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.