NY State Assembly Bill 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.

Assembly Bill A8132 has been assigned a “Same As” bill in the Senate: S8586 [NYSenate.gov] [A8132 - 2023]

I don’t own a gun, I never have and I don’t plan to at any time in the future. But if these pass in the NYS Senate and Congress, it would be required to submit fingerprints for a background check then wait 15 days, before you could own any “COMPUTER OR COMPUTER-DRIVEN MACHINE OR DEVICE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT FROM A DIGITAL MODEL.”

This isn’t even going to stop any crimes from happening, for pity sakes regular guns end up in criminal charges all the time, regardless of background check laws. How about some real change and effective measures, rather then virtue-signaling and theater illusion for a constituency?

  • Scratch@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    43·
    10 months ago

    3d printers run on GCode. Does that count as a “digital model”?

    Are we licensing CNC mills too now? Or laser cutters?

    • alleycat@feddit.deEnglish
      36·
      10 months ago
      1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, “THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTER” MEANS A COMPUTER OR COMPUTER-DRIVEN MACHINE OR DEVICE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT FROM A DIGITAL MODEL.

      Not an American, but it really reads like they redefined 3D printer as meaning “literally any kind of cnc machine”.

        • lud@lemm.ee
          8·
          10 months ago

          They are not producing 3D objects though, unless you go in with a microscope which I belive is out of scope.

          • bonn2@lemm.ee
            1·
            9 months ago

            They could print out a cut and fold guide to make a 3d object. Not saying that is a reasonable read of this, just something to argue in court if this somehow makes it to law.

      • kevin@programming.dev
        8·
        10 months ago

        So a manual mill and a receiver blank are not? If you wanted to build something like this yourself, this is a better option than a 3d printer.