
The New York legislature is in the early stages of considering a bill that would require people buying certain kinds of 3D printers to pass a background check.
State Assembly Bill A2228 says that “any retailer of a three-dimensional printer sold in this state which is capable of printing a firearm, or any components of a firearm, is required and authorized to request and receive criminal history information.”
The state would then have 15 days to root through the buyer’s information, look for weapons charges or other disqualifying criminal history, and make a decision. This would, in effect, mean that anyone buying a 3D printer capable of printing any piece of a firearm (which is quite a few 3D printers) would have to pass a criminal background check.
We live in a world where anyone with access to some 3D printers, the right digital documents, and some practical knowledge can print and assemble an untraceable handgun. It’s likely that Luigi Mangione, the assassin of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, used a 3D-printed Glock-style handgun to hit his target. Governments across the world have struggled with how to handle the problem of widespread, home-printed, unregistered firearms spreading across the planet on demand. …
Democratic State Sen. Jenifer Rajkumar is the lead sponsor of A2228, which was proposed on January 15 and is still in committee. Rajkumar previously attempted to pass similar legislation in 2023, but it died in committee.
“Three-dimensional printed guns are growing more prevalent each year. There were 100 taken off the streets of New York City in 2019. That number skyrocketed to 637 in 2022. Concurrently, ghost gun shootings have risen 1,000% across the nation. Currently, three-dimensional printers allow people to make, buy, sell, and use untraceable guns without any background checks. This bill will require a background check so that three-dimensional printed firearms do not get in the wrong hands,” Rajkumar said in a memo attached to the 2023 bill. …
The truth is that anyone 3D-printing a weapon in their home probably wasn’t interested in putting their homebrew gun into federal databases in the first place.
The only way that will work is for them to make it illegal to sell a used one without said BC.
And that will be when the wheels fall off that brain-damaged little scheme. Either way, this will be loads of fun to watch play out…
They just want a database of class enemies as a distant secondary goal of appearing to do something.
And there’s this little tid-bit in there :
“…or any components of a firearm, is required and authorized to request and receive criminal history information.”
Any component, like a grip panel. That means *any* 3-D printer.
Let ’em pass it, so we can get busy slapping it down…
BGC to buy one? They’re already prohibited altogether for the plebes here in CA. (Thanks a lot, Newsom)
We typically follow your state’s lead until we run out of money and need another bailout.
The residents of New York State are getting the government they voted for.
From 2023
Open drug use in NYC. How long will it be before they start to defecate in the street like they do in San Francisco?
Go ahead and make drugs legal. And live with the consequences too.
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They’ll have to follow up with any component that could be used to make a 3d printer since a great many hobbists roll their own basically from scratch.
“They’ll have to follow up with any component that could be used to make a 3d printer…”
Watch them respond by requiring traceable serial numbers and BG checks on barrels and bolt components, basically *any* pressure-bearing firearm component…
Rajkumar is totally ignorant of our country history, human behavior, and criminal behavior! To even think that her POS bill will stop citizens of NY from purchasing any 3D printer is complete Dumbassocratic fantasy! Obviously she assumes that both law abiding and criminals will only seek to purchase a 3D printer in NYS and her bill will stop them! It is a guaranteed fact, proven time and again, that these people will leave NYS for other states where all their supply needs can be met without NYS BS! And her moronic bill/law cannot stop that! That is the reason she and her party are called DUMBASSOCRATS! They don’t have a fracking clue as to human behavior!