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September 20, 2011 10:52 pm GMT
There's an interesting back-and-forth going on at Thingiverse, a site founded by Makerbot to share 3D projects. Two designers have made two parts for the AR-15 rifle platform. The first part is a standard rifle magazine complete with spring but the second part is AR-15 lower receiver.Why are these parts important? Well, the magazine is just on the edge of Thinigverse's implied (but not concrete) "no weapons" philosophy but the lower receiver is something else entirely. It is the only part of the AR-15 that you need a license to buy. Here's what the creator, KingLudd, has to say about it:
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Is Printing A Gun The Same As Buying A Gun?
There's an interesting back-and-forth going on at Thingiverse, a site founded by Makerbot to share 3D projects. Two designers have made two parts for the AR-15 rifle platform. The first part is a standard rifle magazine complete with spring but the second part is AR-15 lower receiver.Why are these parts important? Well, the magazine is just on the edge of Thinigverse's implied (but not concrete) "no weapons" philosophy but the lower receiver is something else entirely. It is the only part of the AR-15 that you need a license to buy. Here's what the creator, KingLudd, has to say about it:Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/OnG4zajD9Ew/
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