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Gun control 'experts' want it illegal to buy a 3d printer in Australia, unless it has software blocking firearm printing (web.archive.org)
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All Australian states and territories ban 3D guns, but only some jurisdictions like New South Wales, Western Australia and Tasmania make it an offence to possess blueprints.

Experts are calling for retailers to play a greater role in choking the supply of 3D-printed guns in the wake of the Bondi shooting

Gun control groups are pushing for more laws that ban the importation of 3D printers if they do not have pre-installed software blocking firearm parts from being manufactured

Retailers offering 3D printers or 3D printing services would report customers suspected of building 3D-printed guns to the authorities under fresh calls for corporate Australia to play a role in thwarting access to the deadly weapons

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[–] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child)

Two ways. The first is to dramatically increase the price due to added computing power because the device would make the determination itself with a matching database. This is probably not realistic.

The second way would be an always Internet connected device that checks your prints against an online database. This would be more practical and companies would probably love the idea of being able to spy on whatever you print.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Fortunately for the second scenario, I think avoiding that might be as easy as going into blender, adding a pointless protrusion or two and then renaming the file

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