Comment on NY bill would require a criminal history background check for the purchase of a 3D printer

• JewGoblin@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yes, and don’t you forget that

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  • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The Founding Fathers really thought of everything.

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• Death_Equity@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It would probably be argued under free speech oddly enough.

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  • superguy@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not even ‘oddly enough.’

    While you can’t own a bomb factory without proper authorization, something as general-purpose as a 3D printer would absolutely enjoy first amendment protections.

    Interesting tidbit: it’s not illegal to make your own guns in the US. You don’t even need a license.

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    • LukeMedia@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I mean, imagine telling someone who was once convicted of a crime “no sorry, you can’t buy a 3D printer to make things around the house, you could make a gun as well!”

      If the only thing a 3D printer could do is print a gun, then there’d be an argument. This is like banning callipers from convicted criminals because they could be used to measure ammunition. If this law somehow sticks, I will be very disappointed in the shortsighted thinking that led to such a law passing.

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