"state-certified algorithm" has a really nice tyrannic ring to it. I am sure once this has passed the rich people can finally sleep at night knowing they are safe from roving gangs of armed Mangiones.
If they wanted a gate on designs it would have to happen in slicing software, not the actual printer.
Otherwise it's pretty trivial for someone to just bypass the slicer and hand write the gcode.
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/09/army-allowing-commanders...
“We’re basically saying, ‘Hey colonel, hey general, you have to make the decision. If a door handle is broken on an ISV, you need to get it into the field. If you think that replacement door handle is sufficient, send it out.’
“A lot of howitzers are down right now for very simple pieces that we could 3D print and have known how to 3D print, and actually have the design files to 3D print, but we haven’t done it,” Driscoll said. “So we, the Army, have kicked off a very aggressive approach to that.”
I have no intention to print weapons, but just saying that this law does nothing.
And software? My Bridgeport and Logan were built before computers were available to the home consumer. Good luck stopping someone like me.
Don't laugh, this sort of regulatory capture type crap is exactly where it'll trickle down to if they get what they want for guns.
Also: "The Letter_C.stl can't be printed because it is an 88% percent match for a gun trigger"
But like all humans we're often ok as long as it is "our guy" or "our algorithm".