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Putting aside any discussion about whether it should or should not be allowed. The article claims the sharing of the 3D prints can't be stopped. But I find that

Putting aside any discussion about whether it should or should not be allowed. The article claims the sharing of the 3D prints can't be stopped. But I find that untrue. Wouldn't similar means as taken for child pornography be able to block the distribution in a similar way? Maybe you couldn't stop it completely, like child porn still finds its way out, but it could be made much more difficult to share. I don't see anything particularly more difficult related to the fact they are CAD models. Maybe identifying a gun model from non gun CAD models would prove more challenging then for images?

kwhitefoot 7y ago
If anyone wanted to send a file they could write it to a CD, DVD, or USB stick and post it. They can leave it at a dead letter drop, under a bench in the park. One can even print it on paper as bar codes or similar and send it in the post so that simple external inspection would not reveal that it was not just an ordinary letter.
LyndsySimon 7y ago
Objectively, there is a much smaller demand for things like child porn than DIY firearms. For instance - here's a thread on a popular firearms forum that I frequent that goes into great detail on how to cast an AR-15 lower receiver (the serialized, controlled part) using Legos and silicone as a mold: https://www.ar15.com/forums/ar-15/Fruity_Ghost___DIY_100s_of_ARs_cheaper__faster__gentler_/4-676733/ https://www.ar15.com/forums/ar-15/Fruity_Ghost___DIY_100s_of...? Note that that thread is three years old and has eight hundred replies, many of which are people making their own for fun.
CaptainZapp 7y ago
It's possible to put in major obstacles for scanning and image processing of bank notes.[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURion_constellation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURion_constellation
Fjolsvith 7y ago
In the US, creating and sharing an image of a gun part would never meet the same level of harm criteria of creating and sharing an image of child pornography, thus allowing 1st amendment protection.
- didibus 7y ago
  I was more interested in the technical side. Since I felt the article was claiming it couldn't be blocked due to its decentralized nature. Though maybe I misread, and they meant it couldn't be stopped in the legal sense.

kwhitefoot 7y ago

If anyone wanted to send a file they could write it to a CD, DVD, or USB stick and post it. They can leave it at a dead letter drop, under a bench in the park. One can even print it on paper as bar codes or similar and send it in the post so that simple external inspection would not reveal that it was not just an ordinary letter.

LyndsySimon 7y ago

Objectively, there is a much smaller demand for things like child porn than DIY firearms. For instance - here's a thread on a popular firearms forum that I frequent that goes into great detail on how to cast an AR-15 lower receiver (the serialized, controlled part) using Legos and silicone as a mold: https://www.ar15.com/forums/ar-15/Fruity_Ghost___DIY_100s_of_ARs_cheaper__faster__gentler_/4-676733/ https://www.ar15.com/forums/ar-15/Fruity_Ghost___DIY_100s_of...? Note that that thread is three years old and has eight hundred replies, many of which are people making their own for fun.

CaptainZapp 7y ago

It's possible to put in major obstacles for scanning and image processing of bank notes.[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURion_constellation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURion_constellation

Fjolsvith 7y ago

In the US, creating and sharing an image of a gun part would never meet the same level of harm criteria of creating and sharing an image of child pornography, thus allowing 1st amendment protection.

didibus 7y ago
I was more interested in the technical side. Since I felt the article was claiming it couldn't be blocked due to its decentralized nature. Though maybe I misread, and they meant it couldn't be stopped in the legal sense.