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.
The FGC-9 is being used a lot though? Myanmar’s rebels have been using them for at least three years.
Granted that most of that use is broad use, as opposed to long use. As is customary for insurgents in seeking more robust weapons.
Beyond that, it’s really hard to collect statistics on safety of even one particular model of 3D printed gun thanks to the inherent variations between builds: different filament plastics will yield differently, as will different layer orientations.
But that’s really my point about not trusting them. Because we’re not talking about precision milling of high-grade alloys here.
I mean you do you, but I think firearm safety is kind of a big deal.
Oh for sure, don’t go buying critical/expensive 3D printed shit unless you know or trust the printer, but to me that’s a far broader category than just gunstuff.
Absolutely it’s a broader category, but since we’re specifically talking about 3D-printed guns here, I thought it was worth bringing up in that context.