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US Gov to explore requiring 3d printer manufacturers and software developers to contain controls to prevent users from manufacturing firearms components (apnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

wootwoot 3d printing mentioned 😎

[–] lemming741 3 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Anyone ever try to photocopy currency?

[–] ninekeysdown 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah that was my thoughts too. It’s not like it can’t be bypassed but it’s not “easy.” This is kinda how I see it going for commercial 3D printers. It’s not a bad thing either. I’ve always been a fan of making people earn dangerous knowledge & skills. Even in fictional universes like Star Trek there’s restrictions on using a replicator to make weapons.

So it’s not unreasonable, imho, to put some kind of guard rails up that force people to actively bypass restrictions in making weapons.

The trick will be telling the difference between making a nerf gun, action figure guns, and an actual weapon. That I don’t see being possible at this time. Too many edge cases that don’t neatly fit.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Impossible. The only actual discourse I think they have is to either ban 3d printers outright, require that filament/resin etc designed for these is made somehow traceable, or license and/or registrate the purchase and/or used of the printers/filaments.

[–] Thcdenton 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah good luck with that fuckheads

[–] ikidd 2 points 2 months ago

Can we get the names of these people so we can have their drivers licenses taken away?

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

What if you 3d print a 3d printer?

[–] Skyrmir 0 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Down right idiotic. I'm all for some better gun control, but this is just a stupid idea.

If Texas wants to put a bounty on women, we should be able to put a bounty on guns. It'd be a lot more effective too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

as a non-American, do I even dare ask what you're talking about?

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

Republicans literally hunting women

Liberals: "if only we could disarm women, things would be better."

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