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.
Not as much as you think.
The thing is even in countries with strict gun laws 3D printed firearms are a negligible part of firearm crime.
This isn’t to say that they don’t exist. I saw images of criminal gun factories in Australia (which have been around well before 3D printing) that had integrated 3D printing into their stuff, but they still do a lot of metal work, too.
Not as much as you think. The thing is even in countries with strict gun laws 3D printed firearms are a negligible part of firearm crime.
This isn’t to say that they don’t exist. I saw images of criminal gun factories in Australia (which have been around well before 3D printing) that had integrated 3D printing into their stuff, but they still do a lot of metal work, too.