ExtremeTech

The world's first 3D printed metal gun is a beautiful .45 caliber M1911 pistol

The world's first 3D printed gun has come and gone. It fired a shot, but was made of plastic and broke down very quickly. Further revisions of the gun had it last a little longer but the weapons weren ...

Manhattan DA Bragg: We must confront deadly threat of 3D printed guns

The 'iron pipeline' of illegal guns has become the 'kitchen table pipeline' of 3D printed plastic weapons, writes Manhattan ...
The New York Times

When a Glock Isn’t a Glock: The History of the Pistol Found With Luigi Mangione

Part of the gun that the police believe was used to kill the C.E.O. of UnitedHealthcare was made by a 3D printer using a popular design found online. By Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Aric Toler At first ...
Futurism

Cops Say CEO Shooter’s Pistol and Silencer Were Both 3D-Printed

Police now sound confident that the handgun and suppressor found in possession of Luigi Mangione, the suspect charged with the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, were fabricated ...
Forbes

Inside The 3D Printed Gun Movement—And The Government’s Attempts To Spy On It

The world’s biggest social media sites are home to thousands of 2nd Amendment devotees who believe anyone should be able to use a 3D printer to build their own gun. Meta, Discord and the DOJ are ...
Wired

The ‘Ghost Gun’ Linked to Luigi Mangione Shows Just How Far 3D-Printed Weapons Have Come

More than a decade after the advent of the 3D-printed gun as an icon of libertarianism and a gun control nightmare, police say one of those homemade plastic weapons has now been found in the hands of ...
The New York Times

What to Know About the FGC-9 and Other 3D-Printed Guns

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 learned ...
Futurism

Police Say Suspect May Have 3D Printed Pistol Used to Assassinate Insurance CEO

Luigi Mangione, the suspect arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was reportedly carrying a black — and possibly 3D-printed — handgun along with a ...
Benzinga.com

Prison Guard Says Luigi Mangione Talked About 3D-Printed Pistol Before Arrest 'Without Prompting'

According to a Reuters report on Monday, the guard said in a New York courtroom that Mangione volunteered the detail "without prompting," telling him he had a 3D-printed pistol along with foreign ...
Governing

The Escalating Threat of 3D-Printed ‘Ghost Guns’

A special agent with the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office demonstrates how to assemble a ghost gun. Built in about an hour, the weapon was fully functional. (NBC News) Police investigating the ...
CBS News

Radical gun rights movement "3D2A" and 3D printers spark rapid rise in ghost guns, NYPD says

Anna Schecter is the senior coordinating producer for CBS News and Stations' Crime and Public Safety Unit, based in New York. A growing online gun rights movement known as "3D2A," and the ...