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California just passed a law forcing mandatory DRM in 3D printers (www.theregister.com)
submitted 2 days ago by GolfFoxtrotLima@ani.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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So much for the constitution

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[โ€“] Glitchvid@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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 โ€” 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.