If you can Google, you can get the schematics to create a 3D-printed firearm or weapon, says B.C.香蕉视频直播檚 anti-gang police agency.

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.

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Wong is part of a team that takes the seized items, assesses them and determines if they can readily be made into a firearm. If they can, then it香蕉视频直播檚 likely a prosecutable offence.

What the team has found is that 50 per cent of them are 香蕉视频直播渇ailed jobs,香蕉视频直播� which have flaws and can pose structural integrity issues, but the rest are operable as is.

A 3D printer can make about 80 per cent of a firearm and the remaining 20 per cent are all parts that are legal to purchase, such as barrels and trigger mechanisms.

Dhillon has had a decades-long career in policing, but he never expected to 3D-printed guns as a cause for concern.

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Operations officer Insp. Joel Hussey said Tuesday香蕉视频直播檚 warning wasn香蕉视频直播檛 about 香蕉视频直播渕oving away from the huge benefit that 3D printing provides,香蕉视频直播� but instead being aware and mitigating the risks with what the technology can do.

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He said in B.C. and Canada, there has yet to be a high number of these type of firearms, but law enforcement agencies are noticing a year-over-year rise in seizures and illegal use of the 3D-printed firearms. It香蕉视频直播檚 becoming a global trend.

In Canada, the number of privately made firearms in 2021 was 香蕉视频直播渏ust shy of 200,香蕉视频直播� but it rose to 500 the following year.

Comparatively, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the U.S. seized about 8,500 in 2020. That number rose to 19,000 in 2021.

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