This is all BULLSHIT! Having milled 2 - 80% aluminum lowers BY HAND NOT CNC let me tell anyone that thinks is like Ikea furniture "stick tab A into slot B" is out of their damned mind. It took me the better of 2 months (albeit only working on it an hour or so on the weekends) to mill the receiver on my "hobbyist" mill. Like somebody else commented why does anyone think that someone stupid enough to make their living stealing shit would have the where-with-all to be able to read a blue print, set up the machine, indicate in the part, select the correct endmill, know the correct feeds and speeds and depth of cut to take in order to make something when they can just steal it or buy it off the street like they already do. I'd love the opportunity to place a "kit" on any one of those assholes desks in D.C. and tell them "I'll come back at the end of the day to pick up the completed firearm". There are lots of smart ATTORNEYS up there but I bet not one of them couldn't even to win a bet. And from someone who has built a few 9mm kits with plastic receivers (creates something that rhymes with Block) it still takes attention to detail to get something that you would feel confident betting your life on. Don't get me started about 3D printing one. Yes it can be done and yes the files are available all over the internet. Again, unlike the media wants you to believe, you don't hit "print" and get a fully-working firearm out of the printer like you would a document. In my opinion as someone who has first-hand experience, It's WAY more difficult 3D printing one that A) won't blow up in your hand, and B) is anywhere close to reliable. I know, I've tried and I've been 3D printing for MANY years. And FINALLY, they bitch because it's "untraceable". BULLSHIT, go search ANY state or federal gun crime statistics and see just how many NON-GHOST GUNS are actually traceable back to the original, registered, user. It's not zero but it's close enough that it could shake hands with zero.
O.K. stepping down off my soapbox now.

Since all of the AI systems are "in the wild" so to speak, what happens when they find EACH OTHER? The '80's movie "War Games" comes to mind. And how would we stop them? Can't just pull the plug and the elites would let you anyway. Yes, they are a tool just like a match: they can either light the fire to cook your dinner on or light the fire that burns your house down. And why would we blindly trust any company to "do the right thing" when they have so much power under their control? I would feel much better if all of the current systems were "air-gapped" until proven they can be controlled safely.

So how long is it before China "chokes off" our pharmaceuticals? No more aspirin, antibiotics, pain killers, anesthesia, etc? As long as we allow their "students" to intern and attend college here then take that knowledge back home we will NEVER get ahead of China. We Americans will continue to support China buy buying all the cheap crap they produce. They will continue developing their manufacturing capabilities and using cheap labor OR they'll just buy the companies with the technologies they need.

So happy that you are successful enough to:
1) Afford to leave America and return HOME
2)Purchase a house that ALREADY had the solar systems installed so that you could pay for it included in you mortgage, unless of course, you are wealthy enough to have paid cash
3) Be wealthy enough to afford to buy an EV
4) Live in a country that isn't plagued with restrictive HOA's and deed restrictions.
5) "Kind" enough to gloat about your wealth and success on this forum

I, on the other hand, worked in IT until it was over-run with cheap H1B Visa holders, then Covid hit. After 2 + yrs of not being able to find work I said "screw it" and took retirement at 62 and 1/2. My Wife is also retired. Our house was paid for long ago but our property taxes are $3600 yr. We like most also have the "regular" bills like FOOD, Insurance, POWER, WATER, etc. Together we live well under the poverty level. Our "newest" vehicle was made in 2003. SO, in closing, if you'd be willing to subsidize my home to be retrofitted with a similar solar system to yours then contact me and I'll tell you where to send the check. OTHERWISE, shut the FUCK UP!!!

