www.slashgear.com: As 3D printers from a number of brands get better and less expensive, there's always the question of 3D-printed guns. After all, 3D printers are showing up in combat roles. To counter this, at least in California, Assembly member Rebecca Bauer-Kahan introduced a bill that would mandate that every 3D printer sold in California be coded with "firearm blocking features designed to prevent the printing of dangerous gun parts and ghost guns."
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This whole law seems like a seemly obvious thing that should be passed, considering that tracking 3d printed weapons has become increasingly difficult the more readily available 3d printers become. This sort of prevention technology prevents people from circumnavigating typical firearm laws that already exist. It's just a natural progression that if people should be prevented from buying a weapon. There should also be preventions from people creating their own. I saw an article about this whole topic, about the increase in weapons that aren't registered or "ghost weapons" and how without proper tracking, it has become increasingly difficult to follow the flow of weapons to specific people. Theres obviously the problem that ghost weapons aren't outlawed, you can construct your own weapons theres no prevention in doing so its really difficult to say where a law like this will go, because theres obviously the problem off it potentially being a violation of the second amendment.
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