[ryan-c]

Two things that I simultaneously believe:

* Gun ownership should be much more tightly regulated in the US.

* Requiring 3D printers to block production of firearms is worse than useless.

How would that even work from a technological perspective? If it did work, why would 3d printer jailbreaks not be the immediate result? I would use jailbroken firmware on principal.

[kotaKat]

Gonna have to dust off some good ol' honor system stuff here.

[X] I AFFIRM this screw I am printing will not go in a gun under penalty of perjury

If you click the checkbox, It's Legal!(tm)

[frogperson]

I hard disagree on the tightly regulated stance. We are in the middle of a facist coup and you want to disarm every one? I have to question your motives, and I wonder if you have ever read a history book.

I think Roosevelt had it right when he said talk soflty and carry a big stick.

[crote]

There's a huge spectrum between "nobody should ever own any gun" and "your local corner store should have an 'assault rifle and two sixpacks of beer' combo special".

I completely your point, but unless you're willing to actually start a civil war they aren't going to be very helpful. They are, at best, a mild deterrent against indiscriminate use of lethal force.

At the same time the US is still the only country in the world which regularly sees school shootings. This was the case before Trump, and I see no reason to believe it'll be any different after Trump.

I agree that the timing probably isn't the best right now, but after fixing the completely broken democratic system gun control should probably be placed somewhere near the top of the agenda.

[ryan-c]

It seems pretty clear that the populace is not going to use guns to oppose the fascists. Since that was a major (if not the most important) reason for the second amendment, it appears vestigial.

Also, as others rightly pointed out "much more tightly regulated" ≠ "banned entirely".

[dpark]

America already has more guns than people. How many more do you think it would take to solve our current problems?

It’s also very disingenuous to pretend that tighter regulation implies disarming everyone.

[estimator7292]

Shut up. You're inventing an argument out of small-minded indignation. People like you are the reason our country is in this mess.