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Technically it’s for any printer capable of printing a firearm or the components of a firearm, which is…. every printer. What a bafflingly stupid proposal. If you’re in NY, please call your reps and tell them to oppose this bill.

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[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 18 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

We'd better go the full mile. Here's my list of things to be banned, For Our Safety^TM^:

  • 3/4" and 1" galvanized steel pipe and endcaps
  • Cases of matches
  • Acetone
  • Stump killer
  • Milling machines
  • Lathes
  • Drill presses
  • Hydrogen peroxide
  • Salt, Sodium Chloride
  • Stainless steel bolts
  • Benchtop power supplies
  • Sulfur
  • Carbon
  • Water
  • Aluminum foil

I'm sure I can think of others if you give me a minute or two.

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 49 minutes ago

Iron rust. Can be used with the aluminum you included to produce thermite.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Can't you make a pipe bomb out of PVC?

[–] pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Not a good one, I'd imagine. The casings real purpose afaik is to turn into shrapnel, I don't think plastic would be as effective. Then again, I believe it's common to mix screws or similar in with the explosive for more shrapnel, so maybe. Just speculating though

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 9 hours ago

Usually you fill pipe bombs with shrapnal, like BBs