This whole story is bullshit!! The govt. and the "media" make it sound like you hit "print" on a 3D printer and out the other side comes a fully functional "ghost gun". Yes, If you have the "savvy" to locate the "real" 3D files, OR, have the "savvy" to actually model the gun in some high-end CAD program (think Solid works = $20K+ per seat, or even, Fusion360 = free to use but NOT user-friendly) which MOST people don't including me. You need a 3D printer that is absolutely dialed in PERFECTLY, know WHAT material to use, the "correct" settings which will produce a SAFE and USEABLE part.. Hopefully you get the idea. Even if the planets all align and you are able to get a useable part, you still need the savvy to buy and HAND FIT each part into said lower and function check the lower for SAFETY and function. NOW, would you bet your life that it will go "bang" when it needs to? I WON'T! There are "80%" lowers available to purchase. Some of these can be completed using common hand tools (drill, Dremel, files, sandpaper, etc.). You better know what you're doing when you drill / mill out the lower or you end up with an expensive "paper-weight". Whether you 3D print or go the 80% route you will need buy / assemble the upper (slide/barrel) assembly, lower parts kit, and potentially hand fit everything to your lower. Now, does this sound like something a 14 yr old kid could do in his basement? Maybe. Does this sound like something that could be an "epidemic?". "Contributed to 100 violent crimes IN THE STATE OF CALIF." Yup, definitely an epidemic ..SMH..

STOP FUCKING HIRING FOREIGNERS AND START HIRING AMERICANS! The "poor" tech companies have been gaming the H1B visa system for decades. They REFUSE to pay for the wealth of OVER QUALIFIED AMERICAN workers in lieu of "cheap" ($60K / year MINIMUM) foreign workers. I know of MANY American workers that would be happy to get $60k to do that work. I've worked in the industry for 30+ yrs and have 1st hand knowledge of the "games" the tech companies play to AVOID hiring Americans. They have the H1B- visa holders by the balls when they sponsor their visas. They can't quit or transfer until their current sponsorship ends so the employer can basically tell them WHEN and HOW LONG to work and the employee can't argue with them because they know that they can be deported back to wherever they came from. HIRE AMERICANS YOU CHEAP BASTARDS!

They live 6 in 1 efficiency apartment, drive 1 car, and send as much money home as possible (although they can't seem to afford a bar of soap)? I was told personally by 1 guy that after his 4 year contract ends he'll return to India, get married, by a NICE house, and retire (at 24). Said he should have $250K in the bank by then. So the idea that they add tons of money to the local economy is BULLSHIT! They make MORE than some American workers ( I know from 1st hand experience) for doing "average" work. It is all about the cost and control companies have over them. They are the New Slave Labor. AND they openly discriminate AGAINST hiring "locals" when there's an opening on one of their teams (again by 1st hand experience). So PLEASE send them elsewhere. Companies are still going to need Americans HERE to do a lot of the work. The "talent" may be offshore but the HARDWARE is mostly located HERE. I've worked in data centers for the past 5 (and in tech for almost 30yrs) so I know this. Also, we're required to take "sensitivity training" courses to understand and coexist with our foreign "guest workers" so as not to offend them. WTF? You're a guest in MY HOUSE and I am the one who has to worry about offending YOU? GTFO.

I DO support Trump and not ashamed to admit it BUT 1 of the reasons I voted for him was because I was stupid enough to believe him when he promised to end the H1B-Visa program "day 1". It's actually only taken 3.5 yrs, 40 million AMERICAN'S unemployed, and a global pandemic for him to ACTUALLY take action. NOW - LET ME ENLIGHTEN all of you about the "poor immigrant workers" situation: 1) 6 live together in an efficiency apartment, share 1 car, and send 80% of their salary HOME. They only spend what they have to locally so do not add substantially to the local economy. 2) Some (a VERY small percentage actually know what they're doing) the rest couldn't spell "PC" if you "spotted" them the "P". 3) I live in Houston, TX, 1/2 mile from the 2nd largest computer manufacturer on the planet. I have worked there most of my adult life. 4) The US Government HAS to pay the H1B's $60K/yr and sponsor their green card to get them here. I realize that $60K/yr is "cheap labor" in silicone valley but in Texas that's not bad wages. They were payment me $50k to do the SAME job. So STFU about their "cheap labor". 5) The companies that bring them in gets a tax break - research it. 6) The "game" is that they bring in the H1B's to TRAIN them here. If they're good they extend their contract ANOTHER 2 yrs and then they send the home to man that company's "offshore" teams since they're experienced now. Ted Cruz said something a couple of years ago that made me think he was an idiot: "If the H1B's are the best and brightest - pay them at least $110K/yr". WTF? But then I realized - GENIUS - would make us "cheap" American's look way more competitive. So, the next time Trump brags about all of the MILLIONS of NEW jobs his administration has created someone PLEASE ask him "how many of those jobs are/will be filled BY AMERICANS?"