The New York legislature is in the early stages of considering a bill that would require people buying certain kinds of 3D printers to pass a background check. State Assembly Bill A2228 says that ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10) –Bill A2228 has been sponsored in the Assembly and if passed, will require anyone buying a 3D printer to pass a background check. If you can’t legally own a ...

A proposed New York Senate bill would require people to undergo criminal background history checks for purchasing 3D printers. What Happened: Amidst a rising concern of ghost guns in New York ...

As Fast Company first reported on January 24, the proposal would require FBI-reviewed fingerprinting and criminal background checks for anyone seeking to purchase a 3D printer “capable of ...

And yet, under the current iteration of the bill, any printer capable of producing a frame would instigate a criminal background check. The act of 3D-printing a gun itself is already illegal in ...