3D-Printed Guns Targeted by New York Law—What It Means
Summary
New York has introduced a new law aimed at stopping the production of untraceable guns made with 3D printers. The law will require 3D printers to have safety features that prevent making gun parts and will make it illegal to share or sell digital plans for such guns.Key Facts
- The law targets "ghost guns," homemade firearms without serial numbers that are hard to trace.
- It requires 3D printer makers to include safety measures blocking the creation of guns or gun parts.
- Sharing or selling digital files that show how to make 3D-printed guns will be a crime.
- Police must report all recovered 3D-printed guns to a special state database.
- Gun manufacturers will have to design pistols that cannot be easily changed into ghost guns.
- 3D-printed guns use digital plans and consumer-grade printers to produce core firearm parts.
- The law follows a rise in ghost guns in crimes and aims to improve public safety in New York.
- Similar laws have been passed in other states, but New York’s law is unique for regulating the printers themselves.
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