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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    8 hours ago

    Funny enough, guns can be made from a handful of hardware store parts.

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      there it is. yes, and you guys have a constitutional right to bear arms, with an infinity of them already in circulation.

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          4 hours ago

          Very frustrating to see people confuse Gun Ownership with Being Bulletproof.

          As though you’re going to quick draw on the entire LASD, at which point they’ll all just tip their hats and proclaim “this person has constitutional rights, we will leave peacefully and not bother you again”.

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            Not personally. But Sanae Takaichi was Abe’s ideological successor. Now she’s right back in the PM with an enormous majority.

            You can doohickey the man, but you can’t doohickey the movement.

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          4 hours ago

          that’s because usians have the illusion they live in a democracy and that weapons are a right instead of a duty.

          the fact they can have a weapon doesn’t mean the regime will take lightly to dissidents, just that they can in fact have them for now. fascists certainly have them, that’s for sure.

          and historical figures or whatever said this was gonna happen and shit.