Dwight SpencerNY Assembly Bill A2228 would require criminal background checks
to buy a 3D printer "capable of creating firearms."
The bill text is broad. "Capable of" is not defined.
Most consumer FDM printers can print gun components.
So can a milling machine. So can a lathe.
This is infrastructure for printer registration.
The firearm framing is the foot in the door.
Still in committee. Worth watching.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A2228
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NY State Assembly Bill 2025-A2228
Requires a criminal history background check for the purchase of a three-dimensional printer capable of creating firearms; prohibits sale to a person who would be disqualified on the basis of criminal history from being granted a license to possess a firearm.