Democrats in the Colorado House and Senate introduced legislation this week to ban the 3D printing of firearms and firearm parts.
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The bill, HB26-1144, goes so far as to ban the possession the “digital instructions” needed to carry out said printing.
The text of the bill makes clear the focus is to prohibit “Possessing, in circumstances that indicate intent to manufacture a firearm or firearm component in violation of state law or intent to distribute, digital instructions that may be used to program a 3-dimensional printer or a computer numerical control (CNC) milling machine to manufacture or produce a firearm or firearm component.”
In addition to banning the 3D printing of firearms, firearm parts, and the possession of “digital instructions,” HB26-1144 also bans the printing of any “rapid-fire device.”
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