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

  • RiverRock@lemmy.ml
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    18 days ago

    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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      18 days ago

      People looking to ban things don’t actually care if there is a work around, as long as they feel good getting it banned.

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      18 days ago

      Unfortunately for the second scenario is that it also gives someone else a log of everything you 3D print, protrusions or not. And even if it isn’t guns, you’d may not want that.

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        17 days ago

        Damn, is it always connected or something? That’s fucked, glad I have an old ender 3