2023-A8132
www.nysenate.gov
Requires a criminal history background check for the purchase of a three-dimensional printer capable of creating firearms; prohibits sale to a person who would be disqualified on the basis of criminal history from being granted a license to possess a firearm.

NY bill would require a criminal history background check for the purchase of a 3D printer::Requires a criminal history background check for the purchase of a three-dimensional printer capable of creating firearms; prohibits sale to a person who would be disqualified on the basis of criminal history from being granted a license to possess a firearm.

    • PoliticalAgitator@lemm.eeEnglish
      520·
      1 year ago

      I’m against it because I know the pro-gun claim of “fixing deeply flawed gun laws is pointless because people will just 3D print guns” is a lie.

      Should it one day come true, I’d reconsider my position.

      But it hasn’t come true anywhere else in the world, nor have any other pro-gun promises come true in the last 20 years.

      • PsychedSy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        The point of a fully printed gun would be a zip gun mostly. One shot up close to steal a real gun from a better equipped force. Same with a pipe gun. They’re for upgrading.

          • PsychedSy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            7·
            1 year ago

            Why would I? If you knew what a zip gun was for you’d realize how ignorant that question is.

            Regardless, here’s a historical zip.

            I think Japan had a recent situation with a hand made firearm as well.

            • PoliticalAgitator@lemm.eeEnglish
              18·
              1 year ago

              Okay, so not how criminals and terrorists get their guns, because they just walk into a shop and buy them.

              • db2@sopuli.xyzEnglish
                1·
                1 year ago

                lol only the right wing extremist terrorists in the US do it that way, everyone else has to go black market.

          • oatscoop@midwest.socialEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Sure, especially considering they said fully printed – no pre-made firearm components.

            The FP-45 Liberator pistol and the CIA’s Deer Gun are “real” guns designed for that exact purpose: to kill someone at close range to steal their gun. The first “successful” 3d printed gun was the Defense Distributed Liberator, followed by a plethora of single shot “zip guns” of the same type.

            So … a bunch of 3d printed guns specifically copied from the concept of the FP-45 and Deer Gun.

            • PoliticalAgitator@lemm.eeEnglish
              01·
              1 year ago

              I fixed your link. I wouldn’t want people missing out on that “Usage” section.

              Thanks though, I’ve bookmarked it for when people claim that gun restrictions are pointless because of 3D printers.