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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).
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?
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).
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?
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What about a future machine that has the possibility of 3D printing 20 MT nuclear weapons?
That is some real whataboutism though. You can build a gun with a machine shop too. You don't need a background check to buy a lathe though, do you?
Not yet...
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).
Earlier quoted context omitted.
What if you buy parts and build one yourself? Ghost printers.
Exactly. Just as 3D printers can print most of a gun, they can also print most of a printer.
"You think it's harmless when kids start playing with legos, but soon that isn't enough, they just gotta go bigger."
"Listen we get one seed printer in and we can dominate the rest of the competition!"
"Waltuh, the filament is making me light headed Waltuh!"
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What about a future machine that has the possibility of 3D printing 20 MT nuclear weapons?
If we get to the point where we are able to 3D print 20 MT nuclear weapons we've probably got replicators from star trek at that point living in a post scarcity society and then I will be 3D printing me a space ship to "Boldly go where no man has gone before."
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).