[Noisebridge-discuss] California Lawmaker Wants 3-D Printers To Be Regulated

[Felipe Sanches]

 California Lawmaker Wants 3-D Printers To Be
Regulated<http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/05/11/2041212/california-lawmaker-wants-3-d-printers-to-be-regulated>
Posted by Soulskill <soulskill at slashdot.org> on Saturday May 11, 2013
@07:00PM
from the i-demand-background-checks-for-sketchpads-and-protractors dept.

 New submitter phrackthat writes with news that California State Senator
Leland Yee (D-S.F.) says he wants regulations to track who owns and uses
3-D printers<http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/05/08/sen-leland-yee-proposes-regulations-on-3-d-printers-after-gun-test/>.
Yee's comments come in response to the recent news of Defense
Distributed's successful
test-firing<http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/05/06/064234/the-first-fully-3d-printed-gun-has-been-successfully-test-fired>of
a 3-D printed gun.
*"He's concerned that just about anyone with access to those cutting-edge
printers can arm themselves. 'Terrorists can make these guns and do some
horrible things to an individual and then walk away scott-free, and that is
something that is really dangerous,' said Yee. He said while this new
technology is impressive, it must be regulated when it comes to making
guns. He says background checks, requiring serial numbers and even
registering them could be part of new legislation that he says will protect
the public. Yee added, 'This particular gun has no trace whatsoever.'"*
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