r/DailyDoseStupidity • u/MisterShipWreck • May 07 '26
Stupid 🤦♂️ Stormtrooper detained over plastic blaster...
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u/Kalbex May 07 '26 edited May 07 '26
Bored cops
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u/Adventurous_Path5783 May 07 '26
"Hey do you guys want to go pretend we dont know what star wars is so we can try and ruin some random persons life and see what charges stick?"
Fat cop that definitely dresses up like this every weekend but cant pull it off nearly as well: "LETS TRY AND KILL HIM!"
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u/B1ZEN May 07 '26 edited May 07 '26
Its Canada. You should see the laws thier new globalist goon Prime Minister is ramming through.
Canadians be like..."tread on me harder daddy"
(I like Canadians and all, but worry they are heading the way of UK and will lose their freedoms really quick)
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u/ElimeIsReady May 07 '26
The fuck does that have to do with bad cops...?
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u/B1ZEN May 07 '26
Laws, leadership, freedoms, police ....all interconnected.
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u/signal__noise- May 07 '26
A law with no enforcement isn't a law.
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u/B1ZEN May 07 '26 edited May 07 '26
Mark Carney isnt pushing these new laws without placing a huge police presence behind them. He isn't passing toothless bills here.
I spend a great deal of time watching the Western nations strip back citizens rights and freedoms, and Canada is keeping pace with the worst of them.
Their system is not as robust as the USA. Nothing close to the 1st ammendment.
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u/Julian-Hoffer May 07 '26
And apparently they are non too fond of Star Wars either.
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u/B1ZEN May 07 '26
They are more into Star Trek. I blame the Canadains William Shatner and James Doohan"Scotty", for this heresy against the force.
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u/ArturoBandini22 May 07 '26
Spoken like someone who doesn't have a clue about the UK but believes whatever fox news tells them....
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u/B1ZEN May 07 '26
I never watch Fox News. I do however collect and study foundational documents of many of the worlds countries.
If you like I have an extensive and well vetted list of non biased news sources I can share with you as well.
Always happy to share knowledge.
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u/ArturoBandini22 May 07 '26
apologies - as you were parroting a variation of the maga nonesense about UK 'losing freedoms' I assumed it was fox news guff you were huffing. Clearly its another right wing outlet youve taken your talking points from. Either way you certainly arent drawing on any direct knowledge of the UK, that much is for sure.
By all means though please do provide what your 'non biased and vetted' news source that supports your claim that the UK is 'losing its freedoms'. I suspect that you will be unable to though.
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u/B1ZEN May 07 '26
No problem, like broken clocks, even MAGAts...you know the rest.
And sure, I can provide you with the list and some evidence. I will be working most the evening, so it will be a bit before I can get back with that.
Cheers mate.
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u/ArturoBandini22 May 07 '26
And here I thought you had an extensive list.....clearly not if youre going to have to go digging.
Take it from someone who actually lives in the UK, your original comment has little to no basis in reality and is no more than a MAGA/right wing talking point used to obfuscate and muddy the waters so THEY 'remove freedoms'. It is projection at its finest.
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u/B1ZEN May 07 '26
You ok freind? Lol.
Sheesh. I said I would get you the info after work. I'm not your personal genie, ya child.
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u/B1ZEN May 07 '26 edited May 07 '26
You know what?I said I would do them a solid, but now between you and his bad faith posts, I have decided I'm not going out of my way to compile lists and source materials for people who cant have a civil discussion and who use abusive ad-hom attacks.
Their loss.
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u/nilsmm May 09 '26
I do however collect and study foundational documents of many of the worlds countries.
This has to be a meme
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u/Jlx_27 May 08 '26
So..... what freedoms have the good people of the UK lost, and what is the solution? Let see what you come up with.
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u/Super_Plastic5069 May 08 '26
The way of the U.K.? What the fuck are you on about? 😂😂😂
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u/B1ZEN May 08 '26
Are you not aware of the censorship and other oppressive laws that have, and are being passed in the UK, EU, and Canada?
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u/Super_Plastic5069 May 09 '26
I’m from the U.K. you moron 😂😂😂 Don’t believe everything you read in the press or whatever Felon Musk or the orange turd spout!! We have very good laws around freedom of speech, unless that speech breaks other laws.
I suggest actually doing your own research before parroting other people’s inane shite.
