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Cake day: June 27th, 2023

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  • Until very recently, making a decent gun took a lot of skill, and was pretty dangerous if something wasn’t done correctly.

    We haven’t seen a lot of 3D printed gun usage yet, but I would bet that they aren’t exactly safe to use themselves. We’re talking about things that are generally made with milling to a much greater precision than your standard 3D printer is capable and which contain something explosive.

    It might work for its intended use or it might blow up in your hand. The old fashioned ‘Saturday Night Specials’ that people would make in their garages had that issue.

    (Also, I’d be really careful where you downloaded the plans from, because unless you know the source, it might be designed to blow up in your hand.)









  • It’s not a responsibility, it’s a precaution. Note I didn’t say that I would tell my child what they absolutely had to do. I can’t speak for your kids, but mine wouldn’t need to feel a responsibility because they know the difference between right and wrong and they don’t want people to get hurt, so if they were the first person to see a gunman enter a school, they would want to be the first person to call 911.

    I don’t know what happened with you, but most people don’t suddenly become a self-aware people who care about others the day they turn 18.

    I would also like her to be able to say goodbye and she loves us if she wants that tiny bit of comfort during the last moments of her life.