3DPrinting @lemmy.world compostgoblin @slrpnk.net 5d ago

There is currently a bill in the NY State Assembly to require background checks for the purchase of 3D printers

www.nysenate.gov NY State Assembly Bill 2025-A2228

Requires a criminal history background check for the purchase of a three-dimensional printer capable of creating firearms; prohibits sale to a person who would be disqualified on the basis of criminal history from being granted a license to possess a firearm.

Technically it’s for any printer capable of printing a firearm or the components of a firearm, which is…. every printer. What a bafflingly stupid proposal. If you’re in NY, please call your reps and tell them to oppose this bill.

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Surely it would be much easier to require checks to buy ammunition.
Luigi had no background to check.

This is pure flail.
Luigi would have passed a background check.
If you're european and ask yourself why 3D printed guns are such an issue in the US: It’s not because entire guns are easy to print (or printable at all), It’s because of their idiotic gun laws: in the US, the only controlled part is the receiver or frame, which often enough is made of plastic anyway, while the most important part -the barrel- is freely obtainable.

[...]frames or receivers of firearms are "firearms" as defined in the law and are subject to the same controls as complete firearms."

Germany has a similar law, except that every part of the gun is controlled.
new york will do anything but fix actual problems lmao
Again. This bill was introduced last year, by the same person, and it died at the time because of some grassroots actions. Now, the wording is slightly different (so it can be introduced again as a "different" bill), and it's being tried again.
Oh boy can’t wait for them to ban two pipes that fit inside each other and a nail.
What about a bunch of stepper motor and some plastic. Do I need a background check for that?
This is second time they trying to pass this bullshit. 2023 https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8132
FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTER" MEANS A COMPUTER OR COMPUTER-DRIVEN MACHINE OR DEVICE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT FROM A DIGITAL MODEL

Well, that's a broad definition. I guess to whomever wrote that, a CNC mill is also a 3d printer.
This is braindead, are they gonna require background checks for the hardware store next?
Are they going to require background checks for purchasing metal working equipment? Or maybe just make it illegal to bring any metal to melting point without a license.

Because you can make guns with metal.
You can also technically make a gun with generic plumbing supplies or you could finagle one with random garbage and a drill bit.
Any engineer worth their salt can do this without a 3d printer. Idiots.
Politicians are such profoundly unserious people.
Anything to avoid having to actually address the systemic poverty and bigotry ingrained in the system that leads to violence...

From what I understand the "problem" as it's being framed in terms of ghost guns and inner city crime or whatever the buzzword is this year is not hobbyists running off a lower or frame for themselves. None of those guys in the hood and their switches are buying Bambus or building Vorons and suddenly turning into 3D printing gurus -- Someone, or several someones more likely, are deliberately mass manufacturing these things for sale to the criminals which is already thoroughly illegal. Find the gun runners and stomp on them. I thought you guys were supposed to have this big scary police force and surveillance apparatus?
Awful. Literally banning science, because it can be misused.
Some actual gun control laws would be better, not to mention universal health care. What’s next on the list? Kitchen knives? Pans, pots? ;)
Someone go ahead and trademark the term "ghost printer."
Gonna require background checks to get plumbing supplies or to go to the hardware store? Cause I can make a gun a hell of a lot easier and quicker with that shit, than I can with a 3d fuckin printer.
How much harder would it be than getting an actual gun?
Oh my god it's back? I was hoping we'd seen the last of it back in 2023.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABpc_oPToQQ

This video shows the stupidity of new york

"Printed guns" by " tipsy duck"
Printcrime was not an instruction manual.
Shoot one CEO in NYC and the entire state goes nuts.
WTF?

What's next a background check for breathing? Because, you know breathing is a clear and obvious pre-cursor to criming of all kinds.
How about one regarding healthcare affordability? We can deal with 3D printed stuff later?
What a foolish bill.

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