3D Printing restrictions and bans: Difference between revisions
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| Letter to Creality || 2025 || New York County || On March 26, 2025, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg sent a letter to the printer manufacturer Creality urging it to make firearm-detection software a default, remove gun blueprints from its cloud platform, and ban illicit-weapon files in its user agreement; the letter cited Print&Go's "3D GUN'T" software as a model.<ref name="manhattanda" /> | | Letter to Creality || 2025 || New York County || On March 26, 2025, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg sent a letter to the printer manufacturer Creality urging it to make firearm-detection software a default, remove gun blueprints from its cloud platform, and ban illicit-weapon files in its user agreement; the letter cited Print&Go's "3D GUN'T" software as a model.<ref name="manhattanda" /> | ||
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=== Advocacy & Legislative Support: Everytown for Gun Safety === | |||
Everytown for Gun Safety has served as a principal advocate for upstream regulations that target 3D printer hardware and file distribution. New York's S.9005-C/A.10005-C, signed into law in May 2026, represents a model of printer-blocking regulation.<ref name="pipeline" /> Everytown championed the measure through direct testimony to budget committees, framing the requirement as shutting down the ''plastic pipeline'' of do-it-yourself firearms.<ref name="testimony" /> California's AB 2047, which would require firearm-blocking technology on all printers sold in the state, passed the Assembly in May 2026 with Everytown as a named legislative partner and co-sponsor.<ref name="everytown-ca" /> | |||
Washington pursued two approaches: a blocking-technology bill, HB 2321, which was referred to committee in January 2026 and did not advance,<ref name="wa-hb2321" /> and a manufacturing ban, ESHB 2320, signed into law in March 2026, which Everytown supported.<ref name="everytown-wa" /> Colorado's HB26-1144, a manufacturing ban on 3D-printed firearm components, received Everytown advocacy and was signed into law in May 2026.<ref name="everytown-co" /> | |||
Everytown also supported manufacturing bans and Glock switch restrictions in Connecticut, Illinois, and Maryland through coalition advocacy with Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action.<ref name="everytown-ct" /> Vermont's S. 209, a ghost gun prohibition signed into law in May 2024, received written testimony from gun violence prevention advocates.<ref name="everytown-vt" /> | |||
For a comprehensive state-by-state breakdown of Everytown-supported 3D printer and manufacturing-restriction bills, see the companion page [[User:Louis/Everytown for Gun Safety and the 3D printer blocking mandates]]. | |||
=== Reactions === | === Reactions === | ||
Supporters framed the New York law as a public-safety floor. The Governor's office said the budget set ''"first-in-the-nation minimum safety standards for 3D printers sold in New York to be equipped with basic technology that prevents the unlicensed, illegal production of lethal firearms and firearm parts."''<ref name="gov" /> Everytown for Gun Safety | Supporters framed the New York law as a public-safety floor. The Governor's office said the budget set ''"first-in-the-nation minimum safety standards for 3D printers sold in New York to be equipped with basic technology that prevents the unlicensed, illegal production of lethal firearms and firearm parts."''<ref name="gov" /> Everytown for Gun Safety praised the package as nation-leading action and described it as shutting down the ''"plastic pipeline"'' of do-it-yourself firearms.<ref name="everytown" /> The National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action objected to enacting the measure through the budget, calling it a ''"strategic move to put divisive legislation into an all-or-nothing budget bill"'' rather than a standalone vote.<ref name="nra" /> | ||
Maker and digital-rights groups opposed the printer-side approach. The Electronic Frontier Foundation campaigned against the proposal under the banner ''"Stop New York's Attack on 3D Printing,"'' calling the requirement ''"an unfeasible tech solution"'' and describing print-blocking as ''"censorware"'' that ''"surveils every print."''<ref name="eff" /> Writing in Techdirt, Karl Bode relayed analysis from Phillip Torrone of the open-source hardware company Adafruit, who argued that detection from raw geometry is a classification problem with high error rates.<ref name="techdirt" /> | Maker and digital-rights groups opposed the printer-side approach. The Electronic Frontier Foundation campaigned against the proposal under the banner ''"Stop New York's Attack on 3D Printing,"'' calling the requirement ''"an unfeasible tech solution"'' and describing print-blocking as ''"censorware"'' that ''"surveils every print."''<ref name="eff" /> Writing in Techdirt, Karl Bode relayed analysis from Phillip Torrone of the open-source hardware company Adafruit, who argued that detection from raw geometry is a classification problem with high error rates.<ref name="techdirt" /> | ||
