Row over 3D-printed firearms distracts from US gun violence crisis

A 3D-printed gun

A 3D-printed gun fires bizarre ammunition

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Lawmakers within the US are combating to maintain blueprints for 3D-printed weapons off the web – however how apprehensive ought to we be about untraceable plastic firearms?

In 2013, regulation pupil Cody Wilson unveiled the Liberator, a plastic handgun produced on a 3D printer that would fireplace typical ammunition. He posted the information on-line in order that anyone may obtain them and, in idea, print their very own pistol.

Soon afterwards, he added a second design that may permit folks to mill a rifle half known as a decrease receiver from a block of …