Philthydelphia strikes again…
They have apparently passed a law saying it is illegal to use a 3-D printer for a ‘gun’…
While it is now illegal to use 3-D printers to manufacture firearms without proper licensing, some Penn professors question the significance of that legislation.
In September, Philadelphia became the first city to ban the use of 3-D printers to create part or all of a firearm by anyone other than a licensed gun manufacturer.
The legislation follows debate over 3-D printed guns, which stems from a public computer file released by the Texas company Defense Distributed in May, which could be used to create a firearm called “The Liberator” on a 3-D printer. This November, the manufacturing company Solid Concepts released a video revealing the creation of a metal pistol by a 3-D printer. In the video, the gun could hit a bulls-eye from nearly 100 feet away.
Full article HERE.
So… How are they planning to enforce this??? Cameras attached to each printer? Monitor 24/7? Do a file check of every print command sent to a 3-D printer???
I really don’t understand HOW they think this is really going to do anything…
Honest people will remain honest, and criminals won’t…
Sigh…
You’re correct; it really is unenforceable unless the “perp” starts crowing about how he just made his 3-D printed gun. At some point encroachment of laws beyond sufficient existing laws not only make it more likely that Joe Public will fall foul of those laws inadvertently but also that some will decide that they have nothing to lose by deliberately breaking them.
It’s another law they can only enforce after the fact, if a printed gun is recovered post-crime. Once again, it’s really only illegal if one gets caught.
You expect the elected officials to confront real, immediate problems, and solve them? You are harshing their mellow, dude!
What if I print the picture of a handgun with a 2D printer? I’m sure many progressives would like to make that a crime too.
Yeah, good luck with that.
The police can’t even keep the guys with banquet sized folding tables from selling fake Rolexes, sneakers that fell off the back of a truck, and bootleg DVDs on major retail streets.
Seems to me that printing counterfit money is illegal, too…
Chris- Good point!
Rev- Yeah, but… What if it’s printed in MD???
WSF- Good point! Reality is NOT in their line of sight…
LL- If you take it to school, it already is (in a lot of places)…
Mrs. C- You DO have a good point!
PH- True, but kinda hard on a 3D printer… 🙂
+1 LL