Don't tell them about pipes.

hold on let me go sue home depot for selling black iron pipe and nails because someone made a pipe bomb. Nowhere has poly-maker ever advertised or suggested their speciality filaments could make firearms.

Someone's looking for a payout settlement, fuck California

They used fear of guns to attack Right to Repair and small manufacturing. It was never about guns.

That is completely bizarre.

This is getting a bit fucking ridiculous. They're suing filament manufacturers now.

A video I posted a few months ago about this bullshit: https://youtu.be/E1B2cWEaWDw

Sue the steel mills for guns too while you're at it.

Americans can order guns to their doors, but the 3d printers are the issues you choose to tackle...

Maybe they should sue steel manufacturers too since that’s the main material used for most fire arms.

Is this filament specifically designed for guns?

This seems awfully familiar to the gun crackdowns after the Black Panthers started using them for self defense.

under the second amendment, and under the ATF's ruling, citizens are allowed to manufacture their own firearms. this is getting struck down..... if it were in Texas and not the gun-stealing California. I hope to the gods it gets struck down, because this would be a travesty for all my brothers, sisters and non binary pals in California... my heart goes out to y'all.

Jfc these people are out of their minds

huh. who knew the answer to gun violence in the US was to regulate 3D printers!

This will get tossed. But here's why it's actually happening:

Gatalog and Polymaker both market through a network of influencers “specializing in 3D printed ghost gun content, as well as companies and individuals that illegally distribute [digital firearm manufacturing codes],” according to the suits.

Both also directly target state residents: Gatalog advertises a “California Compliant Glock 19-based Carbine kit,” while Polymakers’ website features Proposition 65 warnings and state-specific privacy opt-out features.

I mean yea, advertise your filament with YouTubers making guns, and you put yourself in the...oof.

For fucks sake.

i hope.polymaker fights this. this law ia wrong and should be challenged in court

You can make a crude firearm/hand held pipe bomb with a pipe and lighter. A lot less effort than 3d printing one.

Are they going to go after builders merchants now?

The specifics revolve around a 3d-printed-gun advocate named Sean Aranda, whose youtube channel focuses on the subject. According to him, when youtube demonetized the channel in 2023 Polymaker approached him with a sponsorship offer. A couple months later Polymaker announced Aranda was a new member of its marketing team.

So regardless of where you stand on the Calif anti-3d-gun law, this isn't a simple case of going after egg farmers because of illegal omelets.

Pfffffff hahahaha, are you also going to go after weed walker too?

The USA is a joke

Next they'll be looking at the violent motherfucker that invented 3d printing. Plus fishing supply companies that produce a different kind of, but still a, filament. /s

They're trying to make this a case over marketing and intent rather than materials.

The actual types of filament they're concerned with are carbon fiber nylon (sold by many brands) and "PLA Pro" which is just a bit better regular PLA.

These are sold by tons of brands all across the internet.

Here's another article with a bit more information: https://www.3dprintingjournal.com/p/san-diego-county-sues-polymaker-over

I'm not a gun guy but from my understanding of ghost guns you pretty much buy the whole gun online in parts, and you just 3d print a handle.

So I don't understand why people are so afraid of 3d printing when it really has minimal to do with the final product. From what I can tell you can't just 3d print a gun from start to finish like its a llm. You still have to buy the actual gun parts from the manufacturer. To me this sounds completely unrelated and like a issue with regulating gun parts.

You can carve a handle out of soap, wood, or buy a solid chunk of plastic and its the same result.

Polymaker did not respond to requests for comment.

Statements like these always seem deceiving to me. Like, how much time did you give them? Some of these people race to get their story out too quickly, without giving a reasonable amount of time for a response.

What if they respond later? I guess they could update the article, but that's still after people have already read it and formed their opinions based on the original contents.

Oh my God! America could end up having a real problem with gun violence...

Seems the safe option for others is to cease all shipments and sales of printers and filament to California.

They are going about this all wrong. Just make possession of an illegal firearm a crime and enforce it.