3DPrinting

24008 readers

229 users here now

3DPrinting is a place where makers of all skill levels and walks of life can learn about and discuss 3D printing and development of 3D printed parts and devices.

The r/functionalprint community is now located at: or !functionalprint@fedia.io

There are CAD communities available at: !cad@lemmy.world or !freecad@lemmy.ml

Rules

No bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia. Code of Conduct.
Be respectful, especially when disagreeing. Everyone should feel welcome here.
No porn (NSFW prints are acceptable but must be marked NSFW)
No Ads / Spamming / Guerrilla Marketing
Do not create links to reddit
If you see an issue please flag it
No guns
No injury gore posts

If you need an easy way to host pictures, https://catbox.moe/ may be an option. Be ethical about what you post and donate if you are able or use this a lot. It is just an individual hosting content, not a company. The image embedding syntax for Lemmy is ![](URL)

Moderation policy: Light, mostly invisible

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

j4k3@lemmy.world

andypiper@lemmy.world

GrayBackgroundMusic@lemmy.zip

377

New California ghost gun lawsuit takes aim at company that sells 3-D printer filament (www.latimes.com)

submitted 3 days ago by jballs@sh.itjust.works to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world

117 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] BigTrout75@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Is this filament specifically designed for guns?

[–] Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 33 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No, polymaker just have a big range of engineering friendly filament, just as they have pretty artsy ones, and low cost workhorse filament for makers

[–] nanometer1625@thelemmy.club 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sounds like the lawsuit is on thin ice, then.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

They apparently sponsored a maker who prints guns, which is the justification.

Still stupid for a mountain of reasons, not least of which is that 3D printing guns is perfectly legal in many places.

Saudi Arabia can't go after the companies that sell oak barrels to Jack Daniels because alcohol is illegal there.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago

It's like saying steel is specifically designed for guns. For plastics, stronger is a nice property for many applications.