For more than a decade, judges, regulators, and gun rights activists have battled over whether 3D-printed firearms are code, ...

Cody Wilson, founder of Defense Distributed, has announced that while his site will comply with federal orders to halt internationally publishing CAD files of firearms on his website, such compliance ...

For those who worry that even 24 hours without the ability to download 3D-printed gun blueprints is too much, fret no more: The Pirate Bay is on the case. On Thursday, the U.S. State Department ...

DEFCAD, the world’s best-known online repository for 3D-printed gun files, went dark on Tuesday evening in the wake of a decision by a federal judge in Seattle, who granted a temporary restraining ...

Can you create 3D printed designs and distribute them freely and without restriction? Maybe, and it’s likely to become easier in the future. A settlement has been reached in the saga of the US ...

In a magnanimous move, Microsoft is offering free 3D-print STL files for anyone who wants to customize their Xbox controllers ...

For Ars readers, this may feel a bit like déjà vu. We’ve covered Wilson and his company at Ars for more than five years now; we’ve met him in Texas and California. But it’s easy to get lost in all of ...

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A decade ago, building a working firearm at home required machining skills, welding experience and specialized tools.