“You can literally go on to the internet and Google 3D printing schematics and plans, and unless there’s oversight in visibility of what is being done, there is a risk that our children might be printing things that we wouldn’t want them to have,” explained Staff Sgt. That was the message from the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit Tuesday (July 11) warning the public, parents and their children of the dangers of 3D printers. If you can Google, you can get the schematics to create a 3D-printed firearm or weapon, says B.C.’s anti-gang police agency. On the right was a 3D printer actively making the frame for a Glock 26. The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit Provincial Forensic Firearms Lab manager Daisy Wong explaining the detail of 3D-printed firearms during a media briefing Tuesday (July 11, 2023) warning the public, parents and their children of the dangers of 3D printers.
