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You only hear about the successes and the near hits, you don't hear about the thwarted plots.

The Abe case is a wake up call to a lot of leaders and former leaders that all it takes is one lone wolf with a grudge and a 3d printer.

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The Abe assassin did not use a 3d printer to create his gun. This is false information.

Oh, interesting, that was reported in some news article that I read on the killing. Regardless, the weapon was not mass manufactured and whatever tools he used doesn't really matter, whether it was on a bunch of manual tooling or CNC gear the end result is the same: Abe is dead and making guns is unfortunately simple enough that a determined individual can do this without attracting attention.

After all the Dershowitz country club drama, and more recently, the drama with Supreme Court justices being harassed in public, this will be the norm.

These people are destined to a life of solitude, and almost all of them deserve it.

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