NY Bill Would Require Background Checks to Buy 3D Printers, Attempts to Target Ghost Guns
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The bill is in early stages in committee.
  • FlounderBasket@lemmy.worldEnglish
    83·
    1 year ago

    You’d need a metal barrel, receiver and other parts to make a gun that can shoot more than once. Does anyone know if background checks are required in NY for purchasing those items as well? I didn’t see it mentioned in the article. If not, then people will just switch to wood or other materials to make their ghost guns and hobbyists are left with an extra tax and inconvenience.

    • w2tpmf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      All of those can be made as well. And plenty of people already do.

      You’re last point hits the nail on the head. What are they going to do, require background checks to shop at Home Depot? There’s endless material options and tons of creative people ready to engineer something new.

    • Pyr_PressureEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I find it pretty contradictory that you don’t (always) need background checks to buy a gun but you would need them to buy a thing that can make specific parts of them.