(CBS SF) -- With a 3D printer and enough thermoplastic, you can mass produce plastic assault rifles from the convenience of your own home without going through a rigorous background check. Advanced 3D ...

A group of gunsmiths just 3D printed a bigger, better caliber rifle. PrintedFirearm.com, a website devoted to 3D printing of guns, announced that one of its members successfully developed a lower ...

Three months ago, the gunsmiths behind the group known as Defense Distributed announced their intention to create a working, lethal gun anyone can download and 3D-print at home. Now their experiments ...

An American gunsmith has become the first person to construct and shoot a pistol partly made out of plastic, 3D-printed parts. The creator, user HaveBlue from the AR-15 forum, has reportedly fired 200 ...

In its continuing mission to build a "Wiki Weapon," Defense Distributed has 3D printed the lower receiver of an AR-15 assault rifle and tested it to failure -- on video (embedded below). The printed ...

Much has been made over the recent court settlement that allowed the Texas- based company Defense Distributed (DD) to legally upload gun “blueprints” on its website. Eight states have now sued DD, and ...

Ar15.com user [HaveBlue] has been working for some time on a 3D printed lower receiver, and now reports that the parts are fully working. Using a Stratasys 3D printer from the 90’s [HaveBlue] managed ...

As the technology improves, 3D printers are being used more and more to create a wide variety of objects, some incredibly useful (like skeletal implants) and some just for fun (like custom robot ...

Cody Wilson, like many Texan gunsmiths, is fast-talkin’ and fast-shootin’—but unlike his predecessors in the Lone Star State, he’s got 3D printing technology to help him with his craft. Wilson’s ...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tAW72Y_XPF4] Defense Distributed, a group run primarily by gunsmith Cody Wilson, has released a video ...