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 ...

The reproduction of 3D-printed guns is compelling law enforcers and legislators to grapple with the shadowy face of available digital production. What was initially a revolution in technology has ...

We have received text from S. 2165: 3D Printed Gun Safety Act of 2025. This bill was received on 2025-06-25, and currently has 21 cosponsors. Here is a short summary of the bill: The 3D Printed Gun ...

This seems like a judge who clearly doesn't understand the web and is just regurgitating buzzwords he has heard on TV lately. the possibility that a cybernaut with a BitTorrent protocol will be able ...

If 3D printed guns are legal, all of the sudden companies making those files will be able to get VC funding and put real, paid, effort in to developing high quality models. It's going to be a heck of ...

A man in his thirties known online only by his screen-name instantly recognized the gun seized from the suspect in the killing of the UnitedHealth CEO earlier this month. As a photo circulated online ...

This story was originally published by The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence. Subscribe to its newsletters. For decades, weapons manufacturing has been the domain of arms industry ...

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 ...

Cody Wilson, the founder of Defense Distributed, says he is just two weeks away from 3D printing an entire handgun, out of ABS plastic. Once Wilson has printed the gun and ensured that it works, 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 ...

For the last hour, in a backroom of a gun range in Arabi, Louisiana, I’ve been building Luigi Mangione’s gun. Well, not his, in the literal sense. The not-quite-finished firearm in my hands is very ...