a cache of these gun parts, or along with other components might have reason to believe it was more than just a model of a part of a real weapon, but on its own its just a piece of plastic.A reasonably skilled carpenter could have made that part from wood, and it would be just as functional. It doesnt even have to be the same shape, just have the appropriate mounting points, and lever mechanisms to operate as a trigger. Guns are ridiculously simple to build and modify from a mechanical standpoint - what isnt so simple is the traditional techniques and mechanisms used to build them, aka what makes a gunsmith an artist.Besides all this, it isnt guns that kill people, its people that do that. And with many things that arent even weapons...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[SiO2]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 09:48:42 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Exactly]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The US government bought Chinese AK47's for the Afghan security forces at about $50 apiece.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[scjeff]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 07:31:09 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Maybe.]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-11243-75586]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I wonder what they'd build. Anything really scary like a flying drone, RPG or missile would require complex control circuitry and motors which can't be printed and/or explosives, which would limit their spread. A gun's all simple moving parts and the &quot;warhead&quot; is simply ammunition (which people aren't printing - yet). Any ideas what else might be coming up, other than &quot;a bigger gun&quot;?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[steve_jonesuk@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 01:20:49 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[John,]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-11243-75591]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I don't think people understand that some criminals are adopting to tech, or adopting tech, faster than Govt. agencies do. They (criminals) see the opportunities for themselves, and act quickly, IMHO....Thanks...TW]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[T-Wrench]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 22:29:52 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Gun control costs lives]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This is only an uh-oh if you don't understand that gun control costs lives, at least of the type of gun discussed in the article. It is extremely important that we become far more educated about guns in society than we are today. This research will help: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/06/10/john-lott-america-gun-ban-murders-multiple-victim-public-shootings-europe/]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[pranavb99@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:30:11 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[No Biggie!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It's not in violation of any existing laws for an individual to manufacture a firearm for personal use. The laws apply only to items manufactured for sale or transfer.People have had, and exercised, the ability to manufacture the regulated portions of firearms long before now.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[PenguinUS]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:09:44 -0700</pubDate>
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