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In 2012, the U.S.-based group Defense Distributed disclosed plans to design a working plastic gun that could be downloaded and reproduced by anybody with a 3D printer. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] The Liberator is a physible , 3D-printable single shot handgun , the first such printable firearm design made widely available online.
The company is best known for developing and releasing the files for the Liberator, the world's first completely 3D printed gun. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] On May 5, 2013, Defense Distributed made these printable STL files public, [ 7 ] and within days the United States Department of State demanded they be removed from the Internet, citing a violation of the ...
A homemade firearm, also called a ghost gun or privately made firearm, is a firearm made by a private individual, in contrast to one produced by a corporate or government entity. [1] The term ghost gun is used mostly in the United States by gun control advocates, but it is being adopted by gun rights advocates and the firearm industry.
European officials have noted that producing a 3D-printed gun would be illegal under their gun control laws, [26] and that criminals have access to other sources of weapons, but noted that as the technology improved the risks of an effect would increase. [27] [28] Downloads of the plans from the UK, Germany, Spain, and Brazil were heavy. [29] [30]
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Philip Andrew Luty (19 October 1964 – 8 April 2011) was an English activist opposing gun control, who was notable for the production of homemade firearms and manuals providing instruction at the same time. He was charged with illegal arms construction in the late 1990s and sentenced to four years in prison, with other investigations ongoing ...
A homemade lupara. Lupara (Italian pronunciation:) is an Italian word used to refer to a sawed-off shotgun of the break-action type. It is traditionally associated with the Sicilian Mafia for their use of it in vendettas, defense—such as its use against Benito Mussolini's army when he decided to break up the Sicilian mafioso network—and hunting.
Paltik is a Filipino term for a homemade gun. [1] It is usually manufactured using scrap metal and angle iron. [2] These homemade weapons are usually manufactured in Danao, Cebu, [3] where the production of replicas of known firearms is a cottage industry. [4]