New California ghost gun lawsuit takes aim at company that sells 3-D printer filament

2 days ago by jballs to c/3dprinting

San Diego County authorities say Polymaker made a "strategic business choice" to market and sell 3-D printer filament to Californians for the express purpose of building illegal weapons.

San Diego County jumped into California’s sprawling ghost gun fight this week, suing a 3-D printing filament manufacturer it says hocks material for homespun firearms in violation of state law.

Working with the Giffords Law Center, the county counsel sued manufacturer Polymaker, alleging the company made a “strategic business choice” to market and sell 3-D printer filament to Californians for the express purpose of building illegal weapons. The polymer filament is sold in spools that feed into 3-D printers, allowing the devices to form designs created by their owners.

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jballs 65 points 2 days ago

This is getting a bit fucking ridiculous. They're suing filament manufacturers now.

A video I posted a few months ago about this bullshit: https://youtu.be/E1B2cWEaWDw

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Timpostma 22 points 2 days ago

@jballs that’s like suing a hardware store for someone hit with a piece of wood my point is filaments are legal it is the end-product that is meant to be perceived
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jballs 21 points 2 days ago

Yeah, and they also want to make it illegal to print something without a magic algorithm sitting between your computer and printer determining if it's a gun part or not. I can't help but feel like these people don't know the first thing about how 3d printing actually works.

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Timpostma 1 point a day ago

@jballs that’s called censorship even though I am Canadian have no guns , it is not something I find practical especially with the law creating a potential black market
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