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<ref name="courthouse">{{Cite web |url=https://www.courthousenews.com/third-circuit-backs-new-jerseys-crackdown-on-3d-printed-gun-code/ |title=Third Circuit backs New Jersey's crackdown on 3D-printed gun code |publisher=Courthouse News Service |date=2026-02-12 |access-date=2026-06-02}}</ref> | <ref name="courthouse">{{Cite web |url=https://www.courthousenews.com/third-circuit-backs-new-jerseys-crackdown-on-3d-printed-gun-code/ |title=Third Circuit backs New Jersey's crackdown on 3D-printed gun code |publisher=Courthouse News Service |date=2026-02-12 |access-date=2026-06-02}}</ref> | ||
<ref name="vanderstok">{{Cite web |url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-852_c07d.pdf |title=Bondi v. VanDerStok, No. 23-852 |publisher=Supreme Court of the United States |date=2025-03-26 |access-date=2026-06-02}} Page 7 states that "a frame or receiver is, even when sold separately, subject to the Act's requirements"; the Court upheld the ATF's 2022 frame-or-receiver rule.</ref> | <ref name="vanderstok">{{Cite web |url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-852_c07d.pdf |title=Bondi v. VanDerStok, No. 23-852 |publisher=Supreme Court of the United States |date=2025-03-26 |access-date=2026-06-02}} Page 7 states that "a frame or receiver is, even when sold separately, subject to the Act's requirements"; the Court upheld the ATF's 2022 frame-or-receiver rule.</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="testimony">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nysenate.gov/sites/default/files/admin/structure/media/manage/filefile/a/2026-03/everytown-for-gun-safety.pdf |title=Testimony of Everytown for Gun Safety to the Senate Finance Committee and Assembly Ways and Means Committee in Support of PPGG Part C |author=Elisabeth Ryan |publisher=Everytown for Gun Safety |date=2026-02-12 |access-date=2026-06-02}} Policy counsel Elisabeth Ryan's written testimony on behalf of Everytown for Gun Safety supporting New York's 3D printer blocking mandate.</ref> | ||
<ref name="pipeline">{{Cite web |url=https://www.everytown.org/press/new-york-shuts-down-the-plastic-pipeline-governor-hochul-and-lawmakers-pass-nation-leading-measures-to-stop-the-spread-of-diy-machine-guns-and-3d-printed-firearms-in-fy27-budget/ |title=New York Shuts Down the 'Plastic Pipeline': Governor Hochul and Lawmakers Pass Nation-Leading Measures to Stop the Spread of DIY Machine Guns and 3D-Printed Firearms in FY27 Budget |publisher=Everytown for Gun Safety |date=2026-05-21 |access-date=2026-06-02}}</ref> | |||
<ref name="everytown-ca">{{Cite web |url=https://www.everytown.org/press/california-assembly-passes-landmark-bill-to-stop-the-rise-of-3d-printed-ghost-guns/ |title=California Assembly Passes Landmark Bill to Stop the Rise of 3D-Printed Ghost Guns |publisher=Everytown for Gun Safety |date=2026-05-27 |access-date=2026-06-02}} States that AB 2047 "would require that consumer 3D printers sold in California include existing technology capable of blocking attempts to print firearms and illegal gun parts."</ref> | |||
<ref name="wa-hb2321">{{Cite web |url=https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=2321&Year=2025 |title=HB 2321 - Requiring three-dimensional printers be equipped with certain blocking technologies |publisher=Washington State Legislature |access-date=2026-06-02}}</ref> | |||
<ref name="everytown-wa">{{Cite web |url=https://www.everytown.org/press/washington-legislature-passes-critical-bill-to-address-threat-of-3d-printed-ghost-guns/ |title=Washington Legislature Passes Critical Bill to Address Threat of 3D-Printed Ghost Guns |publisher=Everytown for Gun Safety |date=2026-03-11 |access-date=2026-06-02}}</ref> | |||
<ref name="everytown-co">{{Cite web |url=https://www.everytown.org/press/governor-polis-signs-hb-1144-into-law-marking-step-forward-on-tackling-the-spread-of-3d-printed-guns-as-advocates-push-for-stronger-action/ |title=Governor Polis Signs HB 1144 Into Law, Marking Step Forward on Tackling the Spread of 3D-Printed Guns as Advocates Push for Stronger Action |publisher=Everytown for Gun Safety |date=2026-05-04 |access-date=2026-06-02}}</ref> | |||
<ref name="everytown-ct">{{Cite web |url=https://www.everytown.org/press/connecticut-chapters-of-moms-demand-action-students-demand-action-applaud-governor-ned-lamonts-bold-move-to-stop-the-spread-of-diy-machine-guns/ |title=Connecticut Chapters of Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Applaud Governor Ned Lamont's Bold Move to Stop the Spread of DIY Machine Guns |publisher=Everytown for Gun Safety |date=2026 |access-date=2026-06-02}}</ref> | |||
<ref name="everytown-vt">{{Cite web |url=https://www.everytown.org/press/victory-for-gun-safety-vermont-governor-phil-scott-allows-bill-to-prohibit-unserialized-ghost-guns-to-become-law-moms-demand-action-and-students-demand-action-respond/ |title=Victory for Gun Safety: Vermont Governor Phil Scott Allows Bill to Prohibit Unserialized Ghost Guns to Become Law |publisher=Everytown for Gun Safety |date=2024-05-28 |access-date=2026-06-02}}</ref> | |||
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