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cross-posted from: https://ttrpg.network/post/4222671

Want a 3D printer in New York? Get ready for fingerprinting and a 15 day wait

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] -4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

y. I am not sure why so many people think this is a concern.

Movies, they fear a gun that can't be detected in a metal detector.

And you can still get one shot out of a plastic gun, and accuracy doesn't matter if you are close.

After Jan6 NO ONE in office is free from the fear of being a target of violence, not even the politicians that instigated it.

Fear beats every other emotion. Nearly always

Edit: Ok so I guess lemmy is just as bad as reddit for not wanting to hear the truth.

At least have the balls to say why you disagree.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago

To drive the point home a little further. No one, at least in this context, is making an all plastic gun with a 3D printer. It simply doesn't happen. Even the memeworthy and incredibly janky Harlot 22LR uses steel barrel liners. It is also difficult (read: impossible) to have strong enough springs to fire a primer without using steel. Plus cartridges and bullets themselves are famously made out of... metals.

The notion of a 3D printed plastic gun sailing through a metal detector are pure fantasy. Completely fictional. Bogus, bunk, absolute bullshit.

But legislators believe it, because politicians are not actually experts in anything except playing politics. Which in general does not equip you with knowledge or experience from the real world.