Defense Distributed articles

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  3D-printed gun files pulled offline at State Department's request

  By Adi Robertson on May 9, 2013 05:49 pm + 147 comments

  The Liberator pistol, first revealed barely a week ago, has caught the eye of federal authorities. Continue reading…

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  Lawmakers rush to ban 3D-printed guns, but enforcement options are murky

  By Adi Robertson on May 9, 2013 10:50 am + 181 comments

  Defense Distributed's attempts to 3D print a firearm have always been a shot across the bow of Continue reading…

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  First 3D-printed gun fired on video, blueprint files available to download

  By Sam Byford on May 6, 2013 02:23 am + 620 comments

  Just a few days after revealing its 3D-printed "Liberator" handgun, said to be a world first, Continue reading…

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  Defense Distributed claims to have created the world's first fully 3D-printed gun

  By Carl Franzen on May 3, 2013 10:23 am + 286 comments

  The world's first gun made up almost entirely of 3D-printed components has been created, Forbes Continue reading…

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  Guns want to be free: what happens when 3D printing and crypto-anarchy collide?

  By Joshua Kopstein on April 12, 2013 09:30 am + 247 comments

  Cyberculture icon Stewart Brand’s famous notion that “information wants to be free” has been Continue reading…

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  Defense Distributed gets license to make and sell 3D printed guns

  By Adi Robertson on March 17, 2013 04:30 pm + 280 comments

  Cody Wilson, who heads 3D printed firearms group Defense Distributed, has apparently received a Continue reading…

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  Search engine for 3D printed gun parts launches in a month, promises Defense Distributed

  By Carl Franzen on March 11, 2013 01:05 pm + 129 comments

  A new search engine for 3D printed gun parts and other patented objects is coming within a month, Continue reading…

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  Wiki Weapon Project takes aim at gun control proposals with 3D printed 'high-capacity' magazine

  By Adi Robertson on January 14, 2013 05:19 pm + 370 comments

  Defense Distributed, a group dedicated to making viable 3D printed firearms, has enjoyed increasing Continue reading…

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  3D printed gun enthusiasts build site for firearm files after MakerBot crackdown

  By Adi Robertson on December 21, 2012 09:46 am + 33 comments

  3D firearms printing group Defense Distributed has launched its own site for hosting gun files like Continue reading…

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  MakerBot purges user-generated weapon blueprints from 3D printing community site

  By Kimber Streams on December 19, 2012 05:54 pm + 48 comments

  3D printing company MakerBot has deleted a number of blueprints for gun parts from Thingiverse, a Continue reading…