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Want a 3D printer in New York? Get ready for fingerprinting and a 15 day wait (www.nysenate.gov)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://ttrpg.network/post/4222671

Want a 3D printer in New York? Get ready for fingerprinting and a 15 day wait

Assembly Bill A8132 has been assigned a "Same As" bill in the Senate: S8586 [NYSenate.gov] [A8132 - 2023]

I don't own a gun, I never have and I don't plan to at any time in the future. But if these pass in the NYS Senate and Congress, it would be required to submit fingerprints for a background check then wait 15 days, before you could own any "COMPUTER OR COMPUTER-DRIVEN MACHINE OR DEVICE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT FROM A DIGITAL MODEL."

This isn't even going to stop any crimes from happening, for pity sakes regular guns end up in criminal charges all the time, regardless of background check laws. How about some real change and effective measures, rather then virtue-signaling and theater illusion for a constituency?

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 10 months ago (2 children)

While I majorly disagree with this legislation, its not about plastic guns.

They only regulate the part of a gun that has the serial number, not the other parts. For "repairability." Guess what that one part is easily made of? Yup, plastic.

People are printing the easy part, and buying all the rest in metal. Proper control would be to regulate the sale of commercially manufactured replacement parts, not a tool.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Maybe start regulating normal guns more first… 3D printed guns are not a problem anywhere in the world.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Well, yes, but I was specifically going down the replacement part road because the intent of the legislation is to limit ghost guns (unregistered firearms), not guns overall. IMO it's just a play to say "we are cracking down on guns!" without actually doing it. And since it only hurts a niche audience, who cares, right?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

So the point isn't 3d printers making guns, it's 3d printers enabling people to escape registration of guns, especially for unregulated sale of guns.