3D Printed Guns
3 Dangers Society Faces From 3D Printing
I consider myself a tech-optimist. I truly believe that anything is possible with the right technology and science to back it. I envision a future, perhaps even in my lifetime…
Designer 3D Prints & Shares Poison Dart Gun in Response to Ban on Online Weapon Schematics Sharing
It’s a well-known fact in basic psychology that as soon as you tell people not to do something, that is exactly what they will want to do; in fact, many…
This Week’s Top 3D Printable 3DShare Models: Gun, Female Parts, Tape Dispenser & More
This week’s top 3D Share printable models has a special guest star: the ever controversial 3D printable parts to make your own version of Cody Wilson’s Liberator gun! It has already…
Hong Kong Terrorists Caught With 3D Printer, Perhaps Looking to Modify Airsoft Guns
Terrorism is a major concern for law enforcement officials around the world, and as technology progresses they must adapt so that they are prepared to protect those whom they are…
Escalating Positive Outcomes with 3D Printing
Back in January 2013 we were planning the launch of 3DLT. We wanted to kick things off with a bang (apologies in advance for that). Crowdsourcing was an important part…
3D Printable Files for Cody Wilson’s Liberator Gun are Now Available to All on 3DShare
The never-ending talk of 3D printing guns continues to run rampant among owners of 3D printers, as well as legislators and gun control activists all around the world. While the…
Democrats Reintroduce Bill to Ban Plastic Guns in Wake of TSA Lapses & Advancing 3D Printers
One of the most hotly debated topics when it comes to 3D printing are laws or the lack thereof laws which aim to protect the public via bans on undetectable…
US Government Proposes ITAR Amendments to Choke off Distribution of 3D Printable Gun Models
Early last month we covered a story which could ultimately have major implications for those living here in the US. Cody Wilson and his company Defense Distributed filed a suit…
Get Your Full Size Destiny 3D Printable Gjallahorn Rocket Launcher from MyMiniFactory
The 3D printing industry has dozens of 3D model marketplaces at this point, many of them trying to set themselves apart by putting their own spin on the business model….
The World’s First Condom-Powered 3D Printed Hand Gun is Created
If you are anything like me, you’re a freelance writer and the owner of chinchillas. But if that isn’t what connects us, it might be that sometimes you lay awake…
Design Team at UT Austin 3D Prints a Reverse Engineered Cap Gun
Students studying mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin are required to take a course called, not surprisingly, “Introduction to Mechanical Engineering.” As part of this course, the…
3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — May 16, 2015
This week’s stories we didn’t cover include several about filament, the stuff that printed things are made of. Lenovo has announced a $3 million investment in Polymaker for filament development, an…
Images & Details Revealed: ‘Imura Pistol’ v2.0 3D Printed Gun
One of the more controversial issues surrounding 3D printing, that of guns, seems to be a popular headline as of late. Just yesterday it was revealed that Cody Wilson’s Defense…
3D Printed Gun Lawsuit Filed: Cody Wilson Challenges The US State Department
If there is one figure who embodies a majority of the controversy surrounding 3D printing, that figure would likely be Cody Wilson. The law school dropout, who I must say…
California Deputies Raid Identity Theft Ring and Find “3D Printer” Making an AR-15 Lower
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department in California says it all began with a report of a credit card being stolen from the front porch of a residence, and the…
UK Police Note Potential for 3D Printing Uses in Terrorist Activity
While 3D printers create amazing products for the good of humanity–assisting in surgeries via modeling, tissue reconstruction via bioprinting, and manufacture of prosthetic limbs, to name just a few ways–the weapons…
Australian Senate Not Convinced That Laws to Prevent 3D Printed Guns Are Needed
A pair of reports from the Australian Senate’s Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee reveals that while law enforcement, and federal and state governments are considering regulations to deal with…
North America Just Tested Its First Functional Metal 3D Printed Gun Silencer
Metal 3D printing has started to revolutionize the design and manufacturing of automobile engines, rocket engines, medical devices, and even jewelry. Thanks to metal 3D printing processes like Selective Laser…
New York Congressman Steve Israel to Propose New Bill to Ban 3D Printed Firearms
Gun rights groups from Defense Distributed to the NRA to Come and Take It Texas will not be pleased with the latest piece of proposed legislation from Congressman Steve Israel. Israel,…
BrainExploderCreations 3D Prints Shotshells for Airsoft Revolvers
During the 1970s, strict firearms laws in Japan led to the development of “Airsoft” guns and the game played with them. One source says the earliest mass produced Airsoft gun likely…
Powerful & Functional 3D Printed AR-10 Lower Receiver, Fires 7.62-Millimeter Bullets ‘Without Issue’
While even the most detached layperson will tell you they are aware of some of the amazing and positive feats being accomplished with 3D printing — from heartwarming stories of…
Texas Gun Dealer 3D Prints a Plastic Silencer
Call them what you will — a silencer, a suppressor, a moderator, a muffler, or a can — but they’re all devices to reduce the sound of a round being discharged from…
Designer Creates Working Airsoft Version of Rorsch X1 Rifle from Battlefield 4
Kirby Downey is a product designer from South Africa who currently lives in London, and he specializes in taking objects and adding a technical and mechanical side to them. He…
Defense, War & Terrorism: How Will the 3D Printing Revolution Change Everything?
None of us want to have to report on the dark side of something like 3D printing, a technology bursting with innovation and offering resources for doing so much good…
