NY Bill Would Require Background Checks to Buy 3D Printers
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NY Bill Would Require Background Checks to Buy 3D Printers
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#2Per the article, the consequences would restrict almost all 3D printing in the state.
Would they require background checks on people who previously bought 3D printers? What if you go to another state with a prepaid card... Will they search your cars traveling interstate? Comb through your transactions and contacts?
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#3A lot of people forget that the word "press" in the phrase "freedom of the press" refers to an actual printing press, not the modern term that people confuse for corporate journalism. The 3D printing presses should remain equally free. If and when someone commits a crime with a piece of technology, that is when to charge them. We should not normalize the presumption of criminal intent, nor restrict even those that have been convicted in the past from utilizing technology just because it could be used for evil.
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#4I’d expect nonetheless from NY, where they trample on constitutionally guaranteed rights as much as possible.
Maybe they should require all STL and Gcode to be submitted to the state for review.
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#5Ok, so dumb question, how many crimes in the US have used a 3d printed gun?
Re: NY Bill Would Require Background Checks to Buy 3D Printers
#6A lot of people forget that the word "press" in the phrase "freedom of the press" refers to an actual printing press, not the modern term that people confuse for corporate journalism. The 3D printing presses should remain equally free. If and when someone commits a crime with a piece of technology, that is when to charge them. We should not normalize the presumption of criminal intent, nor restrict even those that ha…
> A lot of people forget that the word "press" in the phrase "freedom of the press" refers to an actual printing press, not the modern term that people confuse for corporate journalism.
That's an ancient document written by people who couldn't even concieve of modern day "assualt" style printers. We need common sense 3D printer control. There is no reason any person would ever need more than 4kg of filament, these high capacity fast manufacturing printers pose a threat to our society.
Should we just let anyone who wants to buy a 3D printer? What if they do bad things with it? What if they print weapons? I don't think we should allow just any person out there to be able to purchase a 3D printer and start printing guns. We need mandatory waiting periods before allowing people to purchase 3D printers.
Should criminal's be able to have 3D printers? What if they print them to make guns?
Not only should we have strict requirements on who can own a 3D printer we should also require 3D printer manufacturers install technology that allows the government to ensure it isn't used to print dangerous things.
I honestly am glad at this brave and stunning move by New York to set an example for the rest of the nation that will prevent dangerous weapons from getting into the hands of criminals. It is only this kind of thinking that will allow us to eventually be able to be as safe as places like the UK.
And let's be clear here anyone that disagrees with me or downvotes me you are only doing it because you hate children and want them to be massacred, how many kids have to die due to 3D printing before the government will step in?
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#8That's wild man. They should track people that buy pipes and a hacksaw from home depot. Could be a gun, don't know.
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#9I smell performative legislation. What percentage of the guns used to commit crimes in NY include significant parts which were 3D printed at the consumer-ish level? If NY could magically achieve perfect enforcement of this law from the day it went into effect, what percentage of would-be criminals would be more than slightly inconvenienced?
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#10CNC controlled lathes and mills specifically match the following excerpt (aside from the term "printer"):
> "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."