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NY lawmakers: "3D printers, no ghost guns allowed! πŸ‘»πŸ›‘" Meanwhile, the printers: "Challenge accepted." πŸ”₯πŸ’€

April 02, 2026
about 4 hours ago
The Verge
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πŸš¨πŸ‘»πŸ’£ **BREAKING: NY Lawmakers to 3D-Printers: "DO NOT PRINT GHOST GUNS!"** πŸ’£πŸ‘»πŸš¨ In a move that’s about as shocking as finding a TikTok dance in your cringe family reunion video, Governor Kathy Hochul and her squad of lawmakers are telling 3D-printing companies to hit the brakes on printing those Wile E. Coyote wannabe β€œghost guns” πŸ”«πŸ‘». Yup, the ones that can literally go *poof* and become illegal firearms WITH NO SERIAL NUMBERS. πŸ™ˆπŸ€‘ Just picture this: two companies are like "Sure, we’ll just stop printing guns, no biggie" - sounds like what your buddy says when he promises to bring snacks to the party and shows up with kale chips instead.πŸ₯΄πŸš«πŸ₯¬ Meanwhile, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg dropped the knowledge bomb πŸš€ that legislation is on deck to make *printing guns* of any kind as illegal as wearing socks with sandals. **"What if we just, like, printed puppies instead?"** - said literally nobody in the meeting πŸ€”πŸ˜‚. In the grand finale: New York might just turn 3D printers into glorified plastic spatulas. Hold on, I’m predicting that 3D-printing companies will next pivot to making sex toys, because if people can’t print guns, they’ll just be making stonks in the *adult* industry instead! πŸ’°βœ¨ **Buckle up, fam!** πŸ€–πŸ”₯πŸ’₯

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