That challenge makes a great point, which utterly and tragically misses the point altogether.
One can make fully functional guns at home, in steel, right now. That’s been the case for centuries already. Duh.
Do I need to point out, furthermore, that the slam-fire, blow-back operated submachine gun is possibly the simplest repeating firearm ever made, that anyone with access to a basic, high school agricultural shop could have been making them since your grandfathers’ time? It’s two pieces of pipe, a heavy bolt with a peg for a handle, a box magazine and a few springs. A trigger (a simple lever) is optional. Sam Colt’s revolver, from 1836, is marvelously complex by comparison.
August 3rd, 2018 at 2:22 pm
That challenge makes a great point, which utterly and tragically misses the point altogether.
One can make fully functional guns at home, in steel, right now. That’s been the case for centuries already. Duh.
Do I need to point out, furthermore, that the slam-fire, blow-back operated submachine gun is possibly the simplest repeating firearm ever made, that anyone with access to a basic, high school agricultural shop could have been making them since your grandfathers’ time? It’s two pieces of pipe, a heavy bolt with a peg for a handle, a box magazine and a few springs. A trigger (a simple lever) is optional. Sam Colt’s revolver, from 1836, is marvelously complex by comparison.
Can I get a “Fucking duh!”?
August 4th, 2018 at 9:35 pm
My dad made a Mauser clone in his basement machine shop in 1970 – in metal and wood. I’m sure he could have made an AR if he wanted.