New York’s state budget could pass within days. Buried deep in the text is a provision that has nothing to do with balancing the books. Part C of the budget bill would require every 3D printer sold in New York to run surveillance software that scans every design file you create, and blocks anything an algorithm flags as a potential firearm component . A separate provision would expose researchers, journalists, and educators to felony charges simply for possessing or sharing certain design files.

edit: somebody complained the url isn't a eff domain, so here's the eff site linking to this petition/url: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/stop-new-yorks-attack-3d-printing

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[–] mlfh@lm.mlfh.org 83 points 2 months ago (3 children)

More laws written by people who have zero fucking idea what they're writing laws about.

[–] bad1080@piefed.social 11 points 2 months ago

that would imply they're not getting huge ~~bribes~~ sorry donations by people for them to write those exact laws

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The people writing the laws know exactly what they’re doing. Also, the people writing the laws are not necessarily the people passing the laws.

Lobbyists often will write laws, and then wine and dine lawmakers to pass them.

[–] Willoughby@piefed.world 67 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Literally Think of the firearms!

Most people effected by this will be normies browsing for a printer for their kids. No one illegally printing guns will give any kind of a fuck when they have a garage full of DIY printers.

So yeah, it's just another way to spy on people.

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Don't even need a DIY printer. No software is going to figure out every way it's possible to split up a firearm into smaller parts that can be glued or screwed together.

[–] Squidious@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe they will be filtering based upon the file name and description :-)

[–] quack@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

Noted, totally_not_a_gun_pinky_promise.stl will print just fine

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

And people are buying printers that require cloud connections.

[–] daggermoon@piefed.world 38 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You don't need a 3D printer to make firearms. There are tons of guides on improvised weapons for self-defense.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago

Reminds me of how nobody can own fertilizer after the Oklahoma City bombing.

Pffft!

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 months ago

people have been making zip guns from hardware stores for years.

The gun industry has a huge business in selling parts no questions asked. The idea that you can print a functional gun out of plastic is bad science fiction.

This is more about fighting right to repair.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

California is trying this shit as well. It makes no goddamn sense.

If I wanted a gun, I'd go buy one. What a fucking joke. There are more guns than people here, what the fuck is this even accomplishing?

[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Paving the way towards giving overreaching governments and corporations power over what you're allowed to print

[–] Deftworks@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, I tried printing a couple of Jackson's with my laser jet but the damn things won't even scan.

[–] courval@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Cutting down competition..

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Page doesn't load

[–] teslekova@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Maybe it's jammed. These plastic parts sometimes don't fit very well.

[–] bad1080@piefed.social 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

it works for me, i checked just now

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Now try on tor browser in safest mode. Or in a text based browser. It's just an empty page.

[–] solxix@pawb.social 4 points 2 months ago

Fuck sites that require javascript

[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If they block you from printing guns with a 3D printer, you could print a 3D printer that doesn't have this limitation and use that instead.

[–] bad1080@piefed.social 1 points 2 months ago

A separate provision would expose researchers, journalists, and educators to felony charges simply for possessing or sharing certain design files.

you could yes but you can bet your ass circumventing those regulations will be a felony as well

[–] modus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Or just say fuck you and print guns to protect your printer when they try to take it. Also install Octoprint.

[–] teslekova@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fuck. I should not have bought a Bambu. This is going to mess with my machine when they update the firmware.

[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

Dont update the firware and use Orca Slicer

[–] Bronstein_Tardigrade@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 months ago

A trigger file will trigger the state gestapo.