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Gun control 'experts' want it illegal to buy a 3d printer in Australia, unless it has software blocking firearm printing (web.archive.org)

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All Australian states and territories ban 3D guns, but only some jurisdictions like New South Wales, Western Australia and Tasmania make it an offence to possess blueprints.

Experts are calling for retailers to play a greater role in choking the supply of 3D-printed guns in the wake of the Bondi shooting

Gun control groups are pushing for more laws that ban the importation of 3D printers if they do not have pre-installed software blocking firearm parts from being manufactured

Retailers offering 3D printers or 3D printing services would report customers suspected of building 3D-printed guns to the authorities under fresh calls for corporate Australia to play a role in thwarting access to the deadly weapons

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[–] rmrf@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm sure we've all seen this joke:

if (printing gun){
  notify police  
  stop
}

from what I've seen, outside of handgun clones, virtually all 3d printed receivers are some sort of generic shape, occasionally with an imprecise circle that could easily be replicated with a Dremel. Ideologically western countries need more experts in government to prevent effort wasted on stuff like this.

[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The people pushing for this apparently aren't in government in the first place, they're a lobby group.

[–] rmrf@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Bribery is a whole other issue

[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago

Less of a "buy fancy dinner" type and more of a "shout real loud" type.

Australia doesn't have the same issue with corporate lobbyists that America does. Instead what happens is if you do something the corporate lobbyists don't like, they topple your government (via favors traded with the Murdoch press).