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It bothers me a lot that our elected representatives are wasting time and money on pointless nonsense like this.

The people sponsoring this law certainly have no idea how to implement this gun manufacturing restriction and America’s gun problem isn’t coming from 3D printers anyway. I would like to believe that these 26 representatives aren’t incompetent so I have to assume this bill is entirely performative.

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Funny, I always assumed that incompetence was a prerequisite for political representatives. Competent people always seem to find more productive uses for their time.

I think in a state with a single boomtown(Seattle) this goes doubly true. Productive and competent people with agency opt for tech or tech adjacent vs local/county/state government. Seems it will continue provided the cost/benefit ratio of policies in Olympia don't begin to diminish the perceived return on big tech work in Seattle.

I think the incompetence is built into the system more than the individuals.

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