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I "made" a Glock magazine, barrel and slide on a 3D printer in 1997. I put it on a Glock frame and shot a complete magazine of 9mm training rounds out of it. A friend who is LEO walked it through a metal detector, fully loaded, to see what happened. It was not detected. Nothing new.
As others have said, the 3D printed parts do not have the same durability as a plastic machined part would have. But, there are 3D printers that use metal powder and therefore make stronger parts. Anyone with a drill press can make a functional, and safer, "zip-gun" with a little skill and smarts.
It is just another path to alarm the general public into supporting gun control without restraint.
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