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California’s New Bill Requires DOJ-Approved 3D Printers That Report on Themselves (blog.adafruit.com)
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California’s new bill requires DOJ-approved 3D printers that report on themselves targeting general-purpose machines.

Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan introduced AB-2047, the “California Firearm Printing Prevention Act,” on February 17th. The bill would ban the sale or transfer of any 3D printer in California unless it appears on a state-maintained roster of approved makes and models… certified by the Department of Justice as equipped with “firearm blocking technology.” Manufacturers would need to submit attestations for every make and model. The DOJ would publish a list. If your printer isn’t on the list by March 1, 2029, it can’t be sold. In addition, knowingly disabling or circumventing the blocking software is a misdemeanor.

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[-] Mister_Hangman@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago

Banning guns is so easy. But dealing with the systemic problems that lead people to guns who definitely should t have them seems impossible to grasp.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Banning anything is easy. Enforcement is hard.

When you're next door to Arizona - regularly in the top five more prodigious gun manufacturing states - it seems absurd to worry about weapons made out of extruded plastic. Ruger & Company is going to do a better job than anything a printer can churn out.

[-] willington@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

Ban spears, knives, pipes, cars, fertilizer, aluminum, bows, blowguns, poison, fists.

Or, just run a decent society where nobody feels opressed, and has no desire to lash out.

Tax the billionaires out of their billions, or put a tight leash on everyone to allow the billionaires to become trillionaires. Which is it?

Let's not forget how Gavin Newsom vetoed universal healthcare in California. Also, Gavin Newsom gave prepaid phones to a bunch of CEOs and told them to call him if the CEOs need anything. Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/18/newsom-ceos-burner-phones-00235044

They will need to ban breathing while poor soon the way they are going.

Can't ban your way out of the greatest wealth inequality since the Great Depression. But they will try, won't they?

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