Nah man, nobody will ban them, that’s not even possible. I’d be in favor of registering 3D printers on purchase, though. A license, just like when you buy a car or a drone or so.
Sounds stupid, but it’s like a simple hurdle to make these guys more paranoid and more likely to slip up, because they have to go “underground” to get one, or build one themselves.
Either way, they have a lot more work to do and a lot more things to go wrong, while the average 3D printer owner is just on a list of 3d printer owners, nothing more.
If you drive a car, your car needs a license plate. That plate is tied to you. If you commit a crime you’re likely to get reported. Also you can be randomly stopped by police and they will check if you have a driver’s license.
For firearms, as far as I’m concerned, the ammunition has some sort of serial number, which in case of committing a crime, would allow the police to track you by contacting people who sold it to you.
With printer, how then fuck is it going to change anything? Not to mention you can actually quite easily build it yourself.
You still need ammunition for 3D printed weapons, even though i am very much certain, that the individual ammunition is not tracked or has a serial number.
For 3D printers it is relevant information, so police can have a look into who has one, if they believe a printed weapon to be used, or find one. This in itself is not a criteria that warrants a search, but if Neonazi A is murdering someone with a printed weapon and Neonazi B from his Naziclub has a printer, that is a good place to start looking. Or like @ProcurementCat said, it creates a context in which people buy black market, which involves more fuck ups.
Not to mention you can actually quite easily build it yourself.
That is relative. It requires much more effort to build one, than to buy one. Especially if you need parts with a tight tolerance, like for a gun that can actually shoot things.
In the same wake it is very much possible to make all the precursor chemicals to make illegal drugs, still regulating some key precursor chemicals keeps most hillbillys from making drugs in their backyard.
Hey, If they try to integrate all that surveillance shit into chat apps, why not search all printed 3d printer files for copyright infringement weapons and sexual abuse content?
Nah man, nobody will ban them, that’s not even possible. I’d be in favor of registering 3D printers on purchase, though. A license, just like when you buy a car or a drone or so.
Sounds stupid, but it’s like a simple hurdle to make these guys more paranoid and more likely to slip up, because they have to go “underground” to get one, or build one themselves.
Either way, they have a lot more work to do and a lot more things to go wrong, while the average 3D printer owner is just on a list of 3d printer owners, nothing more.
Fuck this. Registering a printer yet some places don’t even make you register a gun? The printer isn’t the problem.
So let’s say 3D-printers now have to be licensed, how would they be monitored for what they’re actually printing?
Those are completely different things. You have to get licensed for a firearm or car, but there’s no tracking what you shoot or where you drive.
Um… what?
If you drive a car, your car needs a license plate. That plate is tied to you. If you commit a crime you’re likely to get reported. Also you can be randomly stopped by police and they will check if you have a driver’s license.
For firearms, as far as I’m concerned, the ammunition has some sort of serial number, which in case of committing a crime, would allow the police to track you by contacting people who sold it to you.
With printer, how then fuck is it going to change anything? Not to mention you can actually quite easily build it yourself.
You still need ammunition for 3D printed weapons, even though i am very much certain, that the individual ammunition is not tracked or has a serial number.
For 3D printers it is relevant information, so police can have a look into who has one, if they believe a printed weapon to be used, or find one. This in itself is not a criteria that warrants a search, but if Neonazi A is murdering someone with a printed weapon and Neonazi B from his Naziclub has a printer, that is a good place to start looking. Or like @ProcurementCat said, it creates a context in which people buy black market, which involves more fuck ups.
That is relative. It requires much more effort to build one, than to buy one. Especially if you need parts with a tight tolerance, like for a gun that can actually shoot things.
In the same wake it is very much possible to make all the precursor chemicals to make illegal drugs, still regulating some key precursor chemicals keeps most hillbillys from making drugs in their backyard.
Hey, If they try to integrate all that surveillance shit into chat apps, why not search all printed 3d printer files for
copyright infringementweapons and sexual abuse content?