California’s new bill requires DOJ-approved 3D printers that report on themselves targeting general-purpose machines.
Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan introduced AB-2047, the “California Firearm Printing Prevention Act,” on February 17th. The bill would ban the sale or transfer of any 3D printer in California unless it appears on a state-maintained roster of approved makes and models… certified by the Department of Justice as equipped with “firearm blocking technology.” Manufacturers would need to submit attestations for every make and model. The DOJ would publish a list. If your printer isn’t on the list by March 1, 2029, it can’t be sold. In addition, knowingly disabling or circumventing the blocking software is a misdemeanor.
I have been looking into it. It is a combination of WIPO (which is a trade organization promoted by corporations that are against 3D printing in general) and Billionaire Bloomberg’s Everytown.
There are some other notable players as well but these are the two main forces. At first glance Everytown seems like a sensible organization. As I dig deeper it appears they want to counter balance the NRA, but they are not anti-gun at all.
This leads me to believe that they are just an alternative NRA (which has been used as a tool to increase gun sales for years).
I will keep on researching it.
That sounds like you are on it! Let us know where land.
So far this is nothing id consider as evidence but as plausible speculation. Not necessarily wrong but … It’s not enough for me to put my money on it.