The humble 3D printer is an excellent prototyping tool, but their ability to make possibly untraceable firearms has raised safety concerns for many.

Technology helps police solve crimes every day. But some innovations can also present new public safety concerns — and such is the case with guns built using 3-D printers. Agents at the Bureau of ...

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – In the basement research lab of the agency that regulates America's firearms, two dozen 3D printers hummed, stringing thermoplastic filament into computer-designed patterns that ...

New York would go after a growing trade in illegal home-made firearms with new steps Gov. Kathy Hochul is proposing to prevent the use of 3D printers to make plastic guns and gun parts. Hochul plans ...

It’s not often that I find myself in agreement with Dana Loesch, spokesperson for the National Rifle Association. But on one crucial aspect of 3D-printed guns, she’s right: Pandora’s box has been ...

Often called “ghost guns” because they can be hard to trace, these firearms can be either partially or completely made with components that have been produced in metal or plastic on commercially ...

A new study investigates whether science can trace 3D printed “ghost guns” through chemical analysis of the filament used for ...

A Channel 4 Digital documentary has directly influenced UK legislation on 3D-printed firearms, prompting a crucial change in the law to close a dangerous loophole. Plastic, Printed and Deadly, ...

More than a decade after the advent of the 3D-printed gun as an icon of libertarianism and a gun control nightmare, police say one of those homemade plastic weapons has now been found in the hands of ...