• ronsor 2 days ago |
    So should everyone buy 3D printers before the government lockdown comes into effect?
  • exabrial 2 days ago |
    > California Firearm Printing Prevention Act, establishes a framework to regulate the sale of three-dimensional (3D) printers in the state by requiring them to include built-in "firearm blocking technology"

    This is so obnoxiously impossible.

    • lp92 2 days ago |
      Exactly. You can slice and dice a model and just merge it in the slicer and if there'sfirmwarebloks, with how good AI is at reverse engineering it wouldn't be an insurmountable challenge to roll your own firmware without the restrictions.
  • bigbuppo 2 days ago |
    So, what, unlicensed posession of electric motors will be a felony?
  • tech4all a day ago |
    This will stop exactly zero criminals who were going to use a 3D printer to print gun parts.