Plastic gun made by 3D printer, A Texas anarchist group has successfully produced the first-ever gun produced on a 3-D printer and made entirely of plastic parts.
An era of unlicensed plastic guns, made on 3-D printers costing as little as $1,000, has long been forecast, but no one has previously designed a weapon that could withstand the pressure of firing modern ammunition.
On Sunday, the group Defense Distributed posted a video of founder Cody Wilson firing the 'Liberator' plastic pistol.
Mr Wilson says he plans to make the schematics for the weapon available for free online this week - meaning everyone with a high-end 3-D printer can create their own version of the gun.
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On the same day, New York Senator Chuck Schumer announced that he plans to introduce legislation that will ban the weapons because they can pass through metal detectors at airports and court houses without being picked up.
'We’re facing a situation where anyone -- a felon, a terrorist -- can open a gun factory in their garage and the weapons they make will be undetectable. It’s stomach-churning,' he said.
Sixteen of the 17 parts in the Liberator pistol are made from tempered plastic molded inside the Stratasys Dimension SST 3D printer. The final piece of the weapons - the firing pin - is a common nail.
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