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California just passed a law forcing mandatory DRM in 3D printers
(www.theregister.com)
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this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2026
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What you don't understand is that this is only about guns on the surface. This will enable every 3d printer manufacturer to harvest tons of data from everyone. To a point where the printer can not work without a connection to the server for security reasons by law.
You could buy a metal pipe and fill it with gun powder and you have a cheaper and more robust gun than a 3d printer could ever build.