Hochul vows to outmaneuver 3D-printed gun activist's loophole tool

Governor Kathy Hochul responded to Cody Wilson's tool designed to bypass New York's ban on 3D-printed firearms, saying she will stay ahead of such attempts. She defended the law as necessary to prevent unregulated gun manufacturing and ghost guns. Wilson plans to apply the tool to his repository of over 200,000 gun design files and open-source it.

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The "Hochulization" tool specifically targets hash-based detection systems that flag gun design files, altering file identifiers while preserving the printable design's functionality. Wilson intends to integrate this technique into his existing repository of over 200,000 firearm-related files and make the tool publicly available, potentially complicating enforcement of New York's law banning 3D-printed guns without background checks or registration.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has raised concerns about mandated detection software on 3D printers, framing it as digital surveillance. Meanwhile, a Kentucky creator's gun