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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Summary

Americans are posting videos about 3D-printed guns on the Chinese video app RedNote, despite the content being illegal in China.

While some users are uncomfortable with the topic, others see it as an opportunity for cultural exchange.

The future of TikTok remains uncertain as the Supreme Court is expected to rule on the ban.

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[-] TommySoda@lemmy.world 159 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

As much as I hate people going to an even more security disaster of an app, the amount of "fuck you" energy I've been seeing from everyone that's moved over there is so god damn funny.

[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 15 points 3 weeks ago

If it keeps going maybe they will start roaching out of Facebook and Twitter too. The network effect works both ways.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 weeks ago

Oh for anyone not actually on Tiktok, there is a huge movement to delete their FB and other Meta accounts on Sunday... we will see how huge it really ends up being.

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 11 points 3 weeks ago

It will be relatively small, but every person who does it is a win regardless.

[-] N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com 121 points 3 weeks ago
[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 42 points 3 weeks ago

I have been told that China pushes NO PROPAGNADA on RedNote because they have a NO POLITICS policy.

And the person who told me that did not see the issue.

[-] Breezy@lemmy.world 30 points 3 weeks ago

Now do &%$!@$+×# &%;%$.

Second time I've seen this in a day. Wow what are you guys talking about?

[-] sem 12 points 3 weeks ago

See to you, you see &%$!@$+×# &%;%, but we see Hunter2

[-] Breezy@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

But how do i do Hunter2?

[-] Estebiu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 weeks ago

Idk why you americans think that you have soo muuuch freedom, lol. You can talk about Tiananmen square, sure, and that somehow suffice to make y'all think you live in an utopian country with unlimited freedom, lol

[-] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 26 points 3 weeks ago

Not sure who is saying any of that, seems like you're jumping to conclusions that no one has said

Also as a southern American I'd appreciate it if you stopped saying y'all, it's cultural appropriation

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[-] spujb@lemmy.cafe 78 points 3 weeks ago

americans and bringing guns places they absolutely shouldn’t be, name a better duo

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[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 48 points 3 weeks ago

3D printed guns are a meme. Most of them require parts of functional guns such as the barrels, And they require regular ammunition.

[-] Hathaway@lemmy.zip 28 points 3 weeks ago

Electro chemical machining can make a barrel.

But, idk how any of what you said makes them a “meme”. You can buy a barrel online for cheap, also ammo, and I don’t have to go through a government check. That’s what a lot of these people want to avoid.

[-] scoobford@lemmy.zip 25 points 3 weeks ago

In most countries, the barrel or other pressures bearing parts are the regulated piece. We are the weird ones for regulating receivers instead.

[-] Hathaway@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago

Well, the article references Americans, I’m American, so okay?

Europeans can also get guns mailed to their front door, are we just comparing gun laws?

[-] Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee 10 points 3 weeks ago

Europeans can also get guns mailed to their front door, are we just comparing gun laws?

I mean, there’s a lot of context surrounding licensing and pre-approval to get that mail order heater in Europe. Local laws vary, yadda yadda

And if you collect old guns and have a C&R license, you too can get guns delivered to your door in America.

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[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

It mentions sending videos about them to China. Where most of those videos are useless because the parts and ammo are not sold there.

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[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Barrels require rifling. It is fairly difficult to manually create the groove as it requires a lot of tooling. Not impossible. But not something people will do to create a single gun. Only the barrel would be more work than assembling the rest of the gun.

Purchased ammo and other parts are specific to the US. 3D printed guns give people the illusion that they can make the entire gun using a 3d printer and off the shelf consumer parts. But most 3d printed guns are made by buying all the required metal parts for guns and printing out the exterior.

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[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago

The part you can easily print, however, is the receiver.

The receiver is the part that's legally a firearm. While I think it's neat I can customize my firearms, I do acknowledge that someone who is prohibited from owning a gun can very easily print a receiver and order the rest of the parts from Palmetto State Armory to get a perfectly-functional firearm without any background check being performed.

I also don't know the solution to the problem though. As 3D printing, desktop CNC, and other forms of DIY manufacturing improve in quality and decrease in price, it will be very hard to regulate home-brew weapons.

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[-] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 28 points 3 weeks ago

If youre an anarchist for fucks sake use a federated platfrom

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[-] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago

This timeline is quite a ride

[-] kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 20 points 3 weeks ago

are 3D printed guns legal in the US?

[-] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago

Home made guns are legal (for the most part) as long as you are making them for yourself.

Until very recently, making a decent gun took a lot of skill, and was pretty dangerous if something wasn't done correctly.

Part of the issue with gun laws is that gun parts, by themselves, are fairly unregulated. You can buy a gun barrel off the Internet with zero paperwork. You can buy optics, grips, springs, pins, etc without any regulations.

So you can print a gun frame, then buy everything else online, and it's all perfectly legal... In most states... If you don't resell, or do anything illegal with it.

The main catch is, if you can legally buy a gun, you can legally make that same gun.

If that gun would be illegal to buy, it's also illegal to make (full auto, suppressed, high capacity, etc.) but the biggest problem is, with the rise of CNC machines, and high quality 3d printing, how would anyone know?

[-] 5in1k@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago

I used to lurk in s homemade gun forum back in the 00’s. My favorite was the yooper assault rifle made out of 2x4’s and hydraulic tubing with a grease nipple primer holder.

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[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 5 points 3 weeks ago

Pretty much yes they are

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[-] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago

The 3D gun thing in China is frickin’ hilarious. Xi and the CCP are gonna go apeshit about that.

[-] nutsack@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

if you printed a gun in china, where would you get ammo

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 weeks ago

Or the metal parts needed to make a "3d printed gun" function as anything other than a random suicide generator.

You can't print 100% of a functional gun on a consumer printer unless you are willing to accept it blowing up in your hand after a shot or 2.

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[-] yamper@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

look, this content isn't getting censored! it must be because rednote is Good, not that it didn't have the english speaking moderation resources

[-] aesthelete@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

It's funny how when something's going offline it's easy for people to just switch apps even if the barrier to switching is extremely high (like having to learn a new language high). Makes it seem almost like...maybe people are fine with the shitty politics on the garbage sites and it isn't really about the switching costs after all.

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[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Huh. Didn't expect that lol

[-] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Americans are posting videos about 3D-printed guns

Cultural Exchange

It's always cute seeing yanks try and act like one of the big boy countries, talking about their "Culture"

[-] Makhno@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago

It's always cute seeing yanks try and act like one of the big boy countries, talking about their "Culture"

Lmao please share which "superior culture" you're from

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[-] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

Says the guy who talks exclusively about American culture.

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