As 3D-printed rifles get real, are changes to gun-control laws coming?.
Reports of a Canadian man successfully firing 14 single rounds from a rifle manufactured by a 3D printer has the weapon’s American designer wondering whether the apparent breakthrough will force the U.S. government to rethink its ban on posting his plans online.
While early models based on firearms designer Cody Wilson’s plans backfired or fired only once before breaking, the latest test appears to prove that homemade plastic guns are viable — and that the Internet may have dramatically changed how we look at regulating the trade in arms.
“I’m expecting some interesting decisions from the State Department soon regarding the legal status of the disclosures of the plans,” Wilson told FoxNews.com Thursday.
Wilson and his company Defense Distributed released plans online last May for a rifle called “the Liberator,” which appeared strikingly similar to “The Grizzly 2.0” shown in a YouTube video being fired by a Canadian man
. The State Department immediately ordered Wilson to take down his plans, citing national security.
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