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Want a 3D printer in New York? Get ready for fingerprinting and a 15 day wait (www.nysenate.gov)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Assembly Bill A8132 has been assigned a "Same As" bill in the Senate: S8586 [NYSenate.gov] [A8132 - 2023]

I don't own a gun, I never have and I don't plan to at any time in the future. But if these pass in the NYS Senate and Congress, it would be required to submit fingerprints for a background check then wait 15 days, before you could own any "COMPUTER OR COMPUTER-DRIVEN MACHINE OR DEVICE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT FROM A DIGITAL MODEL."

This isn't even going to stop any crimes from happening, for pity sakes regular guns end up in criminal charges all the time, regardless of background check laws. How about some real change and effective measures, rather then virtue-signaling and theater illusion for a constituency?

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 10 months ago (1 children)

3d printers run on GCode. Does that count as a “digital model”?

Are we licensing CNC mills too now? Or laser cutters?

[–] [email protected] 36 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTER" MEANS A COMPUTER OR COMPUTER-DRIVEN MACHINE OR DEVICE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT FROM A DIGITAL MODEL.

Not an American, but it really reads like they redefined 3D printer as meaning "literally any kind of cnc machine".

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Just wait till they find out about regular paper printers...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

They are not producing 3D objects though, unless you go in with a microscope which I belive is out of scope.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Except for copiers that can do binding.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

True but they never work.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

In that case one of my 3D printers would be exempt too.

"Sorry snotwrangler, you're legal"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

They could print out a cut and fold guide to make a 3d object. Not saying that is a reasonable read of this, just something to argue in court if this somehow makes it to law.

[–] kevin 8 points 10 months ago

So a manual mill and a receiver blank are not? If you wanted to build something like this yourself, this is a better option than a 3d printer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

As broad as possible – as always.