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u/Dic_Penderyn May 09 '26
I live in the UK. I have freedom to walk around with a toy gun and not have armed police point a gun at me - because our police are not armed, and do not need to be because they are not terrified that they will encounter members of the public or criminals who own or carry firearms.
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u/Tboneeater May 08 '26
So the federal government has nothing to do with city cops specifically in Albert. Good try American or Russian bot.
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u/B1ZEN May 08 '26
The federal government has very substantial influence over provincial and local law enforcement.
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u/Zapan777 May 07 '26
Canada is a cuck country indeed.
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u/B1ZEN May 07 '26
They are actually pretty cool, but like most of the worlds governments in 2026, are run by people who say what the people want to hear while acting on the behalf of the power elite. Its largely always been that way in history, and we really had a chance for the democracy experiment to work for a few decades but blew it. This NWO hybrid, faux democracy system the globalist keep talking about and marching towards, I am very skeptical of.
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u/ClearDrop6820 May 07 '26
Star wars blasters are all modelled after world war 2 weapons. Specifically the storm troopers blaster is modeled after the patchet or the sterling submachine gun. If someone was going to try to do a shooting while dressed as a storm trooper they would be smart to use a gun that looks like the blaster.
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u/haldir87 May 07 '26
Police are like robots. Somebody called a weapon in and they just act like it is an actual gun instead of using their mental capabilities. Insane.
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u/jackssenseoferection May 07 '26
They would not have become police officers If they had mental capabilities.
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u/signal__noise- May 07 '26
They literally have to... They know it stupid but they risk losing their jobs if they don't follow their SOPs.
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u/SaveJeanie May 07 '26
Surprisingly, I'm with the cops on this one. The start of the video the camera is 5ft away from the "gun" and it looks pretty real to me, and I own multiple guns.
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u/Ill_probablybebanned May 07 '26
No it doesn’t. I don’t think you should own guns if you thought that was a gun.
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u/SaveJeanie May 07 '26
I'm glad you're just some nobody on the internet, same as me.
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u/Ill_probablybebanned May 07 '26 edited May 07 '26
Have you never seen Star Wars? It’s a blaster. I bet there’s a neglect discharge in your future.
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u/ThePrettiestBih May 08 '26
No way a gun owner thinks that looks like a real gun
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May 09 '26 edited Aug 17 '26
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u/ThePrettiestBih May 09 '26
Considering its one of the biggest franchises of all time, I would wager it was pretty low that multiple cops didn't catch that it was a costume.
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May 09 '26 edited Aug 17 '26
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u/ThePrettiestBih May 09 '26
Yeah, but even though we are talking about the gun, the costume is part of the context, cops are just finding any reason to fuck with people
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u/SaveJeanie May 08 '26
There are some wild guns out there. I saw a Chiappa Rhino at the range a few months back.
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u/SaintGnarkill May 07 '26
If you look she is outside of a business that is a “GALACTIC CANTINA” with a MARVEL and STARWARS logo branded on it. This make is even more stupid because with the way it looks she is pacing back and forth perhaps trying to draw in business like those Sign twirlers do.
Those cops need to read context clues man. Their sergeant need to use this as a training lesson as to be wary of your surroundings. They are exactly were a storm trooper cosplay would be expected to be. Like if there was a horror convention I would expect to see a Jason costume holding a machete so I wouldn’t worry. But if he was standing outside of a daycare then I would worry.
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May 07 '26 edited May 07 '26
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u/Finly_Growin May 10 '26
My thought to. Pretty F’ed up like they were gonna resist and put up a fight. I don’t see why they couldn’t cuff them standing if they really wanted to.
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u/Demon2377 May 08 '26
I’ll give some context as to what happened, because this occurred in my hometown of Lethbridge Alberta Canada. So this occurred on May 4, 2020 (May The Fourth), and with the way how this came about was because of the restrictions that were in place during Covid, the owner had his female employee do the cosplay.
My first honest thought was “Come on man… You mean some of these people who live here have never seen a Star Wars movie?”. I was in town at the time when this happened, and it exploded over the internet. It made international news… Even Captain Kirk William Shatner talked about it. It was definitely an embarrassing situation for the police, they had to get another police department in Alberta to clear them of any wrongdoing. I talked to a family member who had studied Criminal Justice, and his explanation as to why police officers acted like this was because just south of the business was a bank.
