Technology

I think they are hoping it will go unnoticed.

It can also be a result of deal-making like "I will vote for the budget if I can include this other provision, otherwise I am sabotaging the budget."

Why are they getting away with it? Simple: no negative consequences.

It's a tool in their toolbox which they have never gotten punised or penalized for using, so why wouldn't they use it?

I hate to say it, but our lawmakers don't take us, the voters, seriously enough. Sure, if there is a ferocious backlash, they will listen for a minute. Otherwise they just do what their billionaire donors want. In case of a backlash they can just wait for it to die down, the outrage fades, and they can try to serve the billionaire interests again.

In this case the billionaires fear the peasants 3D printing untraceable guns. Imagine if full auto or selective fire firerams can be 3D printed? In other words, gun regulations cannot work when every citizen is a gun factory.

If our government worked in our interests, none of this would matter because nobody would be angry enough to want to resort to political violence, even if they were armed.

On the other hand if there were say 50 million (out of 340 total) enraged have-nothings with nothing to lose in life, then if only 1% of those 50 actually take action, boy, our government and the billionaires will have their hands full. Bodyguards might start charging 50 million a year to guard the billionaires, and just try to stiff your bodyguards and see what happens then.

Even an idiot understands that it's not smart to create a society with a whole bunch of desperate people with nothing to lose. But our system is run by people worse than idiots, which is why they will try to regulate and surveil the peasants first, punching down first, before being forced to finally do what they should have always been doing: serve the goddam people, serve the 99%!

You new here?

Because we fucking let them.

There is no such technology. This will effectively ban 3d printers until there is. It's not as trivial as they make it sound

Not to mention that someone's going to come out with a jailbreak option for every 3D printer within a couple of weeks of this being implemented at a manufacturing scale.

Given that the printer itself has just enough computing power to just understand "by how many steps I need to move that motor" (or little more) I suppose it should be done at a slicer level, which would be interesting to do.

Think of the CEOs.

Just once I'd like to see the world's companies react to dumb local laws by refusing to sell their products where the laws apply. Problem is, other states and countries always introduce matching stupid laws soon enough. California, for example, is introducing a similar restriction on 3D printers.

I'd do that sooner rather than later, things are only going to get crazier

Once again, the USA is being a problem for the entire world.

And, as usual, we don’t get any say in the matter unless/until we completely isolate ourselves from them.

Trouble is, that's 300 million people and change with a lot of money to spend. Any company would be foolish to turn its back on that market completely.

It's probably lobbying by corporations who feel threatened by people being able to make and repair their own stuff. Maybe also the government's desire to spy on everything people are doing with tech. These things are always dressed up as safety measures.

It's probably not as easy as you think by regular means (i.e. purchasing vs outright stealing), but the barrier to entry for legal ownership is decidedly lower than that of other developed nations.

I would wager though that the provisions in this bill will have significantly less effect than say, a law that penalizes gun owners for unsecured firearms that are either acquired by or used in the commission of a crime.

The only purpose of including this in the budget is for the legislators and sponsors of this line item can say they did something without actually having to do anything.

The problem with Hochul's (among others) arguments is that they are legally ambiguous and technically unsound. We need to ensure we are systematically dismantling their talking points as loudly as possible and in the simplest terms. Take a look at some of these gems:

Keeping New Yorkers Safe: Governor Hochul Highlights Growing Support for Nation-Leading Proposals to Crack Down on DIY Machine Guns and 3D-Printed Guns

With Glock handguns specifically it's easy to shove something in the back to block the little catch that stops it from being fully automatic, and right now it's slightly easier to 3d print the right size piece of plastic than do it with a dremel. Some activists wanted to ban Glocks, but Glock is a big corporation so NY politicians warped it into a 3d printer ban while acting like they this is what you asked for.

And it's vice-signalling to billionaires because Luigi supposedly had a 3d printed gun.

their own department of war

New York has a departement of war?

What 3d printing software do you use in your country that detects if gun parts are being printed?

Because as far as I know, that's impossible.

Edit: I assume the downvote confirms such software doesn't exist.

I mean you’re looking at what it will take to fully control guns in America.

Any second thoughts?