I get that states like New York, and governors like Kathy Hochul aren’t fans of gun ownership in general, but especially when they don’t get to have some kind of control over who gets a gun and who doesn’t. They want to be able to peer into the industry and know everything, which is why anything that removes a gun from that paper trail is a bad thing. For them, 3D printers spell doom, which is why Hochul opted to go after them.
But the truth of the matter is that the internet is a strange place, and if you’re going to live by the tweet, you will also die by the tweet.
Hochul made a post about “ghost guns,” and unsurprisingly, the internet had thoughts.
Here are just a few of the responses Hochul’s post received:
- “Democrats are the fastest-growing gun safety threat in the country.”
- “People will just buy the printers in another State.”
- “Have you considered banning basements and garages to stop the construction of these ghost guns?”
- “Does she realize guns aren’t generally printed only certain components so good luck with ‘software’ that can determine what is exactly being printed.”
- “Yay! Another way to control Americans…You. Are. So. Brave.”
- “Why would NY expend any resources to prevent people from exercising their Second Amendment rights? Meanwhile, you release violent criminals without bond and they repeat their crimes harming more New Yorkers. You should be ashamed.”
- “Eliminate the Gang Data Base. Handcuff Police. Provide Sanctuary to Illegal Aliens. Track 3d printers.”
And the backlash extends through post after post.
And it should.
See, the truth of the matter is that so-called ghost guns are certainly scary sounding, but the data doesn’t really back up the idea of them being some massive threat. When I wrote about Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s jihad against 3D printers, I noted how few of these guns turn up, even with this massive growth in their use, especially when compared to violent crime involving a firearm as a whole.
Hellbound and Down 