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3D printable gun files on sale for as low as $12 on the dark-web
3D-printed weapons have been a major industry controversy since 2013. On May 6, 2013, Cody Wilson, the Senior Representative of the group Defense Distributed, unveiled and distributed the first weapon created with 3D printing, the “Liberator”. In only two days time&he
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3D-printed weapons have been a major industry controversy since 2013. On May 6, 2013, Cody Wilson, the Senior Representative of the group Defense Distributed, unveiled and distributed the first weapon created with 3D printing, the “Liberator”. In only two days time the files had managed to be spread and downloaded around different networks more than 100,000 times before the U.S. Department of State ordered Defense Distributed to stop spreading the downloads. Although they stopped, this hasn’t stopped the file from continuing to be passed around on other networks. Alarming, no?
It is because of this potential danger, such as seen with the Liberator”, that led to Rand Europe and the University of Manchester to conduct a joint study on this subject. Their goal? to highlight the potential dangers that 3D printing could have as people are now obtaining designs for their own 3D printed guns in the dark-web for as little as $12.
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