paulitician
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Good piece from John Stossel
Invent something and the first thing that goes through some peoples minds -- especially politicians minds -- is what might go wrong.
3D printers now allow you to mold objects right in your living room, using patterns you find online. Its a revolutionary invention that will save time, reduce shipping costs and be kind to the earth.
But what critics see is: guns! People will print guns at home! Well, sure.
On TV, Rachel Maddow sneered about a well-armed anarchist utopia, where everybody fends for themselves with stupid-looking plastic guns. ... Its a political effort to try to do away with government.
Do away with government? If only we could do away with some! Big-government politicians and their cheerleaders in the media focus on threats posed by innovation because they fear loss of control. They move to ban things.
In Texas, Cody Wilson used a 3D printer to make a plastic gun. He called it the Liberator and posted its specs on the Internet. The State Department then ordered him to take the specs down. He did. But by then, 100,000 people had downloaded it.
Wilson takes pride in pointing out how his gun shows that gun control is an illusion. Being able to print a gun in your own home will render laws against purchasing guns unenforceable and irrelevant.
The Liberator didnt work well. It broke before Kennedy could fire a shot. However, printed guns will improve over time. Wilsons point: prohibiting this is no longer effective.
Technological innovation constantly threatens centralized authorities...
Read More:
What do we want, America -- innovation or stagnation? | Fox News
Invent something and the first thing that goes through some peoples minds -- especially politicians minds -- is what might go wrong.
3D printers now allow you to mold objects right in your living room, using patterns you find online. Its a revolutionary invention that will save time, reduce shipping costs and be kind to the earth.
But what critics see is: guns! People will print guns at home! Well, sure.
On TV, Rachel Maddow sneered about a well-armed anarchist utopia, where everybody fends for themselves with stupid-looking plastic guns. ... Its a political effort to try to do away with government.
Do away with government? If only we could do away with some! Big-government politicians and their cheerleaders in the media focus on threats posed by innovation because they fear loss of control. They move to ban things.
In Texas, Cody Wilson used a 3D printer to make a plastic gun. He called it the Liberator and posted its specs on the Internet. The State Department then ordered him to take the specs down. He did. But by then, 100,000 people had downloaded it.
Wilson takes pride in pointing out how his gun shows that gun control is an illusion. Being able to print a gun in your own home will render laws against purchasing guns unenforceable and irrelevant.
The Liberator didnt work well. It broke before Kennedy could fire a shot. However, printed guns will improve over time. Wilsons point: prohibiting this is no longer effective.
Technological innovation constantly threatens centralized authorities...
Read More:
What do we want, America -- innovation or stagnation? | Fox News