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At a San Jose gun buyback event, someone turned in a rocket launcher (www.sfgate.com)
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[–] ZapBeebz_ 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The picture of the rocket launcher looks like an M72 LAW tube. The M72 is a single use anti tank rocket launcher. So someone got paid at least $100 for their souvenir decoration.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wondered the same thing when I first read the article. Is it just a tube or does it have a live rocket?

The amount of ghost guns turned in surprised me.

[–] Anticorp 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If they're buying 3D printed guns, then they're just incentivizing people to print guns for cash. I wonder how many of those are nothing but 3D printed toys that cost the owners a couple of dollars to make.

[–] Noodle07 7 points 1 year ago

The cobra effect!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I was thinking very similar.

  1. Print a replica ghost gun for $n.
  2. Add some ballast to get correct weight.
  3. Sell to SJPD for $100
  4. Profit
  5. Repeat for more profit.