In our fast pace society where people are constantly demanding more and more high-tech devices it was inevitable that 3-D printing would be available to the masses. When 3-D printing was in its early development it's technology was expensive and used mainly by large manufacturing companies.(Kennedy, 2013) However now 3-D technology has became more affordable and the size of the machines have decreased greatly. Unfortunately with the good comes the bad, even with all the great things that can be done with this technology there are people who choose to use it for the opposite. While I was watching some YouTube videos on this subject I came across some things that kind of bothered me. I saw people creating guns, and bullets at home using 3-D printers. This bothered me because the material was plastic and actually looked more like toys, and being made of plastic terrorists or other people with bad intentions could easily pass metal detectors. Although people have fabricated plastic guns before 3-D printing was readily available; this just makes it easier for the average Joe to print out a gun in a short amount of time. In an article I read, it stated that the police had conducted a
raid and found 3-D printed gun parts.(Greenwood, 2013) Now whose to say that there aren't other gangs out here doing the same thing. Despite the evil things that people can do with 3-D printing technology I still believe this technology will be credited with saving more lives than it takes.
A Photo of 3-D Printed Gun
Works Cited
Greenwood, C., Robison, W., & Slack, J. Oct. 25, 2013. Police Raid 'Britain's First 3d Gun Factory Retrieved Jan 25, 2014 from Police-raid-Britains-3D-gun-factory-Officers-seize-printer-believe-criminals-using-make-firearms
Kennedy, P. ( Nov 22, 2013). Who Made That 3-d Printer?. Retrieved Jan 25, 2014 from http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/24/magazine/who-made-that-3-d-printer.html?_r=1&
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