Comment on California’s New Bill Requires DOJ-Approved 3D Printers That Report on Themselves

• ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yes. In most of the US removing q serial is explicitly illegal, while manufacturing a firearm for personal use (sans serial) is completely legal.

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• tomalley8342@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Serialized parts have their purchases recorded and restricted, other parts are (usually) unrestricted.

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  • RedMari@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    How would they connect a serialized part to a purchase if the serial number is completely gone? I guess 3d printing would also allow those who are unable to legally buy the parts to get them too.

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    • tomalley8342@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They can’t definitively pin a particular purchase to a particular serial-defiled firearm, but the fact that the government knows that you purchased a firearm on such and such date is probably enough of a concern for a lot of people. It’s a lot easier to gather a stockpile of parts without drawing much attention.

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    • ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      If there’s a record of you purchasing X gun, and they find you have that same model with the serial filed off, 99% chance you filed that serial off your gun.

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    • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Because to get the serialized part, you still have to be approved for the purchase through background checks, which will go live on the state police database, and then the police can check that database to see recently acquired firearms if something happens. Chances are the list of a specific type of firearm with the serial ground off is going to be pretty short.

      And yes, the being able to obtain it with no background checks at all is the other big key.

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      • bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        Because to get the serialized part, you still have to be approved for the purchase through background checks

        Unless you get it secondhand. Then you just kinda… Skip all that. Legally.

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