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by PunchyHamster 124 days ago
> Gun manufacturers are likely against these types of regulations because many of them would affect manufacturers and the tools they use too.

No chance. For them compliance is the easiest thing in the world to law like that
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kube-system 124 days ago
Well, the NRA has come out against all of these proposed bills and has mentioned concerns about requirements that they may place on manufacturers.

https://www.nraila.org/articles/20260218/washington-action-a...

https://www.nraila.org/articles/20260112/bans-for-3d-bluepri...

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maxlybbert 124 days ago
The gun manufacturer's trade association has consistently said that 3D-printed "ghost guns" are more fantasy than reality, and that legal designs don't cause any more trouble than other legal guns: https://www.nssf.org/articles/3d-printers-cannot-produce-und... .
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