The idea behind plastic guns is philosophical.<p>The government should not be able to forbid a person form effectively defending his or herself ; it's a natural right which can't be taken away by any government. 3D printed guns gives you back that right if your state has taken it away i.e. China. They are hard to detect so this is another plus ion the same vein as the first.<p>This is the point of the project as I understand it, as per the project's creator.
Why won't these articles die? It's pure sensationalism since no sane person would 3D print a gun which in all likelyhood would just blow up in your hand.<p>You have always been able to do effectively the same thing for less money and with more reliability using some pipe at a hardware store. However, when someone adds the phrase "3D printing" it becomes a huge issue that people want to regulate. It's incredibly frustrating