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.

    • 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.