• NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.world
    233·
    11 months ago

    ATF: you can’t make alcohol or tobacco look like candy or market them for kids.

    Also the ATF: turns a blind eye to bespoke gun maker who do things like make kits to make guns look like it’s made out of legos

    • Dieinahole@kbin.social
      36·
      11 months ago

      This is one of those things.

      Like yeah, i get it. It’s honestly kinda cool.

      But can you please FUCKING NOT.

      • BreadOven@lemmy.world
        11·
        11 months ago

        Don’t know why you’re being downvoted. I agree with you, sure, it looks cool, but why?

        The chance for something bad to happen just increases with things like this. Accidental gun-related deaths are already a thing that happens too much.

        • Night Monkey@sh.itjust.works
          13·
          11 months ago

          I modded my vehicle to look like a giant hotdog. Maybe I should think twice before I contribute to the obesity epidemic. I can’t help but feel partly responsible for causing people to over eat and kill themselves.

          • BreadOven@lemmy.world
            11·
            11 months ago

            Two very different things. Obviously cars kill many people every year, that’s not the intended purpose, and making one look like a hotdog won’t realistically increase the probability of a child seeing it, thinking it’s a toy, and hurting themselves or someone else.

            Guns are made to kill things, making an instrument of death look like a toy can definitely increase the probability of a bad outcome.

    • devnull406@lemmy.world
      1·
      11 months ago

      Definitely not 38 special, that’s a straight wall cartridge you’d expect to see in a revolver. Also, it’s hard to tell but this looks much bigger than say a Glock 42 that would be chambered in .38 caliber. My guess is this is a Glock 17 which is a 9mm, but it’s really hard to tell from the picture.

      Also this clearly isn’t made of sheet metal.

      • bi_tux@lemmy.world
        1·
        11 months ago

        so, I mistook the caliber, I remembered .38 when it was actually .380 in the blue print of the diy sheet metal pistol. and you could do a similar customization. + I’m was tired and am stupid

        EDIT: I’m refferencing the diy sheet metal pistol mk3

  • TheControlled@lemmy.world
    6·
    11 months ago

    I was about to roast this but realized I have stuff in my house that would likely be “worthy” of the same roasting from others.