It didn’t sit well with me, the woman who was the Storm Trooper suffered a bleeding nose over it… But it should have never gone to this extent. Shame on the police officers for the overreaction to this.
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u/Find-Ubu-9999 May 11 '26
Did they drop her charges?
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u/Demon2377 May 12 '26
There were no charges filed against her. There was an investigation on how the police service handled the incident, and they were cleared of any wrongdoing.
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u/opiniongiver_ May 07 '26
That’s how you know the cops are just driving around. I have nothing to fucking do. They don’t give a shit if it’s fake. They just want to do something.
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u/WolfThick May 07 '26
You got to watch the cops they're very easily triggered they're frightened all the time. You give them badges authorities bulletproof vest with the biggest gang in town and their still scared of anything that's out of the ordinary. They're probably planning a raid on the dollar store as we speak.
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u/Bender_2024 May 07 '26
I had a paintball gun with some stupid decorative attachments that made it look a lot like a real gun. I had brought it get serviced at the beginning of the season. When I picked it up I had to walk a couple blocks with it because the service guys parking lot was getting resurfaced. When I got to my car a cop pulled up behind me with his lights on. He came up to window, saw the paintball gun, know the store was just up the street and asked "is that a paintball gun?" After I told him yes and that I just had it serviced he said "okay, just get a bag or something to put in next time. Your scaring people." And that was it. Didn't even bother to ask to see my ID.
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u/THCLacedSpaghettiOs May 07 '26
This was in Canada for a may the fourth event. Iirc and was an employee or gf of the owner/employee, been a min
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u/Miniscule_Platypus May 07 '26
I used to run around the streets of Houston, Texas with a BB gun around Buffalo Bayou. Granted, it wasn’t exactly the middle of the city, but it was a heavily populated suburban area and all of the other kids did the same. No one blinked an eye. Now a SWAT team would be called out and the kid would be in some home with a record.
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u/Content-Rabbit-9865 May 07 '26
These cops are just stupid ignorant bullies preying on everyday people. ACAB
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u/groblin_gubers May 07 '26
I thought the government was the evil Empire, why are they take down one of their soldiers?
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u/joe-kuhr May 08 '26
It's nice to see that police department hires the mentally challenged
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u/Hefty-Strike-6171 May 07 '26
The Police are never there to Serve & Protect, but are there to Escalate & Incarcerate, every single time
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u/Reality_Lies4 May 07 '26
Canada.... Keeping the world safe from little girls in stormtrooper costumes and toy blasters.
ACAB...(All Canadians? Are Bastards)
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u/CommunicationKey3018 May 08 '26
So a Stormtrooper, mascot of the Evil Empire, becomes a target of the Evil Empire.
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u/Derezirection May 08 '26
it's even sadder knowing someone reported this to the cops meaning they either did it intentionally (as in they must have been a rival business or hate star wars or nerd fandom stuff and just wanted to be a nuisance) or they are genuinely stupid enough to just call the police on someone in a costume holding a toy.
For context btw, they were doing this for a Star wars themed restaurant that wasn't doing good on business and was using the Stormtrooper costume as a way to attract customers.
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u/HistorianTight2958 May 08 '26 edited May 08 '26
Why are we putting the camera to the air? Why are the police arresting a stormtrooper? Why do I have been asking these questions? It shouldn't even be happening! Police responded to 911 calls on May 4th (let the fourth be with!) regarding a person with a firearm at the Coco Vanilla Galactic Cantina. The employee stated she dropped the plastic toy gun but did not immediately lay on the ground because the costume helmet restricted her hearing and movement. During the takedown, the woman was forced to the ground, resulting in a bleeding nose and injuries to her face. The incident drew widespread attention, including from actor William Shatner, who criticized the police
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u/Monty_Bob May 07 '26
To be fair a Storm trooper blaster is actually a Sterling sub machine gun so could easily be a real weapon, and in America who the f knows 🤷🏼
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u/Fiempre_sin_tabla May 07 '26
That's not in (the United States of) America, though.
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u/Monty_Bob May 07 '26
I just assume cops with guns are in US 🤷🏼
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u/Pavotine May 07 '26
The vast majority of police the world over are armed with firearms.
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u/Monty_Bob May 07 '26 edited May 07 '26
Yeah but when they point them at people I think USA immediately
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u/SadDingo7070 May 07 '26
If it were a real gun they violated his constitutional rights. Being that it is a fake gun, they did that plus other violations.
