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I read the article and what a load of shit. So you can't 3D print a cosplay gun? How far will this go? Water pistols? Ray gun props? Children's toys. Plastic guns are not illegal, just certain ones.
If I lived in California, I think I would invest in a really good 3d printer now-ish and just never update the software. Big brother is watching everything.
Guns are just a weak excuse, as if it's hard to get a gun in the US.
They want to monitor what you print. This means trademarked toys and figures, or copies of parts used in self-repair projects. The next stage is to charge fees to print copyright, or patented objects, or parts to repair. This also means they can spy on your designs and intellectual property.
It's almost like governments of all sizes have been captured by companies and now protect them against the evil consumer which is completely backwards to what governmental organizations were originally created for.
My favorite irony of all of this is that it's very possible to build a 3D printer from scratch (hell that's how the hobby got started in the first place) with open source software that never talks to the Internet. It's more work, but not to the extent that it'd stop anybody determined.
Sure, one of the best printers is a Voron. People build those all of the time.