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The dumbest part is: it is perfectly legal to make a gun for 99% of Americans. The entire 'ghost gun' attack angle is doomed to failure.
And it isn't just 3D printing; the New York bill includes all computerized manufacturing; it very explicitly includes CNC machines, for example. They are taking down entire manufacturing sectors to go after an unwinnable goal.
Its not like I can't buy a mill press and caliper and make a lower. I already have the jig that makes it even simpler.
With the gig all I need is a hobby drill press.
I remember when the news talked about ghost guns that they'd always bring up this CNC machine that would build AR lowers, the part that is legally "the gun". I'm pretty sure it was the ghost gunner.
I read into it and got on forums. There was a poster who bought the machine and, because of legal reasons, had to get his friends to come push the start button so that they were making their own guns and not the poster making guns for others. Apparently, he got visited by the ATF, but basically got told he's walking a fine line.
I can make my own ghost gun with a hand drill and a template you can buy online. a motivated person will always be able to find a way to do things, but its actually easier to just find someone to sell you a cheap illegal gun if you're gonna commit a crime than to go through the whole trouble of building one yourself.
You can't actually print a working gun out of plastic, you need metal parts. People think 3D printers are Star Trek replicators.
I saw a YouTube vid on 3d printing guys building glock based guns. Anything that actually took pressure (barrel, springs, extractors, etc) were store bought metal parts.
well duh. There's a reason guns are made of metal.
I dunno why they don't just outlaw manufacturing your own firearms without a license...
The don’t want to send a case to the Supreme Court that would rule on the side of homemade firearms.
They would prefer to outlaw manufacturing anything without paying rent seekers.
Seems that way. Next up is licensing fees for printing certain models. Basically they'd like to get as far as when Picard says "Tea, Earl Grey, hot" the replicator says "Brought to you by Lipton. Taste good, feel good. You have 49 remaining replicator credits."
It'd probably be wildly unconstitutional?
Nothing in the Constitution about who can or can't construct firearms. Not that anyone cares about The Constitution anymore.
Yeah the supreme court is getting ready to fucking undo assault rifle bans next year, this shit ain't lasting.
Amazing how they ISPs can just block sites based for states and how sites can block certain areas but these rulings their location jurisdiction.