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California’s New Bill Requires DOJ-Approved 3D Printers That Report on Themselves (blog.adafruit.com)
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California’s new bill requires DOJ-approved 3D printers that report on themselves targeting general-purpose machines.

Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan introduced AB-2047, the “California Firearm Printing Prevention Act,” on February 17th. The bill would ban the sale or transfer of any 3D printer in California unless it appears on a state-maintained roster of approved makes and models… certified by the Department of Justice as equipped with “firearm blocking technology.” Manufacturers would need to submit attestations for every make and model. The DOJ would publish a list. If your printer isn’t on the list by March 1, 2029, it can’t be sold. In addition, knowingly disabling or circumventing the blocking software is a misdemeanor.

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[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Just messaged my assembly member asking to vote against it. I suggest those who live in the state to do the same thing too.

[–] rushmonke@ttrpg.network 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Messaging your representatives is a waste of time and only exists to make you feel good about yourself.

The only way to fix problems like this is to vote for better reps, but we're too stupid to do that so the problem doesn't get solved.

[–] SalamenceFury@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

Messaging your reps actually works, though. If enough people flood the lines, the information will be passed to the rep and they don't usually feel good about it. It can actually change their voting - if you look on Bluesky you'll see various campaigns of line flooding that HAVE yielded results.

Your post is extremely suspicious because it feels like you're actively trying to undermine and depress the voter into not doing something effective for some nefarious reason. No one without ulterior motives has ever tried to say calling or messaging your reps does nothing.