
A 3D-printed firearm is a
firearm
A firearm is any type of gun that uses an explosive charge and is designed to be readily carried and operated by an individual. The term is legally defined further in different countries (see legal definitions).
The first firearms originate ...
that is partially or primarily produced with a
3D printer
3D printing, or additive manufacturing, is the construction of a three-dimensional object from a CAD model or a digital 3D model. It can be done in a variety of processes in which material is deposited, joined or solidified under computer ...
. While plastic printed firearms are associated with
improvised firearm
Improvised firearms (sometimes called zip guns, pipe guns, or slam guns) are firearms manufactured by an entity other than a registered firearms manufacturer or a gunsmith. Improvised firearms are typically constructed by adapting existing mater ...
s, or the politics of
gun control
Gun control, or firearms regulation, is the set of laws or policies that regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms and ammunition by civilians.
Most countries allow civilians to own firearms, bu ...
, digitally-produced metal firearms are more associated with commercial manufacturing or experiments in traditional firearms design.
[New Zealand leads the way in Titanium Additive Manufacturing]
Metal Additive Manufacturing, May 12, 2014.
Although it is possible to create fully-printed plastic firearms and silencers, these tend to have short working lives. 3D-printed gun culture is built around the printing of
open-source
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firearm frames and
receivers, the use of standard, metal commercial components (like an
action
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and
barrel
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), and other parts that can be made or purchased in a
parts kit.
[
While 3D-printed parts are made in the development and production of conventional firearms, they are more commonly associated with ]homemade firearm
A homemade firearm, also called a ghost gun or privately made firearm (PMF), is a firearm made by a private individual, in contrast to one produced by a corporate or government entity. The term ''ghost gun'' is used mostly in the United Stat ...
s in American gun politics. 3D-printed parts complicate the debates regarding high-capacity magazine
A high-capacity magazine (or large-capacity magazine) is a magazine capable of holding a higher than normal number of ammunition rounds for a particular firearm (i.e. more than in a standard magazine for that firearm).
A magazine may also be def ...
and assault weapon
In the United States, ''assault weapon'' is a controversial term applied to different kinds of firearms. There is no clear, consistent definition. It can include semi-automatic firearms with a detachable magazine, a pistol grip, and sometime ...
bans, as well as federal regulations like the ATF
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE), commonly referred to as ATF, is a domestic law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice. Its responsibilities include the investigation and prevention ...
's pistol brace
A gunstock or often simply stock, the back portion of which is also known as a shoulder stock, a buttstock, or simply a butt, is a part of a long gun that provides structural support, to which the barrel, action, and firing mechanism are attache ...
rule.
History
In May 2013, the American company Defense Distributed
Defense Distributed is an online, open-source hardware and software organization that develops digital schematics of firearms in CAD files, or "wiki weapons", that may be downloaded from the Internet and used in 3D printing or CNC, CNC milling a ...
published plans for the first complete firearm
A firearm is any type of gun that uses an explosive charge and is designed to be readily carried and operated by an individual. The term is legally defined further in different countries (see legal definitions).
The first firearms originate ...
that could be downloaded and reproduced by anyone with a desktop 3D printer
3D printing, or additive manufacturing, is the construction of a three-dimensional object from a CAD model or a digital 3D model. It can be done in a variety of processes in which material is deposited, joined or solidified under computer ...
. Defense Distributed also designed the first generation of 3D-printed AR-15–type rifle receivers and magazines. With these early online publications, the United States Department of State
The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an United States federal executive departments, executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy of the United State ...
demanded removal of the files from the company's website DEFCAD
DEFCAD, Inc. is an American startup that has created a search engine and web portal for designers and hobbyists to find and develop 3D printing, 3D printable and other Computer-aided design, CAD models online.
History
Founding
When Makerbot, M ...
, deeming the activity a violation of the Arms Export Control Act
The Arms Export Control Act of 1976 (Title II of , codified at ) gives the President of the United States the authority to control the import and export of defense articles and defense services. The H.R. 13680 legislation was passed by the 94th ...
. In 2015, Defense Distributed sued the State Department on free speech grounds, and in 2018, the Department of Justice settled, acknowledging the American right to publish instructions for the production of 3D-printed firearms online.
Legal action against Defense Distributed inspired the creation of additional decentralized
Decentralization or decentralisation is the process by which the activities of an organization, particularly those related to planning and decision-making, are distributed or delegated away from a central, authoritative location or group and gi ...
3D-printed firearm communities, including FOSSCAD and Deterrence Dispensed
Deterrence Dispensed (DetDisp) is a decentralized, online collective that promotes and distributes designs for open-source 3D-printed firearms, gun parts, and handloaded cartridges. The group describes itself as aligned with the freedom of speech ...
, in 2019. Members of these communities are generally anonymous
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, and are often based in non-U.S. jurisdictions.
