{"id":2599956,"date":"2026-05-07T13:45:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-budget-agreement-establishes-first-ban-on-3d-printed-guns\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T13:49:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:49:18","slug":"ny-budget-agreement-establishes-first-ban-on-3d-printed-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-budget-agreement-establishes-first-ban-on-3d-printed-guns\/","title":{"rendered":"NY budget agreement establishes first ban on 3D printed guns"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fny-budget-agreement-establishes-first-ban-on-3d-printed-guns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2599956&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Kathy Hochul\u2019s New York budget deal announced this week creates the first U.S. ban specifically targeting certain 3D printers capable of producing \u201cghost guns\u201d (unserialized firearms made from kits or parts).The new legislation builds on earlier state action-hochul previously signed a 2021 law banning the sale, manufacture, and ownership of untraceable, unserialized firearms-and now focuses on regulating the printers themselves by requiring technology to prevent them from printing firearms, while also raising penalties for ghost-gun production.<\/p>\n<p>The budget also includes measures intended to reduce the ease of converting firearms into illegal machine guns, adds $352 million for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-announce-new-federal-office-for-gun-violence-prevention\/\" title=\"Biden to unveil new federal office for gun violence prevention.\">gun-violence prevention<\/a>, and raises criminal and public-safety requirements in related areas.Hochul\u2019s approach is described as similar to that of Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger, who previously signed multiple ghost-gun and gun-manufacturer-focused laws, including allowing legal pathways for victims to sue companies that fail to use <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >reasonable firearm-safety safeguards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>beyond guns, the budget allocates funding for public safety initiatives such as $77 million for expanded NYPD policing of the subway system and $25 million to expand crisis-response teams for severe mental illness incidents.It also includes investments like $35 million for grants addressing hate crimes, plus provisions meant to protect houses of worship through harassment buffer zones. For drivers, New York will require speed-limiter devices for NYC motorists who receive 16 or more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nicole-gelinas-like-with-drug-addiction-and-violent-crime-young-men-fuel-traffic-deaths\/\" title=\"Nicole Gelinas: Like With Drug Addiction and Violent Crime, Young Men Fuel Traffic Deaths\">speed-camera violations<\/a> in a year.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"61\">New York\u2019s<\/a> budget agreement, announced by Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kathy-hochul\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3278\">Kathy Hochul<\/a> (D-NY) on Thursday, established the first ban on 3D printers that can print <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/guns-and-firearms\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"780\">guns<\/a> in the United States, as well as several other measures aimed at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gun-control\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"345\">gun control<\/a> and gun violence prevention. <\/p>\n<p>Hochul\u2019s crackdown on gun manufacturing in the Empire State is similar to that of Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abigail-spanberger\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11780\">Abigail Spanberger<\/a> (D-VA), who has also taken bold steps to control firearms. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4559257\/new-york-budget-agreement-first-ban-3d-printed-ghost-gun\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>New York budget agreement establishes first ban on 3D printed ghost guns<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4558816\/pay-to-play-pardons-trump-welch-min-ruiz\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Democrats investigate alleged \u2018pay-to-play\u2019 pardon scheme in Trump White House<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4558610\/muriel-bowser-promises-changes-mpd-crime-data-release-process\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Bowser promises changes to MPD\u2019s crime data release process<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Legislation banning ghost guns, which are firearms assembled from kits or parts that lack serial numbers, was already signed by Hochul during her tenure. She signed a bill in 2021 that bans the sale, manufacture, and ownership of untraceable, unserialized firearms. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The new ban in New York targets the manufacturers of so-called ghost guns: 3D printers. <\/p>\n<p>Hochul\u2019s budget introduced the first-of-its-kind legislation to regulate the capabilities of 3D printers by requiring every such printer to include technology that blocks it from printing a firearm. The legislation also increases the criminal penalties for manufacturing ghost guns. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Hochul included a provision that requires firearm makers to design guns in a manner that bars them from being quickly rigged into illegal machine guns. <\/p>\n<p>On the financial front, the budget would dedicate $352 million toward <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gun-violence\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"502\">gun violence<\/a> prevention programs. <\/p>\n<p>Hochul\u2019s moves mirror those of Spanberger last month, as the Old Dominion\u2019s governor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4525001\/spanberger-manufacturer-liable-gun-violence-gun-control\/\">signed a slew of gun control bills<\/a> that also ban ghost guns and go after manufacturers. <\/p>\n<p>Spanberger signed a ban on the manufacture, sale, and possession of ghost guns because such guns, she said, can make it difficult for law enforcement to trace. <\/p>\n<p>Also in her gun control spree, Spanberger inked legislation creating a legal pathway for victims to sue companies that fail to implement reasonable safeguards in the sale and distribution of firearms. <\/p>\n<p>Hochul\u2019s budget targets other areas of public safety, providing $77 million to the New York City Police Department to police the city\u2019s subway system. Another way she\u2019s looking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-introduce-transit-crime-reporting-act-after-iryna-zarutskas-murder\/\" title=\"GOP senators introduce Transit Crime Reporting Act after Iryna Zarutska&#039;s murder\">make public transit safer<\/a> is by investing $25 million in the program to respond to severe mental illness incidents, expanding the service from 10 to 15 teams. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/4559107\/kathy-hochul-new-york-budget-zohran-mamdani-tax-rich\/\"><strong>HOCHUL\u2019S $268 BILLION NEW YORK BUDGET MEETS MAMDANI\u2019S HALFWAY ON \u2018TAX THE RICH\u2019 AGENDA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For motorists, New York will now require NYC drivers who receive 16 or more speed-camera violations in a year to install speed-limiter devices in their cars. <\/p>\n<p>Finally, under the public safety umbrella, Hochul\u2019s budget invests $35 million for Securing Communities Against Hate Crimes grants, a measure she has invested millions in during her tenure. Additionally, she established buffer zones around places of worship, \u201cso New Yorkers can practice religion, a guaranteed right, free of harassment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York budget bans 3D-printed guns and adds gun safety measures. similar to Virginia\u2019s crackdown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4130,"featured_media":2599957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ap-18215689940538-e1778173759763.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[79270,79271,50385,32120],"class_list":["post-2599956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-3d-printed-guns-2","tag-budget-agreement","tag-gun-control-2","tag-new-york"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ap-18215689940538-e1778173759763.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2599956"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2599960,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599956\/revisions\/2599960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2599957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2599956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2599956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2599956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}