scientist434 I don't see any way this will work. How is the software know the difference between a Nerf blaster piece and a piece for an actual gun? I can also see a lot of cheep Chinese companies putting in some "gun" prevention that stops one or two files to get on the allowed list then just move forward and ignore everything else. Reply
Cliff3.141592653589793238 This is just going to drive up the cost of 3d printers in Washington if you can even find one that can comply with the proposed law. They should try to enforce the existing laws instead of making new ones! I live in Washington state and it is turning into third world with massive drug use everywhere. I hear motor cycles exceeding 100 mph every day and constant explosions and automatic gunfire at all hours of the day. Reply
S58_is_the_goat I can see it now… 3d printer: hello user, this barrel shaped object with two round balls on the bottom looks like a gun, you are barred from printing it! Reply
davidnormal Since taking a bullet in a senseless shooting, I have always believed in strict gun laws. Control the sale of ammo. Afaik, ghost guns use real ammunition, not 3D printed bullets. It's a fools' errand to seek control through computing. Firmwares like Klipper and Marlin are open source, so ghost gun monitoring code can and will be removed. Probably lots of users with no interest in printing guns will find such code a nuisance that impairs their machines' functioning. Putting the onus on Chinese manufacturers to resolve the ghost gun problem is unfair because there is very little or nothing they can do. It won't surprise me when ghost guns are used as a pretext for banning import of Chinese 3D printers (like recent DJI ban on a similarly flimsy pretext). Forum's like Thingyverse should make a good faith effort to keep ghost gun models off their servers, but that could be hard to keep up with. Besides, I'm sure there are private forums, dark web forums, etc., where troves of models and data can be found easily. I think the real priority is to regulate real guns and real ammo. Countries that have strict gun laws, Japan for example, have very little gun violence. In the US we have loose gun laws and a lot of gun violence. Ultimately, the code that needs to be changed is not a computer's code, or any legal code, but the code of our human hearts. The human programming that dictates violence as a solution to problems needs to be replaced with code that dictates communication and empathy and a sincere will to work out differences peacefully. No, I'm not holding my breath waiting for everyone to get "woke" . . . Reply
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/SPONSORED_LINK_URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/washington-state-proposes-new-3d-printed-gun-controls-with-blocking-features-and-blueprint-detection-algorithm-proposal-would-carry-sentences-of-five-years-in-prison-usd15-000-fine-for-violation#main
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