The gun control debate may soon involve discussion of plastic printers. On Sunday, a Texas company released a video of its founder firing “the Liberator,” a handgun made entirely from plastic parts ...

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Technology helps police solve crimes every day. But some innovations can also present new public safety concerns — and such is the case with guns built using 3-D printers. Agents at the Bureau of ...

New York would go after a growing trade in illegal home-made firearms with new steps Gov. Kathy Hochul is proposing to prevent the use of 3D printers to make plastic guns and gun parts. Hochul plans ...

Blueprints for the first-ever plastic gun produced on a 3-D printer, that can pass through metal detectors, have been downloaded over 100,000 times since it was posted to the web on Monday. Designs ...

Using a 3-D printer, a Texas man fabricated a working handgun from 15 plastic parts. Similar technological advances have renewed debate on the expiring ban against plastic firearms. Image courtesy of ...