The New York legislature is in the early stages of considering a bill that would require people buying certain kinds of 3D printers to pass a background check.

A proposed bill in the New York State Senate proposes background checks for 3D printer purchases. Assembly Bill A2228 no doubt attempts to address the increasing concern over “ghost guns”. These are ...

And yet, under the current iteration of the bill, any printer capable of producing a frame would instigate a criminal background check. The act of 3D-printing a gun itself is already illegal in ...

Bill A2228 would allow up to 15 days for New York’s Division of Criminal Justices to review an applicant’s information. Anyone previously convicted of a felony or “serious offense,” or subject to an ...

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While traditional 3D printers work by depositing layers of material, tomographic volumetric additive manufacturing (TVAM) ...

This isn’t the first time the senator attempted to pass a law requiring background checks to purchase 3D printers. She proposed something similar in 2023, but the bill didn’t advance beyond ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10) –Bill A2228 has been sponsored in the Assembly and if passed, will require anyone buying a 3D printer to pass a background check. If you can’t legally own a ...

3D printers will be under scrutiny during the 2025 legislative session. A new bill aims to require background checks on anyone buying one. Trump to create task force ‘to eradicate anti-Christian ...