was considered science fiction, but now up against a deadline, the ban will lapse this monday. lawmakers in both parties punted on making any updates. the legislation that the house passed doesn t address the fact that somebody could sit in their house and print out a 3-d gun. exactly. this law was enacted 25 years ago, and technology has advanced to the point where people can make their own plastic guns. and this law does no prohibit that. reporter: some democrats in the senate say they ll try to close loophesand the ban on undetectable firearms but they have powerful, familiar opposition, the national rifle association which said in a statement the nra strongly opposes any expansion of the undetectable firearms act. including applying the ufa to magazines, gun parts, or the development of new technologies. lots of lawmakers, mostly republicans, agree with the nra. we need to make certain that the american people are safe. at the same time, we need to respect and appreciate
department ordered that the online blueprints be removed. before they were, the blueprints were downloaded more than 100,000 times. so should we worry? one thing that people have pointed out about digital fabrication is you can make guns. you can make the keys to unlock any police cell in the world. you can the power to use this in disruptive way is pretty intense. what do you say about that? any remotely well equip ped gun shop can make gun parts. if i gave you a choice between a gun made in weak piece of plastic versus a gun made out of a piece of metal, you d pick the piece of metal. you doesn t worry abo about you re giving individuals enormous power that perhaps they didn t have before. any technology in all of history has always been used for good stuff and bad stuff. it is at a kuches which limiting
ban these guns, and the state department ordered that the online blueprints be removed. before they were, the blueprints were downloaded more than 100,000 times. so should we worry? one thing that people have pointed out about digital fabrication is you can make guns. you can make the keys to unlock any police cell in the world. you know, the power to use this in kind of disruptive ways is pretty intense. what do you say with that? any remotely well equipped workshop can make gun parts. and in fact if i gave you a choice between a gun made in a weak piece of plastic versus a gun made out of a piece of metal, you d pick the piece of metal. you don t worry about the i mean you re giving individuals enormous power that perhaps they didn t have before. any technology in all of history has always been used for good stuff and bad stuff.
the heart of the gun debate. with weapons far more powerful than the founding fathers ever imagined come new questions. should these types of weapons really be so easy to get? you ready to do some work? we got some packages that came in this morning. let s go back here and get to work. how often does stuff come in? comes in daily. it s like christmas around here, man. every day. every day. you re not sweating, are you? not yet. this ain t some cushy ass acting job. ssg is going a lot of their business on the internet. we ll show you how our online business works. okay. nearly a quarter of their sales come from online orders. is there anyone who s a licensed retailer, has the ability to sell guns on the internet? yes. right. you can go on here and list anything from guns to gun parts, to ammunition, to, you know, anything you wanted. we were looking for a rifle. it s illegal for them to ship weapons to online customers way,
ban these guns, and the state department ordered that the online blueprints be removed. before they were, the blueprints were downloaded more than 100,000 times. so should we worry? one thing that people have pointed out about digital fabrication is you can make guns. you can make the keys to unlock any police cell in the world. you know, the power to use this in kind of disruptive ways is pretty intense. what do you say about it? any remotely well equipped workshop can make gun parts. in fact if i gave you a choice between a gun made in a weak piece of plastic versus a gun made out of a piece of metal, you d pick the piece of metal. you don t worry about the i mean you re giving individuals enormous power that perhaps they didn t have before. any technology in all of history has always been used for good stuff and bad stuff. it is at a cuss.