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Dear Mr. Wilson
Plastic.
So simple, yet so deadly.
I cannot help but think today
That there must be some other way
To exercise your “free speech”.
Those plans, Mr. Wilson, that you so love
Eagerly approved by short-sighted gov.,
Have damned us all, more than you know,
Cause guns like paper,
That flow when printed,
To us have hinted-
That they exist for foolish sake.
A gun you want, a gun you buy.
Those are the rules, but this isn’t a game.
Now a gun you want, a plan you’ll find.
One, two, three, the printer grinds,
Taking that plastic, so simply and deadly,
And making the modern weapon of our modern age.
You post those plans, you fuel our rage.
But no.
It’s your “free speech”.
Well sir, I beseech
You to reconsider.
To remember February 14,
And reimagine our world,
Where February 14 is just another school day.
Because guns without serial numbers,
Serialize students into numbers.
And it won’t stop there.
Not with the sisters without brothers,
Or the sons without mothers.
But don’t worry.
We’ll use our free speech
To bind the name
Of printed guns to people maimed.
And who in books will people see?
The one who made these weapons free?
Well, Mr. Wilson,
What’ll it be?
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I recently read a couple articles on the recent settling by the US government over the issue of 3D printed gun plans. Not many details are available as to why this happened, as it all happened very suddenly. But the truth of the matter is that now there are going to be, among the ones already posted since the settling, plans for 3D printed guns online. Guns without serial numbers that go untracked. Guns that can't be found via metal detectors. Guns that are the epitome of taking one step forward and ten steps back in the long fight to ensure the safety of not just students, but people across our nation.