“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/
I don't like guns, I especially don't like ghost guns. At the same time - there is no technology that can do this today. Even if there was, it would be bypassed in a day by anyone who was a bad actor. It's a ludicrous move geared only for yet another surveillance ploy.
@withinity @eff @falsemirror I just wanted to note that a ghost gun is simply any gun without a serial number. Before guns were numbered, all guns were ghost guns. The easiest way to get one is to file off the serial number of a normal gun (which is illegal of course).
If you make a gun (through a combination of printing, metalworking, woodworking, whatever), you can simply add a serial number and then it won't be a ghost gun. Making guns is generally legal for people who can own one.
