The World?s First Entirely 3D-Printed Gun Fires Its First Shot

Just days after revealing that he was working on a 100-per-cent 3D-printed weapon, Cody Wilson appears to have successfully test-fired the Liberator pistol, a gun made entirely out of plastic. Great.

The Liberator is a fairly wonky-looking pistol, constructed entirely out of plastic ? the only metal working component is the firing pin, which is a repurposed nail. It appears to fire .22 rimfire rounds, which are very small but still quite lethal when fired into a squishy human being.

Although the Liberator hasn?t exactly been stress-tested yet ? Wilson only fired one round between the cut-shots of WWII era bombers ? it does appear to work, which essentially means that yes, 3D-printed guns, are now a reality. But hey, according to Mr Wilson: ?Yeah, they might be used [to kill people], but that?s not a reason not to make them?. And if one law student says so, there?s no reason to be worried, right? [Defence Distributed via BBC]

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