I don’t recall the NRA ever condemning 3-D printed guns. I did see they supported a bill to continue to outlaw guns that could pass through a metal detector, which isn’t the same thing.
“home-manufactured” guns are NOTHING new. It’s been around for as long as guns have been around. One can build an AR-15 style Rifle (or at least the lower part which the ATF considers a “gun”) with little more than some jigs and a drill press. It’s that easy, and 100% legal as long as you aren’t running afoul of things like NFA gun laws (building a short barreled rifle). you can legal own the gun (not a felon, under 18, etc), and you don’t sell it. They even sell forged 80% blanks, which have the basic shape already done, you just have to drill out the cavities and pin holes for the magazine and trigger group, etc. Kits to build your own black powder rifle and pistol are also popular.
So yeah, the NRA has been aware and supportive of “home-manufactured” guns for a long time - real ones - not the more or less worthless ones that 3-D printing currently offers.
