Wednesday, December 4, 2013

"Should Congress ban plastic guns?"



On Tuesday, December 3rd the Washington Post posted an article entitled "The House is really worried about 3d printed guns. So its voted to ban them." It starts off with a simple question that sums up the article pretty well, "Should Congress ban plastic guns?". I think printing guns has no true harm as long as they don't actually work. However, it is a scary thought that plastic guns could be brought into schools and other places a gun doesn't belong. I definitely agree with the ban on plastic guns as long as they can be used as actual weapons. I don't see anything wrong with a "toy" or "model" gun, but the idea of a plastic gun just seems unnecessary to me. Although the idea of printing exact models of Star Trek phasers and Batman gadgets would be pretty cool.