Legislators are incentivized to push whatever sounds good to their voters and donors, their job is to do something, none of them have anything to gain from sitting on the sideline, even if they are powerless to effectively solve the issue. So they make something up. Both major parties push stupid shit that panders to their base whether or not it actually solves anything.

It's anyone who manufactures plastic or parts. 3D Printers are the wild west of printing your own replacement parts and soon the goal will to ban these things, unless there is right to repair.

Authoritarians, as always.

Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan

Feckless democrats who want to appear tough on guns. Instead of taking on the NRA or lobbying groups they go after low hanging fruit to tout as victories to their base. It generates votes and wealth for the rep. Same thing with anti-trans bills from the right. Legislation that can pass through targeting small enough collectives that they don't have to worry about bad press.

All the news stories about ghost guns being 3D printed didn't hurt either. So they can sell a narrative of protecting people.

The real truth? Nonprofits like Everytown, funded fully by billionaires like Bloomberg, who are effectively bribing/coercing legislators with their money and power. They supply identical bills into many deep blue states. They’re all extremely invasive in this way.