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- Max-P ( @Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me ) 47•9 days ago
Good luck with that given 3D printers are full of open-source software.
- kent_eh ( @kent_eh@lemmy.ca ) English25•8 days ago
Don’t bring that to their attention- they’ll start banning open source too.
- Swedneck ( @Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ) 9•8 days ago
POLICE, HE RELEASED HIS SOFTWARE FREE FOR ANYONE TO USE, SHOOT SHOOT SHOOT
- The Doctor ( @drwho@beehaw.org ) English1•8 days ago
Working on open source software was one of the things they used against Aaron Swartz.
- Kraiden ( @Kraiden@kbin.earth ) 37•8 days ago
Yes, because it’s so difficult to get a gun in America any other way /s
- Blackout ( @Blackout@fedia.io ) 28•8 days ago
Are they going to require government monitors if you own a CNC machine next?
- The Doctor ( @drwho@beehaw.org ) English2•8 days ago
It wouldn’t surprise me if somebody tried to get such a thing passed in a couple of years.
- geneva_convenience ( @geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml ) 14•7 days ago
Trying to stop a printer from printing sounds like a tough ask.
- VerilyFemme ( @VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 2•7 days ago
Maybe they can partner with Epson or Brother, they’re pretty good at keeping their printers from printing
- geneva_convenience ( @geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml ) 3•6 days ago
Those are angels compared to HP
- x00za ( @x00za@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English11•7 days ago
It’s like governments are trying to get people to listen to them instead of doing their job: listening to what the people want.
Stop making stupid rules and start looking at the causes and work with that. Why do people want 3d printed guns? Well to either protect themselves, do something bad, or for fun because they can. Ok maybe we should look at why the hell do people feel the need to protect themselves instead of letting the police do that? Maybe look at why people do bad things? Hint it’s mostly money, which you are taking away from them. Or try and fight people having “fun”? Well you could always take away the fun with even more rules.
The biggest win of the ones in power was to make the concept of anarchy look like chaos. :)
- derpgon ( @derpgon@programming.dev ) 2•7 days ago
Worst thing is, with any systemic rule change, the change js not instant. Allowing something like that would wither cause a spike up in crimes, or we’d feel it down the line. On the other hand, banning them doesn’t make sense, either.
- desktop_user ( @desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 0•7 days ago
even if police were perfect plenty of people would still want to do it themselves, as with anything there will be hobbyists. Some hobbies are more legal than others.
- Scrubbles ( @scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ) English23•8 days ago
I see 10,000 forks in the near future, and fully decentralized ways of hosting them. God forbid we actually try to regulate real guns, no it’s those damn hobbyists who spent thousands on printers!
- PowerCrazy ( @PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml ) English18•8 days ago
I love technological non-solutions to social problems. They are the only thing the work better then passing more laws that say you can’t murder people with guns.
- Chahk ( @chahk@beehaw.org ) 6•8 days ago
You can’t 3D print a gun, but you can buy one without a background check. Brilliant.
- The Doctor ( @drwho@beehaw.org ) English2•8 days ago
Think of the stock prices!
- Zorsith ( @Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English11•9 days ago
Lol, most of this crap is DIY, good luck with that
- Schmuppes ( @Schmuppes@lemmy.today ) 11•8 days ago
They can explore the requirement, but they will get lost during their expedition.
- Chahk ( @chahk@beehaw.org ) 8•8 days ago
Never stopped them before from still passing half-assed laws.
- The Doctor ( @drwho@beehaw.org ) English3•8 days ago
And those half-assed laws make great pretext laws.
“That guy has a 3d printer! He might be fabbing ghost guns!”
- NauticalNoodle ( @NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml ) 10•8 days ago
I built my own 3d printer 👉 👈
- bruhSoulz ( @bruhsoulz@lemmy.ml ) English2•7 days ago
3d printing 3d printing machine. infinite money hax O.o?
- The Doctor ( @drwho@beehaw.org ) English8•8 days ago
Somebody needs to be seen doing something before the next election.
Incidentally, 3d printed parts aren’t used for conversion kits. They’re machined out of metal stock (and occasionally re-machined original parts).
- geneva_convenience ( @geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml ) 3•7 days ago
From what I have seen 3d printing is used to create the exterior of the gun. The functional firing parts such as the barrel are made out of machined metal
- The Doctor ( @drwho@beehaw.org ) English1•7 days ago
That squares with the greyprints I’ve looked at. However, the article specifically talks about conversion kits.
- bloodfart ( @bloodfart@lemmy.ml ) 6•8 days ago
Was there a shooting with a printed firearm recently?
- gomp ( @gomp@lemmy.ml ) 5•7 days ago
Irrelevant: the goal is not preventing shootings (I mean, they would go for the obvious solution otherwise)
- Match!! ( @match@pawb.social ) English6•8 days ago
where are people distributing 3d printed gun models? I’m guessing thingiverse has already cracked down on weapons
- The Doctor ( @drwho@beehaw.org ) English1•8 days ago
There are still a bunch of torrents being seeded out there.
Normally this is when the “small government” Republican party says “let’s not get government that too involved”…
…that is if they didn’t go full reich
- wuphysics87 ( @wuphysics87@lemmy.ml ) 4•8 days ago
What if you 3d print a 3d printer?