In October 2020, Jacob Duygu, a Kurdish German gun designer known by the pseudonym "JStark1809" released the FGC-9
The FGC-9 is a physible, 3D-printable semiautomatic pistol caliber carbine, first released in early 2020. Based on the Shuty AP-9 by Derwood, the FGC-9 was designed and first manufactured by the German-Kurdish gun designer Jacob Duygu, und ...
, which became the world's most popular printed gun. A second model was later made in April 2021, and both could be made in a matter of weeks with less than $500 in tools and materials.
In December 2024, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was allegedly killed with a printed pistol and printed silencer. The gun appears to be a "Chairmanwon V1", a minor tweak of the 2021 Glock design "FMDA 19.2" published by Deterrence Dispensed
Deterrence Dispensed (DetDisp) is a decentralized, online collective that promotes and distributes designs for open-source 3D-printed firearms, gun parts, and handloaded cartridges. The group describes itself as aligned with the freedom of speech ...
and The Gatalog.
File:Liberator.3d.gun.vv.01.jpg, The Defense Distributed's 3D-printed single shot "Liberator"
File:ATF_test_of_3-D_printed_firearm_using_ABS_material_(Side_View).webm, Firing a 3D-printed "Liberator" pistol
File:JStark1809s_FGC-9_MkI_Protoype_Right_Side.jpg, A 3D-printed FGC-9
The FGC-9 is a physible, 3D-printable semiautomatic pistol caliber carbine, first released in early 2020. Based on the Shuty AP-9 by Derwood, the FGC-9 was designed and first manufactured by the German-Kurdish gun designer Jacob Duygu, und ...
pistol caliber carbine. The rifle was developed in 2020.
File:FGC-9 Firing Footage.webm, JStark1809 Firing his 3D-printed FGC-9 pistol caliber carbine.
File:FGC-9 MkII Slow motion firing footage.webm, FGC-9 MkII Slow motion firing footage filmed by Ivan the troll
File:Rogue-9 FTN3 Long CUT.jpg, Cross section of the ROGUE-9 FTN3 Long version pistol caliber carbine. The rifle was released in 2025.
Effect on gun control
After Defense Distributed released its first generation of files, world media questioned the effects that 3D printing and widespread, consumer-level CNC machining would have on international gun control
Gun control, or firearms regulation, is the set of laws or policies that regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms and ammunition by civilians.
Most countries allow civilians to own firearms, bu ...
laws.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the interior, home, or public security ministries in other countries. Its missions involv ...
and the Joint Regional Intelligence Center released a memo stating "Significant advances in three-dimensional (3D) printing capabilities, availability of free digital 3D printer files for firearms components, and difficulty regulating file sharing may present public safety risks from unqualified gun seekers who obtain or manufacture 3D-printed guns," and that "proposed legislation to ban 3D printing of weapons may deter, but cannot completely prevent their production. Even if the practice is prohibited by new legislation, online distribution of these digital files will be as difficult to control as any other illegally traded music, movie or software files."
Internationally, where gun controls are generally tighter than in the United States, some commentators have said the impact may be more strongly felt, as alternative firearms are not as easily obtainable. European officials have noted that producing a 3D-printed gun would be illegal under their gun control laws, and that criminals have access to other sources of weapons, but noted that as the technology improved the risks of an effect would increase. Downloads of the plans from the UK, Germany, Spain, and Brazil were heavy.
Attempting to restrict the distribution over the Internet of gun plans has been likened to the futility of preventing the widespread distribution of DeCSS
DeCSS is one of the first free computer programs capable of decrypting content on a commercially produced DVD video disc. Before the release of DeCSS, free and open source operating systems (such as BSD and Linux) could not play encrypted video ...
which enabled DVD
The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any ki ...
ripping
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. After the U.S. government had Defense Distributed take down the plans, they were still widely available via The Pirate Bay
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and other file sharing sites. Some US legislators have proposed regulations on 3D printers to prevent their use for printing guns. 3D printing advocates have suggested that such regulations would be futile, could cripple the 3D printing industry, and could infringe on free speech rights.
3D printing pioneer Professor Hod Lipson
Hod Lipson (born 1967) is an Israeli - American robotics engineer. He is the director of Columbia University's Creative Machines Lab. Lipson's work focuses on evolutionary robotics, design automation, rapid prototyping, artificial life, and creat ...
suggested that gunpowder could be controlled instead.
Chelsea Parsons at the Center for American Progress
The Center for American Progress (CAP) is a public policy think tank, research and advocacy organization which presents a Modern liberalism in the United States, liberal viewpoint on Economic policy, economic and social issues. CAP is headquarter ...
advocated technical countermeasures designed to prevent owners from printing guns. The EURion constellation
The EURion constellation (also known as Omron rings or doughnuts) is a pattern of symbols incorporated into a number of secure documents such as banknotes, cheques, and ownership title certificate designs worldwide since about 1996. It is added ...
is used in a similar way to prevent color photocopiers from producing counterfeit currency
Counterfeit money is currency produced outside of the legal sanction of a state or government, usually in a deliberate attempt to imitate that currency and so as to deceive its recipient. Producing or using counterfeit money is a form of fraud ...
