This is so stupid.
My understanding is that you can’t make a gun from 100% 3D printed plastic parts. Why don’t you just regulate those final parts makers?
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You can if you want to blow your hand off. A 3D printer is just a tool of gun smithing. This is like banning circular saws or nail guns.
For the same reason that it would be better to regulate polluters than to expect individuals to recycle their waste en masse. Regulating this at an individual level is demonstrably less effective, given that the recovery of self-created guns used in crimes has increased significantly in recent years.
Whether anti-gun 3D-printing algorithms will even work isn't certain yet, but I'm all for giving it a try and forcing people to risk acquiring said weapons via legit manufacturers and shops which may be more traceable or risk the black market.
My printer is not connected, its firmware is opensource, and use a VPN. I'm pretty sure whoever has bad intents will have no issue figuring out how to get a model and print it.
I believe this regulation would mostly impact casual 3D-printing enthusiasts who minds their privacy, and set a precedent to regulate what can be printed. I wouldn't be surprised if some people were watching this closely, thinking about banning spare parts models to repair appliances under an "IP" excuse.
There are so many precedent where freedom restrictions passed under the excuse of "terrorism", "protect the children", now "prevent murders" and later there is almost never a review of their efficiency, because when there is… the conclusion is appalling.
We're just slowly moving towards more control and less freedom.
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anyone else planning on flooding this new "system" with garbage data?
don't try to ddos it, just make it prohibitively expensive.
you know those dumb fucks will use AI to do it.
Are they cracking down on 85% receivers? I mean those pose a much bigger risk
85% is a firearm, 80% is a fancy paperweight. No DVs from me just want to keep everyone straight on the law
/source: me I make 80% guns from time to time, next is a Glock 19