More laws written by people who have zero fucking idea what they're writing laws about.
don't attribute to stupidity what can be adequately explained by malice.
that would imply they're not getting huge ~~bribes~~ sorry donations by people for them to write those exact laws
The people writing the laws know exactly what they’re doing. Also, the people writing the laws are not necessarily the people passing the laws.
Lobbyists often will write laws, and then wine and dine lawmakers to pass them.
Literally Think of the firearms!
Most people effected by this will be normies browsing for a printer for their kids. No one illegally printing guns will give any kind of a fuck when they have a garage full of DIY printers.
So yeah, it's just another way to spy on people.
Don't even need a DIY printer. No software is going to figure out every way it's possible to split up a firearm into smaller parts that can be glued or screwed together.
Maybe they will be filtering based upon the file name and description :-)
Noted, totally_not_a_gun_pinky_promise.stl will print just fine
And people are buying printers that require cloud connections.
people have been making zip guns from hardware stores for years.
The gun industry has a huge business in selling parts no questions asked. The idea that you can print a functional gun out of plastic is bad science fiction.
This is more about fighting right to repair.
California is trying this shit as well. It makes no goddamn sense.
If I wanted a gun, I'd go buy one. What a fucking joke. There are more guns than people here, what the fuck is this even accomplishing?
Paving the way towards giving overreaching governments and corporations power over what you're allowed to print
Cutting down competition..
You don't need a 3D printer to make firearms. There are tons of guides on improvised weapons for self-defense.
i'm beginning to suspect this has "don't 3d print replacement parts for our proprietary garbage" vibes to it.
firearms are the think of the kids of this attempt.
Exactly. Once the infrastructure is there, they can slowly start banning anything they want. They can DMCA physical items since they were shared through digital means. Broken parts fixed by 3d printing are “circumventing the digital lock” of not wanting you to print a part yourself.
The physical world now has a Terms of Service, and you implicitly agreed by existing.
fuck that. we are now part of the resistance.
And if they cared about kids, they'd do something about school shootings, like go after parents.
or after guns. or after the system that breaks literal kids that hard. or actually send in their police force instead of letting them cowardly sit outside.
i didn't need to have my faith in humanity shaken at this hour, but fuck.
Reminds me of how nobody can own fertilizer after the Oklahoma City bombing.
Pffft!
If they block you from printing guns with a 3D printer, you could print a 3D printer that doesn't have this limitation and use that instead.
A separate provision would expose researchers, journalists, and educators to felony charges simply for possessing or sharing certain design files.
you could yes but you can bet your ass circumventing those regulations will be a felony as well
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Maybe it's jammed. These plastic parts sometimes don't fit very well.
it works for me, i checked just now
Now try on tor browser in safest mode. Or in a text based browser. It's just an empty page.
Fuck sites that require javascript
Fuck. I should not have bought a Bambu. This is going to mess with my machine when they update the firmware.
Dont update the firware and use Orca Slicer
A trigger file will trigger the state gestapo.
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