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NY bill would require a criminal history background check for the purchase of a 3D printer (www.nysenate.gov)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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NY bill would require a criminal history background check for the purchase of a 3D printer::Requires a criminal history background check for the purchase of a three-dimensional printer capable of creating firearms; prohibits sale to a person who would be disqualified on the basis of criminal history from being granted a license to possess a firearm.

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

Also absurd and unconstitutional. You can make a rudimentary gun out of plumbing parts from a hardware store that is at least as effective as a 3d printer, arguably more so if you're looking at 100% printed parts. Should we run background checks at the register at Home Depot? Should you not be able to buy plumbing if you made some bad decisions and served the time?

These are all ridiculous laws designed to restrict the liberties of the common man.

[–] JewGoblin 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

as you should, Americans have forgotten just how dangerous the world really is. You would think people would have learned something from the Hamas attacks on civilians Israel

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Eh, it is easier to buy one. Besides, if I wouldn't pass a background check I'd get the gun some other way. As it turns out, criminals care very little about abiding by gun control laws. Just look at the areas with the strictest gun control, they also happen to be the places with the highest rate of gun violence.