Why Can't Gun Lawmakers Actually Understand Firearms?



The new 3-D printed Liberator.

According to Al Jazeera, there is a 3-D printed firearms known as the Liberator. The firearms is a single-shot .22 caliber handgun with a one inch barrel and no sights. It is an extremely primitive firearm. Even the name is dated, as it was first heard in the 1940s during World War II in France when America would drop the smooth-bore, .45 caliber handgun that would be pressed against a Nazi's back to "liberate" them of their firearm, so that the French rebels would then have a better weapon. Now while the modern Liberator is not seeing the front lines of combat, it is seeing a political battle. The 1988 Undetectable Firearms Act banned any and all firearms that could not be detected by scanners such as metal detectors and X-ray machines. Due to the Liberator's plastic construction, the question of the firearm's possible threat was asked by numerous politicians, mostly anti-gun ones, of course. The 1988 act's effective ban was scheduled to terminate on December 9, 2013, so multiple New York Democrats banded together to reinstate the ban for another 10 years, effectively banning the Liberator unless various metal components were included to the final production. Of course, due to the fact that only anti-gun Democrats were involved in the voting, the bill was reinstated with absolutely no opposition. What I wish to know, is how many of the actual politicians that took place in the voting of the reinstating of the bill actually know a single thing about firearms, and I am not talking about what the biased media or movies teach them. I can almost guarantee that those politicians do not even know what the velocity (speed and power) of a .22 caliber bullet fired out of a one inch, smooth-bore barrel. Any criminal who wishes to use such a firearm is not only an idiot, but also will not be able to hit their target if they try to shoot from a distance or it is unlikely that the target would be killed due to the limited velocity. Not to mention, any caliber larger than a .22 would cause the plastic material to crack or explode altogether, causing damage to the user. Those anti-gun Democrats are not banning the Liberator and firearms like it because they are worried for the safety of individuals that may possibly get shot by one, they just want to ban anything involving firearms until the Second Amendment means nothing. How easily they forget that the Second Amendment is what protects all the others.

The original Liberator made of stamped steel.