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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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[โ€“] Doomsider@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In the last 30 years the US has lost 1.5 million people to gun violence. That is more than every single war we have ever fought combined. Almost everyone in the US knows someone who has been shot and killed.

Most countries don't want to replicate this insanity hence common sense gun policy.

The overthrow your government thing is just a marketing technique to get people to buy guns. Looks like it works great for you.

[โ€“] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

The 3d printed gun fear mongering is the opposite of "common sense gun control" though. It's like tryign to mandate government backdoors for encryption, it's intellectually bankrupt and the politicians and lobbyists who push for that crap shouldn't be allowed to live on their own, let alone run a government.