from the mandated-enshittification dept There’s been a flood of new state laws placing restrictions on 3D printing that are driven by sloppy moral panics about 3D printed guns (and a desire by large manufacturers to dominate the market), but are so ignorantly and broadly written that they do more harm than actual good. New York’s 2026–2027 executive budget bill ( S.9005 / A.10005 ), for example, included language requiring that all 3D printers operating in the state need to include software or firmware that  scans every print file  through a “firearms blueprint detection algorithm” and then locks the hardware up so it refuses to print anything it flags as having the “geometry” of a potential firearm or firearm component. But as folks like Adafruit’s Phillip Torrone noted recently, the proposal has all manner of problems. One being it would undermine the adoption of open source solutions, placing elaborate burdens on volunteer-run projects.…