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Technically it’s for any printer capable of printing a firearm or the components of a firearm, which is…. every printer. What a bafflingly stupid proposal. If you’re in NY, please call your reps and tell them to oppose this bill.

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[-] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Luigi would have passed a background check.

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 2 points 2 months ago

And didn't even use his own printer (according to his confession/manifesto)..

[-] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 2 months ago

was it even printed in new york? I mean im sure someone would never bring one in from jersey.

[-] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago

Everything is legal in New Jersey.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Luigi had no background to check.

This is pure flail.

[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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?

[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

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.

[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Ah. So I suppose that means California has successfully solved the skyrocketing cost of living and inflation, drought, rampant homelessness, and uncontrollable wildfires?

[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

What do you mean fire? It's ghost guns running the show! Lol...not lol. More like WTF?

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 months ago

Awful. Literally banning science, because it can be misused.

[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

We'd better go the full mile. Here's my list of things to be banned, For Our Safety^TM^:

  • 3/4" and 1" galvanized steel pipe and endcaps
  • Cases of matches
  • Acetone
  • Stump killer
  • Milling machines
  • Lathes
  • Drill presses
  • Hydrogen peroxide
  • Salt, Sodium Chloride
  • Stainless steel bolts
  • Benchtop power supplies
  • Sulfur
  • Carbon
  • Water
  • Aluminum foil

I'm sure I can think of others if you give me a minute or two.

[-] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 months ago

Iron rust. Can be used with the aluminum you included to produce thermite.

[-] faltryka@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Brilliant!!!! This is how we can criminalize failing to buy a newer vehicle!

[-] spitfire@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Some actual gun control laws would be better, not to mention universal health care. What’s next on the list? Kitchen knives? Pans, pots? ;)

[-] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Are they going to require background checks for purchasing metal working equipment? Or maybe just make it illegal to bring any metal to melting point without a license.

Because you can make guns with metal.

[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 1 points 2 months ago

This is absolutely the best action we could take to address the gun violence problem.

[-] korendian@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Tighten background checks for guns: ✋ Tighten background checks for 3d printers: 👀

[-] azdle@news.idlestate.org 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
  1. 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.

[-] _stranger_@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

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

[-] bluewing@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago

Well achtually........To be pedantic,

A 3D consumer grade printer is not a true 3D tool since it can only move on 2 axis simultaneously. If you watch your printer closely, as it finishes it's path around the xy plane, there is a tiny halt as it changes active plane from the xy plane to xz plane, lifts the nozzle, then flips the active back to the xy to go along it's merry way again to lay down the new layer. And no, the hot new scarf joint is still a single plane movement. Sometimes such machines are incorrectly referred to as 2 1/2 axis because they aren't true 3 axis.

Source: I'm an old retired toolmaker. Trust me Bro.

[-] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

There is vase mode, which lifts the Z axis gradually while printing. This creates one continuous extrusion for the whole print.

[-] bluewing@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago

That still isn't a true 3D move.

[-] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

How so? It literally moves in 3 dimensions at the same time.

[-] bluewing@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

It only appears so. It's flipping the xz and yz planes only as it hits each quadrant. It just does it really fast. Looking closely at the layer lines will show you it's not a true 3D movement.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago

Surely it would be much easier to require checks to buy ammunition.

[-] tht@social.pwned.page 1 points 2 months ago

This is braindead, are they gonna require background checks for the hardware store next?

[-] viking@infosec.pub 1 points 2 months ago

Don't forget sporting goods and kitchen supplies. Heck, you can get a bunch of decent knives in IKEA, better put furniture outlets on a watchlist.

[-] BrazenSigilos@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 months ago

Again. This bill was introduced last year, by the same person, and it died at the time because of some grassroots actions. Now, the wording is slightly different (so it can be introduced again as a "different" bill), and it's being tried again.

[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

~~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.

[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

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.

[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

their sale and possession is banned

How will I assassinate the Shogun now?!

[-] badbytes@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Lol, I built a 3d printer with a 3d printer.

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