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Comment Re:Great. (Score 3, Insightful) 391

OK so they ban mills. I can make a mill from stepper motors and linear slides. Going to regulate those as well?

You ae missing the point. Libertarians (actually the agorist wing) is doing this because this is how your bring down the State. Just like the drugs are finally starting to be legalized only after it becomes obvious how tyrannical and unjust the drug war is.

Comment Re:So much more meaningful (Score 1) 391

The tolerances on an AR lower contribute very little to the accuracy of the gun due to the design. The cartdrige is locked into the barrel with a bolt. Once fired it is basically a loose bunch of parts until they all lock together at the last moment. The precision parts are the ones you can buy online without any checks.

Comment Market forces at work (Score 3, Insightful) 74

It's pretty simple. There were alternatives to Tylenol and they knew if they didn't act it would cost them billions. There is no alternative to the internet so people are pretty much stuck with the standards in use. The losses are socalized enough that there isn't much reason for most people to change. If people personally stood to lose tens of thousands of dollars they might take things seriously.

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