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Kimmo Huosionmaa
3D-printers can risk the national security because the production of weapons like assault rifles is now easier than ever before. By using modern cheap 3D-scanning technology, everybody who wants can scan the parts of personal assault rifle and ammunition in the army, and send those files to the friends of this person. And if those “friends” have access to the 3D-printers, what is able to make metal parts, would the result be that some MC-gang makes their garages the weapon factory, where they make assault weapons.
Also, cartridges and magazines of those weapons can be made by using 3D-printers. That is the very big risk for public security. The problem with 3D-printers is that they are free to buy. The 3D-printing technology can also connect to the MIG-welding machine. The 3D-printers what have the capacity to produce metal parts are actually modified MIG-welding machines. This makes possible to make metal parts for cars, bicycles, and weapons. This is the way, how violent gangs could get powerful assault weapons in their hands.
And this is very big risk in all areas. With 3D-printers could terrorists make new weapons like assault rifles and mortars. This technology allows also to product ammunition to those weapons. This would make criminal organizations more deadly than ever before. 3D- production technology makes access to the weapons like multi-barrel Gatling guns, what they ever get their hands before. Also, some teenager can produce own M-203 assault rifle with 3D-printers. This is very strong threat to national security in all countries. And this means that officials must realize how dangerous those weapons can be in wrong hands.
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