Tag: gun safety
Gun rights activists allowed to post plans for 3-D printed guns online
A judge’s ruling brought a victory for gun advocates on Friday.
People across the country will not only be able to own a gun, but they will have the ability to build it from scratch. All folks will need is a 3D printer.
Beginning Aug. 1 that will be the nation’s new reality.
“This is something we do not need in society right now. Not now, not ever,” said Rosalind Clark-Stewart, resident.
Anyone can simply go online, find a 3D plan for a gun and print it off on their 3D printer.
“To make a law that says you can’t make something or pass on how to make something, that would be hard to do,” said Glenn Duncan, owner of Duncan’s Outdoor Shop.
In 2013, a man named Cody Wilson posted plans for a 3D printed handgun online. The government ordered him to take it down. A court fight ensued and ultimately, they settled the case saying he could publish his plans online.
Duncan said it’s the same thing as a “how to” book.
“Same thing is that you can go to the library and buy a book at the library on how to build a gun, how to build anything. So are we gonna get rid of books,” Duncan said.
The printed guns will not have serial numbers and will be untraceable. Because they will be made out of plastic they could get through metal detectors as well.
“I think this is very frightening. I think this should not be permitted,” Clark-Stewart said.
Like many gun issues, the jury is still out on what’s right or wrong.
“Do we wanna give up rights? That’s gonna be a big battle,” Duncan said.
Man accidentally shoots himself in church while advocating for right to have guns in church
A man accidentally shot himself and his wife inside a Tennessee church Thursday while advocating the right to bring guns to church.
The individual was displaying a Ruger handgun to other churchgoers in the sanctuary about 50 miles south of Knoxville when he apparently forgot it was loaded, according to the Knoxville News Sentinel.
“I carry my handgun everywhere,” he said while removing the ammunition magazine and showing the firearm to other members of the church.
The man began to re-holster his weapon — but first put the magazine back into the firearm and loaded a round into the chamber, the local police chief told the paper.
Someone then asked to see the weapon. The man pulled the gun out of his holster and claimed it wasn’t loaded before pulling the trigger.
“Evidently he just forgot that he re-chambered the weapon,” the police chief said.
The gun fired and the bullet sliced the man’s hand before piercing his wife’s abdomen.
Both he and his wife, who are in their 80s, were taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center, where they were expected to survive.