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

EtherWhack@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  or a 3D printer that doesn’t call the FBI

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• Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I bet the code is cracked within the hour of every update from now until eternity. It’s like the shit physical locks we put on everything. Nothing but a display of safety.

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• Naia@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Even if this could actually be enforced you have the issue that if they go too far you suddenly have it blocking a cylinder because it thinks you are trying to print a gun barrel.

  Not that I don’t think they would care about that, but it would certainly cause even more of a backlash.

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  • EtherWhack@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    You wouldn’t do the barrel anyway. You’d use tube stock instead

    The plastic would be too fragile to handle the heat and pressure that it’d likely be worse than a barrel-less design.

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    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      This is the lie, that a complete gun is printed, as in Sci fi movies.

      It’s just the parts that are typically wood or plastic on factory made guns.

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