Aaaaah... If they were just so restrictive on gun laws.. insert image of utopian healthy world here
this post was submitted on 02 Jun 2026
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Assembly Bill 2047, the California Firearm Printing Prevention Act, passed the state Assembly by 58 votes to 19 and has moved to the Senate.
They really must take every single last one source of joy from everyone who hasn't turned into sheep at this point.
Glad I got one with open source firmware before it all goes totally to shit
2D printers are next.
2D printers already have government mandated shit in them to prevent printing and scanning dollar bills.
And yellow dots have been around since (at least) the 80s.
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This is fucking insane.
When printed guns are outlawed, something something
I'm I missing something? This can't be the actual intent of the law, the actual intent for laws are rarely what they state. What are they really trying to do here? Or, are they really this fucking ignorant?
The goal is likely to regulate prints via intellectual property laws and seeing all the prints is the purpose of this law. Then come fines and lawsuits over prints.
Basically they want to open the door for patent and copyright abuse in the 3D printing world while expanding the government surveillance network for themselves and large manufacturers.
What are they really trying to do here?
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Prevent people from printing trademarked objects, like figures, characters, etc. that's where this is going.
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Steal IP on new designs. 'Cause AI theft of IP is so hawt right now.
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this is not about gun control in a country that has almost no gun control.
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