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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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[–] Bluefruit@lemmy.world 36 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Wow a great bill to stop people from making weapons. Y'all gonna ban pipes and steel ball bearings next?

The fuck is our country coming to man.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I would like some regulation of middle aged men with beards 3D printing excessive numbers of Magic the Gathering characters.

[–] Burninator05@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Hold up. I'm not sure if we want to crash the filament market.

[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 29 points 7 hours ago

Here's the thing. This isn't about banning weapons. It's about controlling access to IPs and preventing right to repair.

A forcibly Internet connected online. Only 3D printer that has to first check a public database to see if it's allowed to print the thing you just sent is most definitely going to be used to block you from printing parts to fix your appliances or devices.

And definitely going to be used to provide copyright protection and blocking to IPS of large corporations and companies.