I might print some guns purely out of spite.
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this post was submitted on 02 Jun 2026
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Time to stop buying American printers.
My first 3d printer is a RepRap running marlin firmware... They couldn't make me make that 3d printer compliant.
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I wonder if the microcenter locations in CA are suddenly going to have empty shelves where the 3d printers used to be.
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Register as a manufacturer of 3D printers
Government gives you an updated, comprehensive archive of STL files your firmware must reject
????
Profit
If only the government were that incompetent. But even I have my doubts they would distribute anything more than hashes.
Still, changing a hash is ridiculously simple.
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I suppose my old Prusa just jumped a bit in value.
You can use a 3d printer to build a 3d printer. When they figure that out, will they try to stop those parts from being printed too?
Who did they consult on this, and did that person or persons purposely lead them astray, or were the consultants equally ignorant?
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I read the article and what a load of shit. So you can't 3D print a cosplay gun? How far will this go? Water pistols? Ray gun props? Children's toys. Plastic guns are not illegal, just certain ones.
If I lived in California, I think I would invest in a really good 3d printer now-ish and just never update the software. Big brother is watching everything.
Guns are just a weak excuse, as if it's hard to get a gun in the US.
They want to monitor what you print. This means trademarked toys and figures, or copies of parts used in self-repair projects. The next stage is to charge fees to print copyright, or patented objects, or parts to repair. This also means they can spy on your designs and intellectual property.
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So they are eventually going to stop selling 3D printers there, right? One small region without these devices. No big deal, I guess.
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Fyi, I can make a gun from schedule 40 pipe, a few rubber bands, a weldable hing, and some brazing rods.
I’m reminded of that dude who made bank at a gun buyback program. The program was offering like $250 per gun, no questions asked. One dude made a ton of (technically legal) single-shot shotguns out of a pipe, notched 2x4, spring, steel nail, and plumber’s strap. The pipe was basically strapped to the 2x4, and permanently held a single shotgun shell.
The nail acted like a firing pin and it would fire if you pulled the nail back and let it go. The barrel length was enough to be a legal shotgun. Reloading required undoing the plumber’s strap to get the spent shotgun shell out of the pipe. It wasn’t really useful as a functional weapon…. But it ticked all of the boxes that the gun buyback program needed, so they were forced to pay him for each one he turned in.
Basically this:
The dude made a jig to cut and drill the 2x4, cut all the pipes to length, and assembled them in bulk. He turned a few dollars in hardware store parts into thousands of dollars. IIRC, he assembled like 50 of them in a day and rode off into the sunset.
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Printing companies should stop selling in California.
Everybody should also stop considering the US like one country, because it functions less than one country than the EU and the EU isn't and the US is.
Man what a way to fucking make everything unfun
Same California that is supposedly against the federal government's assaults on people's rights and freedoms...?
Same California governor that wants to run for president to end fascism in the country...?
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I'm surprised the title wasn't sensationalized.
3D Printers getting their backdoor smashed by California lobbyists
Time to get stl files op on i2p postman!
This bill is not about stopping distribution of the files, but preventing the printers from printing them even when you have the files.
Which is of course impossible, so what this bill is really about is stopping people from owning 3D printers.
it is more likelya showcase of technical incompetence in lawmakers, who genuinely believe it is technically possible to impose these limitations.
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What's to stop anyone from driving out of state to buy the printer, or having it shipped from out of state? I swear to dog legislators are virtue signaling dip-shits.
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Authoritarians just doing what authoritarians do.
Assembly Bill 2047, the California Firearm Printing Prevention Act, passed the state Assembly by 58 votes to 19 and has moved to the Senate.
Aaaaah... If they were just so restrictive on gun laws.. insert image of utopian healthy world here