I was really hoping this would expire without any fan fair. No media group has reported on it for several months. In the last few days everyone has reported on it.
From an article in the
Washington Post talking about Steve Israel's (D-NY) anti gun efforts:
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ATF officials, he said, have consulted on his measure, but it’s stuck in committee and its prospects appear dim. There is a similar effort in the Senate.
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It seems like the big worry from politicians is assassins with plastic guns, not the possibility of this defeating gun control measures in general. Maybe they are just saying that to not undermine their political campaign.
Also from the article:
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But Israel, the New York congressman, is concerned.
He said he’s making a “last-ditch effort” to renew and update the law, which currently prohibits manufacturing or possessing a gun that can’t be detected by typical airport security scanners. Asked whether such a law mattered, given that it would not be able to control what someone built in their own garage, Israel said, “You could say that about drugs, about alcohol, about just about any law.”
“It would be unfathomable to me if we are not able to renew this law right now,” he said.
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"Last ditch effort" that sounds promising.
The two bills are
HR1474 and
S1149
http://forums.defcad.com is where most of the 3D printed action is.