The bill would require consumer 3D printers sold in California to include "firearm blocking technology" that checks design files before a print job can begin.
This first bill allows the state of California to regulate and oversee all 3D prints in the name of public safety.
The software becomes part of the printer. They are linked in a way that one cannot operate without the other.
I didn’t say the law was well written, I find the the most likely way to comply.
I wouldn’t be that hard to read the g-code and reconstruct the model programatically checking for bores and firing pin access, feed that data into a model with some RAG about internal gun dimensions, but the printers are generally too underpowered to do such a calculation.
it’s all a fools errand really, guns can be made out of a handfull of hardware store parts and a drill.
But that actually wouldn’t meet the law. The law requires the printer to do the check.
The software becomes part of the printer. They are linked in a way that one cannot operate without the other.
I didn’t say the law was well written, I find the the most likely way to comply.
I wouldn’t be that hard to read the g-code and reconstruct the model programatically checking for bores and firing pin access, feed that data into a model with some RAG about internal gun dimensions, but the printers are generally too underpowered to do such a calculation.
it’s all a fools errand really, guns can be made out of a handfull of hardware store parts and a drill.