Overview
- Gov. Kathy Hochul's State of the State proposal would mandate that 3D printers sold in New York include safeguards that prevent printing firearms or key components.
- The plan would make possession, sale, or distribution of unlicensed digital blueprints for guns a crime and set penalties for manufacturing 3D‑printed firearms.
- It also seeks to require gun makers to design pistols that resist easy conversion to automatic fire using 3D‑printed parts.
- Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg endorsed the measures and said he will press for similar requirements across the country through his role with Prosecutors Against Gun Violence.
- Officials cite sharp increases in ghost‑gun recoveries in ATF data, note some printer makers already use machine‑learning blocks, and describe a YouTube algorithm tweak after Bragg’s office raised concerns.