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YouTube Is Cracking Down on Gun Content, and 3D-Printed Gun Makers Aren't Happy (gizmodo.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 135 points 11 months ago (14 children)

“So guys getting blown up in trenches in Ukraine by drones? Ha, totally not age-restricted,” the creator said. “ Me firing a 3D printed pink glock that I made? Age-restricted. We don’t need kids watching that. We want kids watching people getting blown up by mines. Love it. Awesome.”

Guys missing the corpo bottom line.

Gun manufacturers have gotten sued by families of school shooting victims. Youtube runs the risk of getting dragged into court because little Billy sees the 3D printed pink glock, decides that he can make that, that its time to fuck up some bullies, and then after that those bullies parents shoot lawyers in every direction (which includes Youtube, even if the odds of getting anything are minimal) like mushroom spores. That risk assessment doesn't exist for Ukraine war vids.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 11 months ago

I suspect this is exactly right.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 11 months ago (8 children)

More generally "gun control" is never about controlling the cops, military, MIC, etc. There's bi-partisan support for the state maintaining its monopoly on violence.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Of course the state wants to maintain its monopoly on violence. That's what states do.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (7 children)

that its time to fuck up some bullies, and then after that those bullies parents shoot lawyers in every direction

Frankly in such a situation not such instructions, and not even Billy's parents should be held primarily responsible, but bullies' parents.

Would reduce the amount of such cases quite a lot, not even talking about more healthy childhood for every human useful for civilization (bullies usually grow into pretty average types).

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[–] [email protected] 96 points 11 months ago (8 children)

People sitting at home 3D printing guns aren't happy? Who could have guessed.

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[–] [email protected] 89 points 11 months ago (3 children)

3D printed guns are being used by fighters in Myanmar.

https://3dprint.com/302100/myanmar-rebels-rely-on-3d-printed-guns-to-fight-military-junta/amp/

They’re pretty important if you want to be anti-authoritarian.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago (27 children)

Also pretty important if you want to supply white supremacist gangs in the US.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What? Don't they just go to Walmart?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

Walmart is too woke! Chick-Fil-A does it best! /s

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago

Lol. No. They're already set. Worry about the large number of minorities that have lost their 2A rights to an unjust legal system.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

But they already have all the guns?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Those are called cops, and they're already pretty well armed.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago (2 children)

How is this relevant? They will still be able to watch YouTube videos about the topic like before, it’s just age restrictions for under 18

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Soon the only content left on Youtube will be AI generated ads for Ponzi schemes.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

We can only hope.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Is this why Ian McCollum's videos are getting altered? Over the years, he's had many historical deep-dives featuring firearms from the Murphy's auction house. In recent months, he's been re-uploading those videos to cover their logo with the word "Morphy's". Even though the auctions are long over, I suppose Google counts them as promoting sales.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago

I remember something from "forgotten weapons" where he I think he talked about having to retroactively blur the auction house because he didn't work with them anymore or a change in their policy. Not a Google one, I think.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 11 months ago (5 children)

PSR is an awesome channel and his music slaps. He doesn't give any instructions or links to files or anything else. He just shows completed examples he built that the community designed. YouTube needs to fuck off with the censorship. The information is all out there. They aren't protecting anybody.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago

lol as if they are doing it to protect anybody.

nothing YouTube ever does, or Google for that matter, is to protect anything but their ad revenue.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I used to frequent the FOSSCAD IRC ages back as a teen. This started during the post-Liberator panic, there were talks about regulating 3D printers to not allow printing guns, etc. Designed a few things, never actually printed any of it myself, but some others did. Really got me into engineering before I exited the scene, led to actually pursuing an engineering career. Was surprised to see 3D printed gun videos so openly shared, it was pretty underground for ages there.

[+] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (5 children)

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Neither the gun nor the switch is 3d printed in that video.

But to answer your question, you can make a firearm from actual trash if you're sufficiently motivated. Look at the different guns Abe's assassin made from a couple of years ago, he even made his own ammunition because of it's lack of availability in Japan. Is the point of gun control as it currently stands to limit access to firearms period or to limit their access to good and more easily available weapons? I would say it is realistically the latter, though crossbows and air rifles are completely legal for people who are barred from owning firearms to obtain and use which sort of invalidates that too.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago

That switch is a federal offense unless you have a Class III SOT and have paid the prerequisite taxes. He explains it at 2:00.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

Any competent person with $50 and access to a hardware store can build functional firearms. This didn't start with 3D printers.

It is 100% legal in the US to build ones own firearms for personal use. Only a few states have put any additional requirements around it.

Building new full auto guns is already illegal without the proper federal licensure. It was already possible for motivated bad actors to ignore this law if they want, even before 3D printing became a moral panic.

There is already zero point to gun control. Can't stop the signal.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Why 30 years from now?

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Google is ruining themselves to suck off advertisers. Hopefully someone can fill the gap of YouTube.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Maybe odysse will rise

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

PeerTube could use some love.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

yes, it's sucking off advertisers and definitely not wanting to be associated with the fucking illicit arms trade....

god damn gun nuts are such whiny babies

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago

Good.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

Haha, private company, you can't do shit about it.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Use peertube fools

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

Lost profits for the gun industry.

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