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“Stupidity on steroids” — three U.S. states want your 3D printer to snitch on what you print

Ellsworth Toohey
Feb 19, 2026
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3D Printed .22lr Small Handguns (roosydinharis/shutterstock.com)

Three states are now trying to make 3D printers police themselves. Washington’s HB 2321 requires printers to ship with anti-gun software so effective that even users with “significant technical skill” can’t circumvent it — on machines that run largely open-source firmware. New York’s versio…

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