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The Dangers of California’s Legislation to Censor 3D Printing (www.eff.org)
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[–] 5 points 4 months ago* (6 children)

Could you also just make these same parts out steel or aluminum? Seems like a weird arbitrary line to essentially say what material you can make them out of and what equipment you can use. Or are benchtop CNCs gonna be banned next?

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago* (4 children)

    Not sure about the California bill, but the similar shit out of Washington state does have language for subtractive manufacturing as well as additive. They basically are targeting any computer controlled manufacturing.

    It all feels so obviously stupid when there are people on the internet selling partially complete metal parts with instructions for how to finish them completely unrestricted. They obviously aren't worried about stopping the "ghost gun problem", they are worried about people having the means of production and the right to repair things they own.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (3 children)

    Ok so aluminum casting is still OK.

    This is the sad state of the US I guess.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Two States, California and Washington, are not "The US" any more than France and Germany are the European Union. They are important no doubt but they do not themselves represent the entire entity.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I see this constantly on the internet. "Some backwater Podunk state puts the 10 commandments in classrooms" becomes "The US puts the 10 commandments in classrooms". It's like people don't understand how this country is architected.

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