New York governor to 3D printed gun leader: ‘tell Cody I will get ahead of him’

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: New York Daily News / Getty Images" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/gettyimages-2290458315.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Cody Wilson, the creator of the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/25/14380730/the-new-radical-cody-wilson-tech-anarchy-documentary-sundance-2017">first 3D printed gun</a>, announced a tool last week aimed at skirting a New York law that prevents 3D printers from making firearms - and taunting governor Kathy Hochul in the process. But Hochul isn't having it.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">In <a href="https://www.theverge.com/podcast/986661/ny-gov-kathy-hochul-ai-data-centers-ban-3d-printed-guns-flock-cameras" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.theverge.com/podcast/986661/ny-gov-kathy-hochul-ai-data-centers-ban-3d-printed-guns-flock-cameras">this week's episode of <em>Decoder</em></a>, Hochul responded to Wilson's <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/983244/3d-printed-guns-hashes-hochul">"Hochulization" tool</a>, warning she isn't going to let it defeat the state's efforts:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">You can tell Cody I will get ahead of him next. I can't always be on the forefront when I see someone intentionally thwarting a law. It is the law that you cannot have 3D-printed guns in the state of New York. And if you think it's okay to have someone in …</p></blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/policy/986733/kathy-hochul-3d-printed-guns-cody-wilson-response">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>