Leading 3D printing companies are trying to get ahead of the issue of 3D gun blueprints. Some companies are using gun-blocking software to deter people from printing functional guns. A federal judge ...

Three ways of thinking about the problem: 1. Software is like hardware. 2. Software is like instruction manuals. 3. Alexa, read this book and make me a gun. Say that Congress passes a statute banning ...

Defense Distributed, a company whose hardware and software allow users to make guns at home, is once again locked in battle with the government over its First Amendment rights. The business's products ...

Earlier this year, Bragg wrote to 3D printing companies, asking them to ensure their services can’t be used to create firearms. On Saturday, Bragg announced that one such company, Thingiverse, would ...

People who work in the 3D printing industry in Philadelphia and around the country are taking action against 3D-printed guns. A 3D printer at work in Philadelphia's NextFab studios. (Kimberly ...

The Trump Administration changed who has control over small guns and ammunition exports earlier this year. The federal rule change will relax gun laws that have previously prevented 3D-printed gun ...

For decades, America's detectives have made breakthroughs in crime using gun traces. A homicide investigator typically uses ballistics and serial numbers of weapons checked via a vast network of gun ...

A federal judge Tuesday night ruled it is illegal to post blueprints for 3D-printable guns online, but hundreds of designs reportedly were downloaded before the judge’s decision, meaning those designs ...

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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 ...

What are 3-D printed guns, like this Liberator pistol, and why is the president of the United States suddenly tweeting about them? Credit: Robert MacPherson/AFP/Getty Images On Tuesday, President ...