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California just passed a law forcing mandatory DRM in 3D printers (www.theregister.com)
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So much for the constitution

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[–] 104 points 2 months ago (11 children)

This so broad and vague as to be unconstitutional. It's like mandating that computers have to have technology that prevents hate speech. A 3d printer, like a computer, a hammer, a pencil, or the myriad of other tools humans use is just a general tool that can be put to good or bad uses. It would be insane to require anti-skull bashing technology for hammers and it is crazy to burden 3d printer manufacturers to develop technology to try to do this. Moreover, 3d printers are just one way to make ghost guns. A better way may be just home CNC. Instead of additive technology laying down layers of plastic one by one, with home CNC you can take a block of metal and machine it out, subtractive technology. The bill does not impact home CNC. So dumb!

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago* (4 children)

    mandating that computers have to have technology that prevents hate speech.

    What a brilliant idea, let's get on it immediately. 🤣

    Joking aside, you are 100% right.
    Except I think the idea of printing a gun is to avoid detection in metal detectors.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 months ago

    You do know that 3d printed guns are not 100% plastic, large chunks of them are just normal metal gun parts. I'm also wondering what you think bullets are made of?

    Please don't repeat stupid shit like saying 3d printed guns go past metal detectors. It will hurt the 3d printing community.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    The vast majority of these 3d printed guns use the fact that the registered "gun" is only a small part of the actual whole gun. You can buy barrels, magazines, slides, firing pins, etc, all mail order without any fuss — it's the part with the serial number that is actually the firearm and restricted. So if you print that part (which is often basically just a shell to hold the metal components in place) you have an unserialized gun that's basically just as good as one from a gun store.

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  • [–] -5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    Lol, do you realize that regular 2D printer manufacturers have mandates for embedding codes in the prints so that they can be traced?

    Or that Photoshop and photo editing software has mandated counterfeit bill detection features in it?

    It doesn't completely invalidate all of your points, but the idea is not as crazy or unprecedented as a hammer with anti murder technology. Hell even just basic cap guns have to have an orange tip.

    As long as gun nuts kept insisting on designing and printing guns, this was inevitably going to happen. Like what the fuck did they think the end result of designing and distributing murder machines online was going to be?? Did they really think everyone, in every jurisdiction and country around the world, was going to agree with their dumbass Republican interpretation of the 2nd amendment?

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