Comment Re:It's not about regulating (Score 2) 228
The first step is to make it illegal to do it,
Except that's not what this regulation does. At it's core it requires certain sellers to become FFLs and serialize their parts, but has no such requirement on individuals building for their own, or on the machines and software which assist in that.
so there is no doubt and there is a legal basis to intervene if someone does try it.
Intervene... *after* they do it? You're going to find out how?
This is the same fault with expecting that background checks are going to stop mass shootings, ignoring how every single person starts off with a clean and blank criminal background before opting to break the law. Countless eventual mass shooters are able to acquire the tools of their evil legally because there is nothing there, only after they unleash their evil, and are convicted would they be made ineligible, or after a lessor offense, still requiring conviction.
Then software makers can be asked to block printing known 3D gun parts, just like they already block the ability to scan and print bank notes in colour. I'm not sure if software is regulated or not, but all the major commercial packages developed in the US seem to do it.
Notice how you mentioned "major commercial packages"... ignoring what I said previously about open source.
Even if everything you said was implemented, you're only going to catch the lazy and dumb, which might make you feel like you've accomplished something, far far more illicit arms will be built and used that you're unable to stop, not unlike the illicit drug trade today.
Thank you for confirming your solution, like this regulation will do nothing effective.