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Make bullets very expensive and hard to get.
It makes much more sense to control the supply of gunpowder (and bullets) than that of 3d printers (or guns for that matter).
Per 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?
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. 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. 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…
What about a future machine that has the possibility of 3D printing 20 MT nuclear weapons?
Chris Rock solved this ages ago: "We don't have a gun problem, we have a bullet problem." Make bullets very expensive and hard to get. It makes much more sense to control the supply of gunpowder (and bullets) than that of 3d printers (or guns for that matter).
I 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?
Chris Rock solved this ages ago: "We don't have a gun problem, we have a bullet problem." Make bullets very expensive and hard to get. It makes much more sense to control the supply of gunpowder (and bullets) than that of 3d printers (or guns for that matter).
Per 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?
What if you buy parts and build one yourself? Ghost printers.