Link: https://eff.salsalabs.org/NewYorkBudget3DPrinterProvisions/index.html

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

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

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

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.

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

Pffft!

Exactly. Once the infrastructure is there, they can slowly start banning anything they want. They can DMCA physical items since they were shared through digital means. Broken parts fixed by 3d printing are “circumventing the digital lock” of not wanting you to print a part yourself.

The physical world now has a Terms of Service, and you implicitly agreed by existing.

And if they cared about kids, they'd do something about school shootings, like go after parents.

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

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.

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.

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it works for me, i checked just now

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

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

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.

And people are buying printers that require cloud connections.

I can print parts (and even invent them!) that I would otherwise have to order from China. And this with polymers that can be grown and recycled. That is definitely a huge improvement...

Noted, totally_not_a_gun_pinky_promise.stl will print just fine

Fuck sites that require javascript

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

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

Dont update the firware and use Orca Slicer

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?

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.

Cutting down competition..

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

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

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

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