MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – In the basement research lab of the agency that regulates America's firearms, two dozen 3D printers hummed, stringing thermoplastic filament into computer-designed patterns that ...

A growing online gun rights movement known as "3D2A," and the accessibility of 3D printers, have sparked an explosive growth of ghost guns in New York City — and could soon spread across the nation, ...

Not long ago, it was the stuff of science fiction, but now US officials and lawmakers are grappling with a new reality – citizens having the ability to print firearms at home. A gun rights group ...

While most people are told to stay at home with nothing to do, a certain 3D-printing firearms company called Defcad has just recently released a whole trove of gun-making blueprints available only to ...

It was about two years ago (on May 5, 2013 to be precise) when the world’s first 3D-printed, plastic gun was test fired. It wasn’t quite a shot heard ‘round the world, but it was a shot that echoed ...

Ever since 3D printing went mainstream, there have been concerns about what the widespread availability of 3D-printed gun blueprints might mean. While guns are legal to own in the U.S., the fear of ...

One firearms expert suggested that even the best 3D-printed guns might only fire “five shots [before] blowing up in your hand.” A weapon with a design or printing defect might blow up or come apart in ...

When is a hot glue stick not a hot glue stick? When it’s PLA, of course! A glue gun that dispenses molten PLA instead of hot glue turned out to be a handy tool for joining 3D-printed objects together, ...

A quick online search for “3D guns and Ruger” shows a 2016 YouTube video with an unnamed master gun technician demonstrating his 3D-printed Sturm Ruger 10/22 model rifle. It’s a tad scary for anyone ...

During a visit to New Zealand in July, Patel gave the plastic 3D-printed replica revolvers to five officials, who had to ...

Marrian Zhou is a Beijing-born Californian living in New York City. She joined CNET as a staff reporter upon graduation from Columbia Journalism School. When Marrian is not reporting, she is probably ...

FBI director’s Nerf-inspired printed guns gifted to New Zealand officials destroyed - New Zealand law tightly restricts ...