Privately made firearms, billed in the media as "ghost guns," have been part of the fabric of America since before this country was a country. You often had to buy all of the parts, then assemble it yourself with a bit of woodworking.
Now, those days are back, and lefty politicians hate it. Sucks to be them.
See, today, the technology is different, but the principle is the same. You buy some parts, make some other things, and in the end, you've got a gun. Only now, with technology, while some are trying to ban "ghost guns," they're running straight into the reality that the digital landscape isn't playing well with their hopes and desires.
There is a ghost in the shell, and authorities are attempting to exercise it before it becomes what radicals are calling the “new Second Amendment.”
According to law enforcement sources, 3D-printed ghost guns are one of the fastest-growing threats to public safety. In just three years, the ability for any New Yorker to produce a killing device in their own home has grown exponentially. In 2022, police said the lower receiver of a handgun could be made using most 3D-printers, leaving would-be gun manufacturers only to have to order the additional parts. Now, in 2025, about 96% of a firearm can be made in any home, leaving only screws and springs to be added to make it operable.
Police say this rapid progression of the deadly tech is being spearheaded by fringe groups through online chat rooms, open-source file-sharing websites and video platforms like Odysee. Cops say these gun aficionados are sharing their own designs on these pages, not necessarily because they are dangerous trigger-pullers themselves, but because they are looking for glory from their peers. However, once these schematics hit the web, anyone and everyone can access them.
The ‘New Second Amendment’
Dubbed “3D2A” and ”3D Printing For All communities,” these groups not only aim to share information with one another over the net but also to help perfect their designs, with the aim of making the weapons more durable, effective, and easier to use.
“I started this group due to too many people who want to control the actions of others. Free speech is encouraging, and like minds prosper. If you want to post about 3A stuff also, feel free. This group doesn’t restrict any topic; all I ask is no bashing members,” the description of one 3D printing Facebook group read.
The moment it became viable to 3D print the receiver of a firearm, any hope for gun control evaporated. Anyone with a few hundred dollars and an Amazon account--and some of them are unscrupulous enough to use someone else's few hundred dollars via identity theft--can get the means of creating firearms all their own. The other parts needed are minor repair parts that not only aren't serialized, but really can't be.
Plus, if you somehow restrict those, someone out there will come up with designs that use off-the-shelf springs and screws.
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Of course, lawmakers have banned "ghost guns" in a number of states, but how has that worked out for them? About the same as what we see when they banned felons from buying guns. It's almost like criminals break the law as a matter of course, and that gun control only impacts criminals.
Whoops.
Then again, it's not like these people can comprehend cause and effect. If they could, they'd have stopped being progressives years ago. Instead, we have this inane bunch running things in far too many states.
If it were just their proggie fellow travelers, I'd be fine with it, but there are good people trapped there who get caught up in this fiasco, and that's a major issue, which is why they need to get this smacked through their thick skulls.
