r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • May 23 '22

Weekly Politics Thread

Please post all your Politics or Ban-related ideas, initiatives, comments, suggestions, news articles, and recommendations in this thread. Unless new information is published in the media, recurring articles related to the gov'ts ***possible*** legislation are to be posted here. These threads will be weekly, until it's necessary for another per-week.

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u/CanadaGunsMod May 25 '22

The gun shown has a printed lower. The rest of the parts are available without a license in Canada, you wouldn't even need a PAL.

This is why we don't typically allow 3D printing posts here, unless it's a basic accessory. The optics of the whole thing is massively damaging for the sport. 3D printed lowers on cheap printers are garbage that will literally break with shot #1, but good printers can produce lowers that will withstand sustained use.

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u/Beretta_errata removeddit pro May 26 '22

Why are they downvoting you? You always add to the conversation.

Hmm, maybe I am seeing why politics is limited to this cesspool thread.

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u/CanadaGunsMod May 26 '22 edited May 26 '22

I'm the mod, it comes with the territory. That's why I do this under an alt and not my main.

Edit: I'd personally love to have free reign on 3D printed stuff here. Inrange recently had a makers' match that was really cool. I have two printers next to me chugging along all day making various things. You SHOULD be able to print a Glock lower, if you have your RPAL, and call in and register it. That should be 100% within the scope of the license. However, the government (and to a large extent, the general public) doesn't like that and in the interests of keeping us off the news, we're being deliberately limiting on it.

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u/Beretta_errata removeddit pro May 26 '22

I don't disagree.