Oh my god it's back? I was hoping we'd seen the last of it back in 2023.
this post was submitted on 16 Jan 2025
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How stupid, I use my printer to print minis for DnD. But, wait, it could theoretically print a gun, better get a background check, and have a waiting period of 6 months... fucking stupid.
Let's try to address the problems that led to this. Nah, let's try to ban stuff instead.
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- 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.
It's not like inkjets produce 2 dimensional ink. I'd love to see someone argue in court that it's technically impossible to create a non 3d printer
I'm pretty sure there are actual industrial multicolor 3d printers that use an inkjet design
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A CNC mill seems much more capable of manufacturing firearms than some 300 buck printer.
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You can also technically make a gun with generic plumbing supplies or you could finagle one with random garbage and a drill bit.
Home Depot background checks are next.
You can fuck someone up real good with a 2X4 ( pronounced two be fore ). Yet I haven't had to pay for a 2x4 ownership license.
You can also really fuck someone up with a big bag of shit...be it actual shit or rocks or concrete or just a bunch of shit from Good will (which could included actual shit). Where do we apply for big bags of shit at the DMB?
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May I introduce you to TM 31-210?
THIS IS AMERICA! You can't post stuff like this outside of a classroom!
I am sorry (not), but I am speaking to you from Germany via an Austrian server. So:
Muh freduum of speek!
Did I do this correctly?
You forgot the screaming eagles and the guitar solo. Otherwise, a solid attempt.
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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?
It's mostly a bunch of little hood gunsmiths, making them and selling them to customers. It's literally the gun equivalent of an attic full of weed plants.
I’m a hobbyist 3D printer and I can barely get my minis to print half decently, never mind a functional firearm
California is cracking down hard on ghost guns right now... Its super important in LA. Its gotta be the single most biggest issue they are dealing with right at the very moment.
Ah. So I suppose that means California has successfully solved the skyrocketing cost of living and inflation, drought, rampant homelessness, and uncontrollable wildfires?
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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.
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How about one regarding healthcare affordability? We can deal with 3D printed stuff later?
This is absolutely the best action we could take to address the gun violence problem.
Tighten background checks for guns: ✋ Tighten background checks for 3d printers: 👀
"People are 3d printing guns, should we require background checks on the required barrels/trigger mechanisms/ammo/magazines/rails etc?
No! We should require checks on the universal machine that can among a billion other things manufacture the plastic parts!"
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~~Keep in mind that this is a state that bans nunchuks.~~
Never mind, NY banned nunchuks in 1974 but then in 2018 a federal court decided that New Yorkers have a 2nd amendment right to nunchuks.
Maybe there's a constitutional right to keep and bear 3D printers too? If your life is in danger, you can use the concealed printer you're carrying to make a gun and then defend yourself with that gun.
Don't worry, my state considers throwing stars to be "assault weapons" now and their sale and possession is banned. There's still stupidity abound if you care to look hard enough.
their sale and possession is banned
How will I assassinate the Shogun now?!
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What a foolish bill.