Comment on New York Bill Would Require a Criminal Background Check to Buy a 3D Printer

Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• HuddaBudda@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think some people would say the ability to print a gun is more deadly then a knife.

  But I kind of agree with you.

  If we start licensing people to own stuff that has the potential to do harm, then eventually you are going to run into a never ending list of household items and laws of natural physics:

  • Bleach
  • Vinegar
  • Salt
  • Sugar
  • Chlorine
  • Gas
  • Natural gas
  • Methane
  • Fertilizers
  • Electricity
  • Paper
  • Fire
  • Propane
  • Etc.

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  • grue@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    • compilers and debuggers

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    • HuddaBudda@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      A surprising enlightening read. Thank you for sharing.

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  • cryptiod137@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    99% of the what I’ve seen is more deadly to the user than to anyone on the receiving end. You’d really be better off with a pipe pistol or shotgun.

    But yeah, almost anything could be dangerous depending on how it’s applied.

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    • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If you’ve only seen the liberator and the harlot, the hoffman lowers and FGC9_2 0s? Well…

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      • cryptiod137@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Looked into the ones you mentioned, both require non-printed parts.

        Those are better than what I had seen, but aren’t even on the same scale as what someone can make with a mil or a lathe casually in a couple days

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  • Blamemeta@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    We already do that, with guns. Precendent is set.

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    • HuddaBudda@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The understandable difference being that a gun has but one purpose: Kill people.

      Whereas everything else I have mentioned, including 3d printers are multi-purpose. Not intended to kill, but to serve multiple roles.

      Though, it is a good point that few devices could be cobbled together to make infinite guns so long as you had material. So I am not saying it isn't a class of it's own, just where does the logic end with that point?

      Is it only legal for a company to print guns? How does a license alone protect people? I don't think that is something I could answer.

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      • Blamemeta@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The thing is, banning guns is giving them an inch. NYC is already trying to grab 3d printers. Hell the ATF infamously made showlaces into unregistered machine guns, and a felony. everydaynodaysoff.com/…/shoestring-machine-gun/

        And abroad, the UK went after knives.

        Never think they’ll stop at guns, because they won’t. Its slippery slope, but that slope is supported by historical evidence.

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