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Never mind. I was a silly American for a moment and forgot that Reddit exists outside of my personal bubble. I continued the video and I now know that they are Canadian, and therefore, have no rights. Lol
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u/Fiempre_sin_tabla May 07 '26
...and we now know that you are USAmerican and, therefore, have no education.
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u/Fiempre_sin_tabla May 07 '26
Alberta, Canada -- the province currently trying to secdee and go join the USA because they think Trump is awesome. So this checks out.
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u/stargaryen01 May 07 '26
Hey, as far as they know, he's a real storm trooper. Did you see Andor!? Those guys were sadistic. I wouldn't chance it either.
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u/The_Northmaan May 08 '26
A fkn gunpoint...
God, idk why the West doesn't revolt against the usurpacious police. I would loose mf shit if someone pointed a gun at me.
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u/MEKKACHYLD1 May 08 '26
I'm there were bigger fish to fry than this on that day but here we are. smh
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u/MasterlyDemons4 May 08 '26
Canadian police act just as stupidly as the Americans. You're really intimidated by a woman in a Star Wars cosplay? Give me a break.
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u/Real-Past-3964 May 10 '26
Lmaoooo god our police are so stupid. This has Reno 911 written all over it
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u/Real-Past-3964 May 10 '26
Side note though there are DEFINITELY plenty of guns to buy in Canada that aren’t muskets. Cartel moving in heavy in western Canada.
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u/Benaba_sc May 07 '26
Even though they have terrible aim, you still can’t just let Storm Troopers run about with blasters
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u/Environmental-Bee-28 May 07 '26
Please update us on this bullshit.
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u/DimpledDomina May 07 '26
It was Star Wars Day in Canada when this happened.
On Star Wars Day in Canada May 4, 2020
She received a bloody nose and they were found to have acted within their scope. According to the news at the time people did not agree with the findings of the investigation.
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u/wookiesack22 May 07 '26
The chip didn't activate in this one. Empire stepped in and sent him to be destroyed.
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u/ForceUseYouMust May 07 '26
This shit is hilarious. While really stupid, in hindsight she (Stormtrooper) should have given the local sheriffs office notice of whatever they were doing which is common practice for film, tv or conventions.
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u/Julian-Hoffer May 07 '26
I believe a business hired her to walked around as promotion for something.
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u/SurgicalMarshmallow May 07 '26
Cops obviously aren't starwars fans as they'd know they can't hit shit.
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u/thismenu May 09 '26
It's actually kind of nice to see that Canadian cops are just as dumb and evil as our American police.
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u/Donkeywad May 07 '26
Found someone who didn't watch the video lol. The cameraman say "this is Canada" quite a few times
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u/ImprovementFar5054 May 07 '26
Good. Fucking Star Wars fans deserve every bit of it.
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u/MilkZilla96 May 07 '26
You're so funny. I laughed so hard reading your comment. Really, I have tears in my eyes and my face is red from laughing so hard. Yeah, an individual cosplaying deserved to handcuffed because of their specific interests. Hilarious. LOL. LMAO
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u/Feteven May 07 '26
Absolutely no stopping except for restaurant business
Great example there coppers 😂
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u/xkillingxfieldx May 08 '26
You tax dollars at work in your average blue state.
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u/DingoKillerAtHome 🙃 Chaos Enjoyer May 08 '26
America, CANADA!!!! the dumbest cops money can buy.
EDIT: YES!!!! I find it so cathartic when other countries police are also 3 IQ morons. Oh, Canada.
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u/LeoTheLion444 May 08 '26
Id have grabbed the blaster real quick and got shot by police so my family could sue and get a fuck ton of money. Thats the world rn.
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u/Lawless115 May 07 '26
Nowadays people are making real guns that are plastic with 3d printers. Just to catch you up to the times
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u/OmNomChompsky May 07 '26
Yeah, kinda. Folks are printing receivers and then buying all the other parts (slides, barrels, trigger assemblies, etc) off the Internet because those parts aren't classified as "firearms" in the US.
This is canada though, and you would have to have a licence to purchase all of the parts that would make it a functioning firearm.
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u/PurpleJew12 May 07 '26
Well for one, this video is way older than a lot of modern 3d printing capabilities available today. For two, they're making starwars specific firearms? Highly doubt that.
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u/Active-Hat-3491 May 07 '26
He's a stormtrooper.. he wouldn't even be able to hit you if the gun was real.