New York governor vows to block Cody Wilson's 3D-gun evasion tool

Cody Wilson announced a tool called “Hochulization” that changes the digital signatures of gun-design files, letting them slip past New York’s mandated detection software without altering their function. Governor Kathy Hochul reacted on the Decoder podcast, stating she will be the one to say no and will take steps to enforce the ban on 3D-printed guns in the state. She linked the issue to public-safety concerns, citing the risk of people with severe mental-health problems manufacturing weapons at home.

Wilson plans to apply the technique to his repository of over 200,000 gun-related files and may release it as open source. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has voiced opposition to compulsory “censorware” on 3D printers, and a recent Kentucky case raised questions about objects that look like guns but are not functional. Hochul emphasized that the regulation targets illegal weapon production, not legitimate 3D printing uses, and highlighted New York’s low gun homicide rate as evidence of the policy’s effectiveness.