this post was submitted on 22 Feb 2026
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I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic, but given that this is an anti-firearms bill, they will probably do the same thing they do when you purchase a firearm magazine cross-state; they'll open the box and check that it is 'compliant' with the 10-round limit (or in this case, has compliant firmware). If it is, they'll ship it on to you. If it's not, they'll ship you the empty box with a notice of seizure. You may also be contacted by CADOJ later, depending how much free time they have.
When you’re buying drugs from schotty research chemical production facilities in foreign countries, those are called “love letters.”
Apart from the extruder, what parts of a 3D printer are not of the shelf electronics? It seems like a lot of folks are going to have their random electronics seized.
Honestly, the only parts that can't be off the shelf are the nozzle, heat brake, heat sink, and some gears. So if you are halfway determined, buy whatever cheap-ass printer and swap their electronics to an Arduino mega with a stepper motor shield, like, that's it, just plug and play your new control board in, flash whatever firmware and away you go. Hell, most of the super cheap ones are already just run on an Arduino clone of some sort.