I understand the intent, but feel that there are so many other loopholes that put much worse weapons on the street than a printer. Besides, my prints can barely sustain normal use, much less a bullet being fired from them. I would think that this is more of a risk to the person holding the gun than who it’s pointing at.

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      Well, not anything (if you actually think that’s possible, then I have a challenge for you: make a functioning gun out of cheese), but an average hardware store should have everything you need to produce something capable of firing a shot.

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        Usually part of 3D printed guns aren’t 3d printed. I’d bet you could make a one-time-use gun out of cheese, but the firing pin and springs would probably have to be made of something else to use a traditional round.

        If you go with a gunpowder charge ignited with a flame, it’d be much easier. I’m sure there’s even a cheese that could sustain a flame to ignite it with too. You could even make a cheese bullet.

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        if you actually think that’s possible, then I have a challenge for you: make a functioning gun out of cheese

        Sounds like something Mythbusters would’ve taken on back in the day lol

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        I reckon you could do it with Himalayan Chhurpi (yak) cheese.

        Some people find it so hard they literally can’t eat it.