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

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ch00f@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

I can kind of see the logic.

Like book piracy was never a huge thing because you’d need a hell of a set up to make a book from scratch. Music piracy however…

I’m sure a decently skilled craftsman could make a decent firearm with a short trip to Home Depot, but the average Joe can’t make that happen too easily. With a 3D printer, you could have a gun with next to zero skill. Like a decently motivated person is going to find a gun anyway, but this maybe addresses the less motivated people/crimes of passion, etc.

That being said, if these are the same people advocating for a waiting period, they obviously don’t know how long 3D printing a gun takes.

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