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A proposed New York State bill would require a background check to buy a 3D printer, in an effort to crackdown on 3D printed ghost guns.

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Want a 3D printer? Get a background check.

New York Bill Would Require a Background Check for 3D Printers, Like a Gun

An upstate New York sheriff is irked that people around the US are 3D printing firearms to turn into gun buyback programs for cold, hard cash. 

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"You can’t guarantee that those guns will never be used to harm someone."

Assistant Sheriff Expresses Concern About People 3D Printing Guns for Firearm Buyback Programs

One man claims he was able to exploit a gun buyback program by 3D printing more than 100 guns and selling them to his state's attorney general's office.

Gunne Sax

Well, that's a novel use for a 3D printer. 

Man 3D Prints 110 Guns, Sells Them to Buyback Program for $21,000

A group that dispenses instructions on how to 3D print functional guns at home is about to release an upgraded assault rifle.

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The total cost — including the 3D printer — is about $350.

You Can Now 3D Print an Entire Semi-Automatic Rifle at Home

A federal judge has ruled that the Trump Administration's 2018 decision to let Defense Distributed share blueprints for 3D-printed guns was illegal.

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He ruled that the Trump Administration can't simply reverse an earlier decision.

Federal Judge: It's Illegal to Post 3D-Printed Gun Designs Online

People interested in 3D-printed guns are sharing the files needed to build the firearms anonymously online, according to a troubling Wired story.

World Wide Weapons

"If they [the government] were to come after me, they’d first have to find my identity."

Anonymous Group of 3D-Printed Gun Makers Is Spreading Online

43-year-old Eric McGinnis from Texas was sentenced to eight years in prison for the possession of a partially 3D printed AR-15 rifle, BBC reports.

3D Printed Guns

"I didn't buy a gun, I built the gun."

A Court Just Sent a Man to Prison For 3D Printing a Gun

On Monday, a U.S. district judge in Seattle extended the ban on publishing the plans for 3D printed guns online, citing potential "irreparable harm."

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