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The only control possible might be included by law in 3D printers themselves I think, just like modded car can be fined buyers and sellers of non-limited 3D pri

The only control possible might be included by law in 3D printers themselves I think, just like modded car can be fined buyers and sellers of non-limited 3D printers could be fined/prosecuted as well, given that such control is possible. I am against control in general because it limits creativity and innovation but I am not sure it is in everyone's interest to let weapons flow freely and without any possible limitation.

DanBC 13y ago
Putting controls on a printer may increase friction and thus slow down the number of people who have access to a 3d printed gun. This might help with deaths from violence - England is more violent than the US but you're more likely to die from violence in the US. Some forms of DRM (XBOX360, for example) are tricky enough that it prevents a few people from bothering. Some forms of DRM are so obnoxious that they encourage people to pirate so they can make use of the content. I can't see 3D-Printer-Controls being anything but cumbersome, easily circumvented, annoyances. It's important to note that people who want guns can easily make bad guns already (or, with a bit of decent machinery, they can make good guns) or they can buy illegal guns.This is true even in the UK with our strict laws. Controls on 3d printers may just shift the problem somewhere else. Scanners and photocopiers have controls about scanning / copying money. This makes it tricky to copy banknotes. A photocopied / laser printed bank note is a lousy forgery. It's really obviously fake. And criminals in England tend to forge £1 coins - about 2% of these coins are forged. Some of them are obvious slugs, coloured tin. Others are better quality - using the same planchets and thus they work in machines.
Torgo 13y ago
Put tracers in the raw 3d printer material like they do with fertilizer, so that 3D devices can be traced.

DanBC 13y ago

Putting controls on a printer may increase friction and thus slow down the number of people who have access to a 3d printed gun. This might help with deaths from violence - England is more violent than the US but you're more likely to die from violence in the US. Some forms of DRM (XBOX360, for example) are tricky enough that it prevents a few people from bothering. Some forms of DRM are so obnoxious that they encourage people to pirate so they can make use of the content. I can't see 3D-Printer-Controls being anything but cumbersome, easily circumvented, annoyances. It's important to note that people who want guns can easily make bad guns already (or, with a bit of decent machinery, they can make good guns) or they can buy illegal guns.This is true even in the UK with our strict laws. Controls on 3d printers may just shift the problem somewhere else. Scanners and photocopiers have controls about scanning / copying money. This makes it tricky to copy banknotes. A photocopied / laser printed bank note is a lousy forgery. It's really obviously fake. And criminals in England tend to forge £1 coins - about 2% of these coins are forged. Some of them are obvious slugs, coloured tin. Others are better quality - using the same planchets and thus they work in machines.

Torgo 13y ago

Put tracers in the raw 3d printer material like they do with fertilizer, so that 3D devices can be traced.