Comment on Tech hobbyist makes shoulder-mounted guided missile prototype with $96 in parts and a 3D printer — DIY MANPADS includes Wi-Fi guidance, ballistics calculations, optional camera for tracking

• chocrates@piefed.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  His guidance is just wifi cameras talking to it. Not sure it even is using gps.

  To ban stuff like this you have to ban a lot of useful tech

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  • Samskara@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    GPS is mentioned.

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• Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This already would fall under an FFL license for legal citizens anyway. As is the nature of the internet though, this open design will be preserved and available for those who seek it.

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  • nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Being in that category just prevents it from being sold. It not illegal federally to build your own weapon without a FFL.

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    • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Is that the same rule for destructive devices? Genuinely curious - I know privately made firearms have different rules.

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      • frongt@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        No, for a destructive device you have to file a form 1.

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  • Samskara@sh.itjust.works ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yes. I am actually surprised we haven’t seen a major terrorist attack in a western country using remote controlled or autonomous drones for example. The technology has been available for years now.

    3D printed home made guns like the FGC-9 and Urutau have been around for a while now, but remain marginal in gun crime.

    As you say, the cat is out the bag and on the internet forever. However homemade guns and instructions on how to make them have been around for decades.

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    • panda_abyss@lemmy.ca ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Most western terrorist attacks are by opportunistic losers who don’t have the knowledge or motivation to do something like this.

      They’d rather drive a car into people who make them angry and use a gun they already own.

      As for organized groups until recently there have been any good reason for an attack from any centrally organized group.

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    • socsa@piefed.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The lack of simple attacks on soft targets is proof that the threat is overstated and that a statistically overwhelming portion of humans simply don’t want to put bombs on busses and rig them to explode on bridges or in tunnels.

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    • eleitl@lemmy.zip ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Ukraine and Russia are western countries. Narco cartels have started using fpv drones, too.

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      • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        We really should call them northern countries at this point

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