New York Wants to Ctrl+Alt+Delete Your 3D Printer

Re:New York Wants to Ctrl+Alt+Delete Your 3D Printer by kube-system on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @01:01PM (#46874574)

> Firearms was used rather than weapons

Where? The constitution says neither. It says "Arms"

Regardless, the constitution specifically makes reference to the private ownership of cannons and warships.

> To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;

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Re:New York Wants to Ctrl+Alt+Delete Your 3D Printer by Retric on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @01:22PM (#46874916)

Arms at the time meant man portable weapons as distinct from cannons or trebuchet etc.

Just posted about firearms so many times used the wrong word here.

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Re:New York Wants to Ctrl+Alt+Delete Your 3D Printer by bluGill on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @08:10PM (#46880001)

Cannons were regularly privately owned at the time

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Re:New York Wants to Ctrl+Alt+Delete Your 3D Printer by Retric on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @10:30PM (#46881110)

For sake of argument I’ll agree, but again by explicitly using arms here they where excluding them from constitutional protection not banning them.

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