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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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[–] [email protected] 162 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 121 points 2 weeks ago (18 children)
[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 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.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Now do &%$!@$+×# &%;%$.

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 2 weeks ago

China mods:

I was not ready for this flavor of shitposting

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago (13 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (6 children)

You could print an entire functional gun if you only intend for it to be fired successfully once. And no shit they require ammo. Ammo is easier to source than filament for the 3D printer. I can't walk into a Walmart and buy printer filament; but I can get ammo.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If youre an anarchist for fucks sake use a federated platfrom

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This timeline is quite a ride

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

are 3D printed guns legal in the US?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (18 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Some places yes, some no. Mostly yes however.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Pretty much yes they are

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

For personal use, if you sell one you need to serialize and register it.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Huh. Didn't expect that lol

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