House passes bill extending ban on plastic guns

The House has voted to extend a bill that bans guns made of plastic after recent advances in technology have made the guns a reality.

The law helps law enforcement in situations like air travel where plastic guns, made on new 3-D industrial printers, would be undetectable when passing through x-ray machines. From MSNBC:

The House on Monday passed a bill to extend a law banning plastic weapons and undetectable firearms in the United States for another decade.

The Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988, passed amid growing concern that gun makers produced the weapons to bypass security measures in public buildings, would have expired by Dec. 9 if Congress failed to act.

The bill bans weapons that are not detectable by metal detectors after removal of grips, stocks, and magazines. It also prohibits weapons that do not generate accurate X-ray images.

The Senate’s eventual vote could extend the 25-year ban on manufacturing, importing, selling, shipping, and receiving the firearms in this country.