3d printed guns

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,…

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…

FedEx Bans Shipments of Cody Wilson’s Ghost Gunner Lower Receiver ‘3D Printer’

One thing about the exponential progress we are seeing within technology is that as time goes by, it becomes more and more difficult to predict what will come next. If you…

‘Weaponized’ Exhibit Features 3D Printed Machine Guns, Grenades & More — Opens Issue of Guns and Violence

Often the artist expresses his thoughts and questions through his work—and while it may not be his job to answer the prevalent questions plaguing our era, he can put them to…

Shoot Beer Not Bullets: 3D Printed Beer Shooter

Instructables Community Manager Mike (user name: mikeasaurus) has designed and released an edgier way to get your beer to your mouth all while keeping your hands from getting cold (or even…

This 3D Printed 6-Barrel Rubber Band Gatling Gun Can Shoot up to 48 Rounds Per Load

Boy do I wish 3D printing was around when I was a little boy. The possibilities that this technology provides are endless, and when it comes to toys, that might…

Activists ‘3D Print’ a Gun In Front of the Texas State Capitol as a Form of Protest

It’s a controversial issue, and activists are using a tool which sprung from the 3D printed gun movement to draw attention to their stance on gun rights. A group of…

3D Printed Halo Guns Take Over Ultimate Gaming Championship’s Recent Tournament

One area in which 3D printing has really excelled as of late is in the reproduction of weapons and props from popular video games. For decades, gamers have been trying…

Hang a 3D Printed Kalashnikov AK-47 on Your Wall Courtesy of Reddit Maker EasilyUsed

Mikhail Kalashnikov was a “self-taught tinkerer” who used his mechanical skills and a study of weaponry to design and build the gun that changed the way wars are fought.  His…

‘It’s NOT Nerf or Nothin’!’ – Now You Can 3D Print Your Own Nerf-Like Gun

“You wanna play guns?” That’s the phrase that I would hear about 75% of the time when I would pick up the phone from one of my friends in the…

Engineer Creates Special Bullets For 3D Printed Guns, Including Semi-automatics – Will it Lead to Wide Scale Production?

The 3D printed gun debate is certainly one which we will be hearing about for years to come. As the technology behind homemade firearms continues to improve, so will the…

Australian Senate Inquiry Into Gun-Related Violence Targets 3D Printed Guns

In 2012, 3D printing entered the volatile arena of international debate concerning gun violence and closer state monitoring/control of weapons ownership, when the U.S. firearms design organization, Defense Distributed, released…

Nerfenstein Creates Amazing 3D Printed Cosplayer Props and Weaponry

For those who love playing video games, there is something cool about actually seeing props and weapons from those video games in the real world around us. There is a…

Australia Senate Establishes Inquiry to Investigate 3D Printed Firearms

When is a gun not a gun? When parts of it are 3D printed…or at least that’s what loopholes in legislation can effectively mean in terms of their abilities to…

3D Printed Guns… Who’s in Danger?

3D-printed guns are subject of a lot of very heated debates, and a recent study conducted by NABIS (National Ballistics Intelligence Service), the firearms department of English police, will only…

‘In the Year 2054: Rifles will 3D print their own bullets’ – At Least According to Call of Duty Developer

It’s always fun predicting the future. People do it all the time because it is entertaining to imagine a world that we or our children will one day have the…