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

Re:New York Wants to Ctrl+Alt+Delete Your 3D Printer by tastyfreeze on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @02:24PM (#46875923)

Oh I agree. It is very likely that the electronic checks are recorded and could be used as a non-official registry of gun owners. I removed my comment to that effect because it is speculation. But, electronic records are so easily recorded that I have little doubt that the electronic checks are in fact an illegal registry.

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Re:New York Wants to Ctrl+Alt+Delete Your 3D Printer by dylan604 on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @04:30PM (#46877582)

can the police not use a found weapon's serial number to determine its owner? how can they do that if there's no registry with that info?

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Re:New York Wants to Ctrl+Alt+Delete Your 3D Printer by tastyfreeze on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @05:30PM (#46878275)

Seven states have required gun registries. It is not illegal for a state to have a registry. It is illegal for the federal government to have a gun registry with exceptions for NFA controlled arms.

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12057

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Re:New York Wants to Ctrl+Alt+Delete Your 3D Printer by rangestransform on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @12:25PM (#46888654)

I could go on a whole tirade about how policing should not scale with technology, Katz v. USA was decided when surveillance had to be done with still images and film cameras, but the horse left the barn long ago and nobody really gives a shit about the constitution anymore.

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