California passes bill declaring death-by-algorithm to 3D-printed ghost guns
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Last-hour amendments aim to allay privacy concerns, but broad scepticism about feasibility remains
  • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 hour ago

    mandating that computers have to have technology that prevents hate speech.

    What a brilliant idea, let’s get on it immediately. 🤣

    Joking aside, you are 100% right.
    Except I think the idea of printing a gun is to avoid detection in metal detectors.

    • Glitchvid@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      26 minutes ago

      The vast majority of these 3d printed guns use the fact that the registered “gun” is only a small part of the actual whole gun. You can buy barrels, magazines, slides, firing pins, etc, all mail order without any fuss — it’s the part with the serial number that is actually the firearm and restricted. So if you print that part (which is often basically just a shell to hold the metal components in place) you have an unserialized gun that’s basically just as good as one from a gun store.