Yeah this has always been my point. Why would you use a 3d plastic printer to make a gun when it's as easy to get a CNC machine and make actual guns.
Becoming a sufficiently experienced 3d printer operator takes two weeks if you can spend an hour in the evenings tinkering with it, or a day if you spend a whole Saturday.
I think every reference to 3D printing in this discussion is to 3D printing plastic parts.