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The company is best known for developing and releasing the files for the Liberator, the world's first completely 3D printed gun. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] On May 5, 2013, Defense Distributed made these printable STL files public, [ 7 ] and within days the United States Department of State demanded they be removed from the Internet, citing a violation of the ...
When Makerbot Industries removed firearms-related 3D Printable files at the public repository Thingiverse in December 2012, open-source software entrepreneurs Cody Wilson and Ashley Tyson launched DEFCAD as a companion site to publicly host the removed files.
The plans for the gun remain hosted across the Internet and are available at file sharing websites like The Pirate Bay [5] and GitHub. [6] On July 19, 2018, the United States Department of Justice reached a settlement with Defense Distributed, allowing the sale of plans for 3D-printed firearms online, beginning August 1, 2018. [7]
The announcement of the settlement, which involved a temporary modification of the ITAR, came as a surprise to many in the gun control movement and was immediately challenged by over 20 state attorneys general in various federal venues. [10] Cases prompted as a reaction to Defense Distributed I include: State of Washington v. U.S. Dept. of State
The "ghost gun" and silencer found in the suspected United Healthcare CEO killer’s backpack at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s were made using a 3D printer plus readily available metal parts ...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Joint Regional Intelligence Center released a memo stating "Significant advances in three-dimensional (3D) printing capabilities, availability of free digital 3D printer files for firearms components, and difficulty regulating file sharing may present public safety risks from unqualified gun ...
Deterrence Dispensed is best known for developing and releasing the FGC-9, a 3D-printed carbine requiring no regulated parts. [11] At the peak of its popularity, the group also distributed blueprints for AR-15s, an AKM receiver called the "Plastikov", handgun frames, and a magazine for Glock pistols named after New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez, who once pushed for crackdowns on the online ...
The gun is made up of 34 3D-printed components. [17] Notable as the first fully metal 3D-printed firearm. Zig Zag revolver [5] [18] 2014, May [18] Primarily printed firearm: Revolver [5] FDM [5] Yoshitomo Imura [18].38 Caliber Named after the German Mauser Zig-Zag revolver. Holds six cartridges and can fire .38 caliber bullets. [15] Imura ...