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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

According to Gizmodo, this gives New York State 15 days to conduct the background check and determine whether the buyer can buy the printer. The senator proposed this law on January 15 ...