“This is ultimately asking tools not to work for the creator and go through a filter, a censorship filter,” EFF’s @falsemirror told USA Today of New York’s new law requiring all 3D printers sold in the state to have blocking technology. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/05/28/new-york-ban-3d-printed-guns-first-amendment/90258011007/
@eff @falsemirror Difficult topic. A lathe can fashion gun parts, so do we add AI detection to those too? It's a silly idea to censor the devices, especially considering it would need to be adaptive (AI) and would produce false positives. Conversely, guns are bad, mm'kay. I think ultimately any real bans will be because DIY'ing is bypassing the gun manufacturers pockets, or over health and safety concerns sparked by exploding plastic weapons.
@david @eff @falsemirror The "ghost guns" they are afraid of either use commercial or DYI metal gun parts. This is why they work instead of exploding. (This also makes them detectable by metal detectors; not to mention ammo is metal too.)
