First 3-D-printed gun fired, but its digital blueprints make bigger bang

[The Minsky Moment]

But if you're stuck with a single shot .380 pistol and have the ability to get that close there are (non-firearm) weapons that would probably be more effective. 

Which again raises the question of why someone would go through all the trouble to do this.
Other than to be an asshole, of course.

[derspiess]

But if you're stuck with a single shot .380 pistol and have the ability to get that close there are (non-firearm) weapons that would probably be more effective. 

Which again raises the question of why someone would go through all the trouble to do this.
Other than to be an asshole, of course.

Somebody, somewhere, is gonna be that asshole, though.  Might as be the one who yells "FIRST" if you're so inclined.

[derspiess]

Okay, if I shot a person with a .380 at point blank range what would it likely do that person?  Say I shot them in the Chest or head.  Would they be wounded?  Would they laugh it off.  Would they die without medical attention?

Depends on a lot of variables, but yet it could kill them.  But if you're stuck with a single shot .380 pistol and have the ability to get that close there are (non-firearm) weapons that would probably be more effective.  Getting kinda tired of having to repeat that.

How many of them are made of plastic?

Dunno.  I've been told that there is some awesome plastic that's just as good as steel.  But do they have to be plastic?

[garbon]

But if you're stuck with a single shot .380 pistol and have the ability to get that close there are (non-firearm) weapons that would probably be more effective. 

Which again raises the question of why someone would go through all the trouble to do this.
Other than to be an asshole, of course.

Somebody, somewhere, is gonna be that asshole, though.  Might as be the one who yells "FIRST" if you're so inclined.

[Razgovory]

Okay, if I shot a person with a .380 at point blank range what would it likely do that person?  Say I shot them in the Chest or head.  Would they be wounded?  Would they laugh it off.  Would they die without medical attention?

Depends on a lot of variables, but yet it could kill them.  But if you're stuck with a single shot .380 pistol and have the ability to get that close there are (non-firearm) weapons that would probably be more effective.  Getting kinda tired of having to repeat that.

You keep trying to minimize the danger of .380 pistol.  What would you say are the chances of being shot in the head or chest with such a weapon and you being able to laugh it off?

[Razgovory]

But if you're stuck with a single shot .380 pistol and have the ability to get that close there are (non-firearm) weapons that would probably be more effective. 

Which again raises the question of why someone would go through all the trouble to do this.
Other than to be an asshole, of course.

The guy describes himself as an anarchist.  I wonder what a person like that would use such a weapon for.

[derspiess]

You keep trying to minimize the danger of .380 pistol.  What would you say are the chances of being shot in the head or chest with such a weapon and you being able to laugh it off?

I don't know.  I probably wouldn't laugh off being stabbed repeatedly with a ceramic knife, either

[Malthus]

This line of argument just isn't convincing.

There is a reason why people have been making small, easily concealed firearms since there have BEEN firearms, despite the fact that such weapons are pretty well by definition fairly low-powered and inaccurate - and that reason is that it is a lot easier to kill someone with even a tiny gun, then to hack them to death with an equally-concealable knife.

No-one thinks that a plastic pistol is going to replace an assault rifle in deadliness any time soon; its natural forebearers are things like derringers - guns made specifically to be inconspicuous and so concealable. Only in this case, it is concealable because of what it is made of, rather than because of its size. It's the natural tool of the assassin, the terrorist and the criminal.

[derspiess]

Oh yeah, well *you* failed to convince me.  How ya like them apples? 

I'm just getting the vibe from you guys that a 3-D printed gun is worthy of panic simply due to your overblown fear of guns in general.

[Malthus]

Oh yeah, well *you* failed to convince me.  How ya like them apples? 

I'm just getting the vibe from you guys that a 3-D printed gun is worthy of panic simply due to your overblown fear of guns in general.

Saying that the thing is the equivalent of a derringer is "panic"?

Oookay. 

[derspiess]

Saying that the thing is the equivalent of a derringer is "panic"?

Pretty much.  Guns are scary & all.

[Malthus]

Saying that the thing is the equivalent of a derringer is "panic"?

Pretty much.  Guns are scary & all.

You are barking up the wrong tree. I've been shooting guns recreationally since I was 12. Mind you, that amounts to plinking tin cans with a .22 every coupla years, but still, the notion I'm some kind of gun-hater is just silly.

[sbr]

Cmon spiess you can't be that dumb.

[derspiess]

You are barking up the wrong tree. I've been shooting guns recreationally since I was 12. Mind you, that amounts to plinking tin cans with a .22 every coupla years, but still, the notion I'm some kind of gun-hater is just silly.

I knew you'd mention your .22

[Berkut]

Saying that the thing is the equivalent of a derringer is "panic"?

Pretty much.  Guns are scary & all.

You are barking up the wrong tree. I've been shooting guns recreationally since I was 12. Mind you, that amounts to plinking tin cans with a .22 every coupla years, but still, the notion I'm some kind of gun-hater is just silly.

It's the standard gun nut response to ANY concern over guns of any kind.