Earlier this year, Bragg wrote to 3D printing companies, asking them to ensure their services can’t be used to create firearms. On Saturday, Bragg announced that one such company, Thingiverse, would ...

The pandemic has disrupted supply lines across the country, and people are taking manufacturing into their own hands—including gun owners. In 2013, a then-25-year-old gun rights activist named Cody ...

While MakerBot’s decision to purge Thingiverse of user-generated gun blueprints has been called “abrupt” and “excessive” by enthusiasts, others are calling it something much more damming: an act of ...

It didn't take long for the US government to get the designs for a 3D-printed gun taken down from its creator's site. "Defcad files are being removed from public access at the request of the US ...

Soviet-style photocopier restrictions ultimately failed because they were intrusive and unwieldy, and people committed to evading them. Controls on 3D printers are destined to meet the same end. The ...

For decades, America's detectives have made breakthroughs in crime using gun traces. A homicide investigator typically uses ballistics and serial numbers of weapons checked via a vast network of gun ...

As police departments around the country report a surge in 3D-printed firearms turning up at crime scenes, gun safety advocates and law enforcement officials are warning that a new generation of ...

We have received text from H.R. 4143: 3D Printed Gun Safety Act of 2025. This bill was received on 2025-06-25, and currently has 2 cosponsors. Here is a short summary of the bill: This bill, known as ...

Europe is awash in cheap 9mm spitting carbines, and Americans can turn a handgun into a machine gun with a cheap piece of plastic. Reading time 3 minutes In America, a small piece of 3D-printed ...

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California law enforcement agencies seize about 11,000 ghost guns every year. The state now is suing websites that help people manufacture untraceable firearms.

One of the key benefits of 3D printing is the fact that you can locally manufacture products rather than paying to ship them half the way round the world. But when Austin-based Cody Wilson developed a ...