> I own several 3d printers. If I wanted to make something resembling a firearm I'd go to home depot WAY before I bothered 3d printing parts. You basically just need a metal tube, and well... a pipe from home depot does that much better than trying to 3d print something much less reliable.

I agree that this legislation is not good, but you apparently aren’t aware of the large communities dedicated to 3D printing guns.

The first 3D printed gun was making headlines 13 years ago and since then it’s turned into a semi-underground fascination.

You aren’t going to be fashioning a gun out of a pipe from Home Depot more easily than the designs these groups are playing with.

Many of the subreddits, Discords, Facebook groups and other communities have started to get shut down since a 3D printed gun was used in a high profile murder recently.

There are a lot of comments in this comment section from people unaware of how big these communities are. I’m not supporting these legislative attempts to interfere with 3D printers but you really should know some of the context.