U.S. House of Representatives passes gun bill 12/02/2013

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House passes plastic gun bill, now Senate has to beat Monday deadline


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Source: McClatchy DC

The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill sponsored by Rep. Howard Coble that would add another 10 years to the life of a law that bans guns that can’t be spotted with metal detectors or airport X-ray machines.

The 1988 law bans the kind of plastic weapons that are being made cheaply with 3D printing technology.

The House approved the extension of the law on a voice vote, something usually done when there’s broad bipartisan agreement.

If Congress doesn’t extend the law, it will expire on Monday. That's also the day that the U.S. Senate returns from a two-week Thanksgiving break.

Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/12/03/210405/houses-passes-plastic-gun-bill.html

[doison]

Good.  Now it's impossible to make guns by 3d printing. 

[JOHN MATRIX]

This is fine, but to be honest its still just a lot of fearmongering by people completely ignorant of firearms. You can't make a functional gun completely out of plastic. Even all the modern polymer frame guns still have steel slides/barrels/internal parts. And then of course there's the issue of ammunition, is that supposed to be all plastic too?