Ghost gun printing is surging, but AI screening and microscopic toolmarks are helping slow untraceable firearm production.

Thingiverse ditches downloadable designs at the urging of Manhattan District Attorney, who wants more companies to do ...

Officials are tightening controls on 3D-printed gun blueprints as law enforcement targets websites and printer makers to stop ...

One of the world’s largest digital design platforms is taking new steps to block 3D-printed guns and gun parts.

On today’s episode of ‘Uncanny Valley,’ we discuss how WIRED was able to legally 3D-print the same gun allegedly used by Luigi Mangione, and where US law stands on the technology.

Some models — like the 3D-printed gun company Defense Distributed’s “Liberator” — can be made almost entirely on a 3D printer. Others require many additional parts, which are often metal.

Cody Wilson, owner of Defense Distributed company, holds a 3D printed gun, called the "Liberator," in his factory in Austin, Texas, Aug. 1, 2018. Kelly West/AFP/Getty Images Video showed the two ...

On this example (just looked up, not related to story) the white part and the switch on it are 3D printed, the rest is all sourced gun parts. I'm sure it was similar. January 25, 2025 at 12:00 am ...

We covered the first 3D-printed gun back in July. The Defense Distributed group sprung up soon after, with the purpose of creating an open-source gun -- a Wiki Weapon -- that can be downloaded ...

Homemade firearms are spreading faster than governments can keep up. For many gun designers, that’s the idea. By Thomas Gibbons-Neff Thomas Gibbons-Neff writes about guns and gun culture. He ...