'Utter horses*it': Local journalism fail in progress on 3D printed guns

Um, guys, that’s not a 3D printed gun. Well, it’s shaped like a gun. But it … it fires rubber bands:

JUST IN: 3D printers put plastic, lethal guns just clicks awayhttps://t.co/OjDfYhoi3x pic.twitter.com/Ua6WLuxzyK

— The Palm Beach Post (@pbpost) August 9, 2018

But if it’s a lethal rubber band gun, WE WANT ONE:

"lethal" rubber band guns. ?? https://t.co/Svl0k0MIlf

— Alex VanNess (@thealexvanness) August 9, 2018

For reference purposes, this is a 3D gun:

This is exactly the demographic I pictured 3D printing guns. pic.twitter.com/WOgVrzQg9X

— Natalie Johnson (@nataliejohnsonn) August 9, 2018

Now, the article is as bad as the share image. For starters, “lethal guns” are not just a few “clicks away”:

JUST IN: No they don't https://t.co/QO7uTEokKZ

— neontaster (@neontaster) August 9, 2018

Why would someone buy a printer when they could just buy a gun legally? Even criminals have no issues buying guns, and probably for a whole lot less than single-shot 3D printed guns:

I haven't crunched actual numbers on this, but I'm willing to wager that getting an actual gun (legal or illegal) would be easier, cheaper and quicker for virtually anyone in this country than 3D-printing a working firearm.

— neontaster (@neontaster) August 9, 2018

By the way, here’s their gun “expert”:

And the expert played the terror card to try to scare folks, which is “utter horses*it”:

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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 5, 2018

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