hkcavalier
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An illegal 3D printed suppressor is very easy to "obtain" i.e. make --- but let's not advertise that fact to the MSM.
New York shooting pistol has been sighted
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About the only new information provided by NYPD tonight is that the three fired cases have definitely been matched to the gun. But nothing was said about the gun itself. At least nothing I have seen.
sigp220.45
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Its probably an 80% receiver or a 3D printed one. All of the other parts are available online without using an FFL. My NOPD kid said about half the guns they took off street thugs were the same way, the other half were stolen from cars. Somebody sets up shop and starts selling them on the street.
He also says the currently trendy thug set-up is a compact gun with an extended magazine. Go figure.
He also says the currently trendy thug set-up is a compact gun with an extended magazine. Go figure.
forindooruseonly
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If it was homemade, I doubt it had a Nielsen Device. Probably just a threaded tube with some baffles and endcaps.
forindooruseonly
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Given the political nature of the crime and the effort to inscribe cases with a cause, maybe the 3-D printing is part of the larger manifesto. Just to further prove a point, so to speak.
And if so, then it makes total sense to 3-D print a frame rather than just buying a gun off the streets...
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If true, a minimum Federal sentence of 2 years 3 months - if they opt to prosecute on this charge.
CAJUNLAWYER
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Mental illness might be the reason as to why, but I suspect it was also anger. This in no way will rise to the McNaughton standard. This guy is another Ted Kaczynski-he just wasn't as smart and got caught after his first one. Thankfully so.
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Just because it could be a 3D printed frame does not mean he is the guy who bought a printer and printed it…. Buy a whole gun off the street, buy a 3D printed/assembled gun off the street, buy a 3D printed frame and assemble it yourself… same, same.
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NYT has a competent (IMHO) analysis of the pistols' components.
The frame has been claimed by its software designer, as 3D printed. Looks like at least this early press claim was correct then.
I will deduce that 3D gun parts are about the consumer avoiding a serial number, which legal replacement frames will have. In which case, it follows that this shooter/murderer planned to avoid being tied to the pistol; which plan went all to heck when he stood in front of a street camera in distinctive clothing while he killed his prey. Then kept the pistol with him while he was being tracked down.
The frame has been claimed by its software designer, as 3D printed. Looks like at least this early press claim was correct then.
I will deduce that 3D gun parts are about the consumer avoiding a serial number, which legal replacement frames will have. In which case, it follows that this shooter/murderer planned to avoid being tied to the pistol; which plan went all to heck when he stood in front of a street camera in distinctive clothing while he killed his prey. Then kept the pistol with him while he was being tracked down.
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Maybe he did buy it off the street.
It is entirely possible he bought the entire setup off the street.
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It seems the suppressor was also 3D printed. If he wanted to get real ninja like he could have used water soluble filament and dropped it in a pond in Central Park.
Doesn’t seem like he cared about it functioning properly or getting caught.
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Not ever having heard of the gadget before, I did a bit of research on the Nielsen piston device. Turns out it is only used on pistols with tilting barrels, i.e. 'locked blowback' pistols. A pistol with a fixed barrel, such as all (?) 'straight blowback' pistols, should not have one because of the damage to the pistol that can be caused. So saith one of the suppressor sellers.
Personally I'd have no use for a suppressor and I reckon anyone on this forum w/b hard-pressed to justify the use of one. But I'm certain they'll try! As the nature of the beast (forum users).
I have use for a suppressor and am currently in the tail end of the legal purchase process. We've been having vermin problem in our gardens and I don't want to disturb the neighbors while I'm doing pest control. So once the paperwork is complete I'll use a suppressor on my 22 rifle.
That's the beauty of living in a free country. We don't have to justify having anything that's legal to you or anyone else.
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Agreed but I'll bet you could list for me all kinds of things that are now legal in USA, but you don't want people doing. There or anywhere else in the world
.Agreed but I'll bet you could list for me all kinds of things that are now legal in USA, but you don't want people doing. There or anywhere else in the world
If I don't like something, I just ignore it. I also don't post anti-gun ideas on a gun forum.
Have a nice day.
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I don't post anti-gun ideas on gun forums. As when I post about AIWB, I make anti-stupid posts on gun forums. Some ideas like that and bump stocks, I'm happy to stand up and be counted as 'against'. My then-new wife would've dragged me to that concert had our visit been just one year later. Stand for something or fall for anything. That's what civilisation IS.
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