[Neeek]

The only usable part a plastic 3D printer will make for you is the receiver, which is the whole point, to circumvent that very narrow legal classification. You're right about alternative lawmaking avenues, but given the 2a pushback on controlling "replacement parts" Americans are kind of stuck with the bed they made.

[int_19h]

That was the case like 3 years ago. Things have advanced significantly since then.

[throw3e98]

> The only usable part a plastic 3D printer will make for you is the receiver

this hasn't been true for like 5 years now

[Neeek]

Well over a decade actually https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberator_(gun) but of course just ignore the context of the parent comment about what's legally considered a firearm.