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Printers cheap - ammo frightfully expensive
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They should treat guns like printers (Original Post)
malaise
Jun 2016
OP
Most laser printers print near invisible tracing patterns to identify the printer and owner.
TheBlackAdder
Jun 2016
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EL34x4
(2,003 posts)1. Sounds good to me!
I can buy guns at Best Buy with no background check and I'll find the cheap, knock-off ammo that works just fine on Amazon.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)2. You know, I've honestly always wondered why a gunmaker never thought of that
"Here's a halfway-decent hunting rifle for free. It only fires our bullets, which cost $75 per brick."
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)3. They can just put HP in charge of all ammo sales
tblue37
(65,273 posts)4. Chris Rock has a routine about that:
Bullet control
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malaise
(268,856 posts)5. I got the idea from him
Chris Rock rocks
Initech
(100,058 posts)6. They should make guns break down as frequently as printers do.
malaise
(268,856 posts)7. You win the thread
Initech
(100,058 posts)8. Too often I want to do this to my printer:
malaise
(268,856 posts)10. That's fromm one of my all time favorite
movies - Office Space
deaniac21
(6,747 posts)9. It already is
ileus
(15,396 posts)11. Glad I reload.
I cast my own bullets also.
I have 9mm down to 7 cents a round.
w4rma
(31,700 posts)12. 2013: Texas company makes metal gun with 3-D printer
malaise
(268,856 posts)13. I knew this was coming
TheBlackAdder
(28,181 posts)14. Most laser printers print near invisible tracing patterns to identify the printer and owner.
fierywoman
(7,679 posts)15. finally! A positive contribution to the US that Carly Fiorina can make!