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Seems like bullshit when you can make a more reliable firearm from leas that $20 in parts from any hardware store.
Also "ghost guns" are perfectly legal in the US.
I wonder what the true reason for them attacking 3D printing, home CNC, etc. is...
Too many people are coming up with ways to repair or enhance items that don’t enrich the OEM.
These laws are the DMCA of the physical world. This is stage 4 malignant capitalism, where they claim their true dominion over us all.
Play by the rules: You exist, they make money off your existence, nothing changes.
They're doing this because the number of self-created guns recovered from crime scenes has increased significantly over the last five years. I made a video about it recently, if anyone's bored.
Calling it a 'crackdown' is a little silly though, and just the kind of overdramatic bullshit one would expect from American gun nuts.
It's two state-level laws that aren't even fully in force yet, and won't work anyway, thanks to US gun law being a patchwork of fifty different fiefdoms' opinions, many of which are unilaterally unenforced by local sheriffs on purpose anyway. Hell, guns are so absurdly legal in my state that they keep coming up with ways to make them extra-legal so that the gun lobby will keep the bribes flowing.
~~Thewhy~~ Then why haven't the famous "saturday night specials" closed all the hardware stores?
It's a mystery for sure...
(european here) i can imagine that the gun religion in usa directed by nra and big manufacturer needs to have someone to blame to divert eyes from lack of real legislation over guns and what best to blame that a growing sector that could potentially affect their share of market in future. They could be scared from the fast development of 3d printing and the crazy power of innovation a community can achieve, they could be left behind just by the lack of innovation.
Another way to say this: blocking consumer 3d printer is a way to reinforce their dominant position by ensuring there is not other path than going threw them and making sure their market share don't drop because of new technology growing/changing fast while diverting the real issue USA has with guns.
The REAL problem that the US has is deep inequity and a lack of a social safety net work actual healthcare IMO: Gun violence would be virtually eliminated if citizens were actually taken care of.
Even if you could magically disappear all the guns, the US would still be a violent place because gun violence is just a symptom of the above issues.
Before anyone brings it up: I'm not arguing for or against gun regulations here, just that this runs deeper than some might suggest.
I know usa has bigger problem than guns like healthcare (bigger as it affects way more people than guns), my comment was only to answer to your why would they go after 3D printing.
A violent place without guns Will always be a better place than with.
The insane manufacturing control laws in the article are passed by Democrats in Democrat-controlled states. Blaming this on the right is laughable.
See also: NY's manufacturing control laws that restrict not only our 3D printers, but all computerized manufacturing, including CNC machines and lathes.
Where did i say the right did it??