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title: ""The authors also note that 3D printing represents a loss of control…"
date: 2018-06-15
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# "The authors also note that 3D printing represents a loss of control…

*June 15, 2018 · Facebook*

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[https://reason.com/archives/2018/06/12/you-can-soon-manufacture-anything/](https://reason.com/archives/2018/06/12/you-can-soon-manufacture-anything/){target="_blank"}
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\"The authors also note that 3D printing represents a loss of control by government officials. Five years after the creation of the first 3D-printed firearm by Cody Wilson, the RAND authors see technology continuing to re-balance the power relationship between individuals and the state.\
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\"At the domestic level, point-of-sale consumption will no longer be an opportunity for governmental control of risky goods, such as firearms and drones,\" they write. \"State sovereignty is predicated on a monopoly of force and, at a minimum, the capacity to regulate arms. \[Additive manufacturing\] will further relax this control, giving private citizens greater access to lethal weapons and other tools of violence.\"\
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Not mentioned in the report, but noted in a related RAND article, is \"the potential for new street drugs, custom-printed from chemicals.\"\
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[https://reason.com/archives/2018/06/12/you-can-soon-manufacture-anything/](https://reason.com/archives/2018/06/12/you-can-soon-manufacture-anything/){target="_blank"}
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