, and the Counterfeit Deterrence System is used in image editing software.
In 2022, 3D-printing led to the proliferation of the Glock switch
A Glock switch (sometimes called a button or a giggle switch) is a small device that can be attached to the rear of the slide of a Glock handgun, changing the semi-automatic pistol into a selective fire machine pistol capable of fully automatic fi ...
, which converts a Glock pistol into a select-fire machine pistol. The ATF commented in February 2023 that converted Glocks were found "on a weekly basis".
Legal status
Australia
In Australia
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, the state law of New South Wales
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criminalizes the possession of the digital plans and files to 3D print firearms under Section 51F of the Firearms Act 1996. In one case in 2015, a loaded, 3D-printed firearm was found during a police raid on a meth lab.
In another case in February 2017, Sicen Sun was arrested on charges related to 3D printable guns. During trial in December 2017, he pleaded guilty to charges including possessing a digital blueprint for the manufacture of firearms, manufacturing a pistol without a licence permit, and possessing an unauthorised pistol. In a sentence hearing on August 6, 2018, he told the court he initially wanted to replicate a gun from the videogame Halo
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and when he started searching blueprints online he downloaded plans for other guns which looked "cool". Sun had previously posted an advertisement on the internet to sell one of his imitation weapons for "$1 million negotiable" on a Facebook
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buy, swap and sell group, which set off the investigation.
Canada
The Canadian ''Criminal Code'' makes it a crime for a person to manufacture (or offer to manufacture) any firearm or ammunition knowing that the person is not authorized to do so under Canadian laws or regulations. Authorizations to manufacture can be obtained, for example, as a capability attached to a firearms business license. The Canadian government moreover has stated that "regardless of manufacturing method, a business licence is required to produce a firearm". At least two separate cases during 2020 have led to charges for 3D printing of firearms.
Germany
The Halle synagogue shooting gained particular notoriety for the use of improvised firearms by the perpetrator.[ 3D printed ]magazine
A magazine is a periodical literature, periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content (media), content forms. Magazines are generally fin ...
s and a hybrid gun with a 3D printed lower receiver
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were carried by the shooter, though left unused. The shooter was later found to have 3D printed several additional guns. This sparked questions over the legal status of such firearms, though the consensus in most parties represented in the Bundestag
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was that no additional legislation would be necessary, as the current German gun law explicitly prohibits the unlicensed manufacture of firearms regardless of method.
Italy
3D-printed firearms in Italy are subjected to the same laws as typical gunsmith
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ed firearms, only requiring a license, as long as the firearms stay within legal limits. In November 2021, it was reported that in Naples
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and other areas of Campania
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, the local has begun using 3D-printed firearms and ammunition due to ease of access and for selling on to other gangs. This was found out via the discovery of videos and images on a seized iPhone
The iPhone is a line of smartphones developed and marketed by Apple that run iOS, the company's own mobile operating system. The first-generation iPhone was announced by then–Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007, at ...
of said firearms.
Japan
In Japan
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, in May 2014, Yoshitomo Imura was the first person to be arrested for possessing printed guns. Imura had five guns, two of which were capable of being fired, but had no ammunition. Imura had previously posted blueprints and video of his Zig Zag revolvers to the Internet, which set off the investigation.
Singapore
The Singaporean government passed a law in January 2021 that made it an offence for anyone in Singapore to possess a digital blueprint of a gun or gun part without a license under the Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control Act.
United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom
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, the Firearms Act 1968
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Overview
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bans the manufacturing of guns and gun parts without government approval. Hence, 3D printed weapons are '' de facto'' banned because the law bans all manufacturing, regardless of method. However, the Home Office
The Home Office (HO), also known (especially in official papers and when referred to in Parliament) as the Home Department, is the United Kingdom's interior ministry. It is responsible for public safety and policing, border security, immigr ...
updated its Guide on Firearms Licensing Law to specifically mention the ban on 3D printed weapons.
In June 2019, Tendai Muswere, aged 26, became the first person in the United Kingdom charged with making a gun with a 3D printer. The firearm in question, which he claims was merely a prop for a dystopian film he was working on, was found during a raid following claims he was growing and selling cannabis. Originally in October 2017, he claimed he was only printing gun-like models, however in February 2018, following another raid, it was found his intentions were to make a working firearm based on his browser history and some working gun components found in his house along with homemade gunpowder.
United States
Under the Undetectable Firearms Act, any firearm that cannot be detected by a metal detector
A metal detector is an instrument that detects the nearby presence of metal. Metal detectors are useful for finding metal objects on the surface, underground, and under water. A metal detector consists of a control box, an adjustable shaft, and ...
is illegal to manufacture, so legal designs for firearms such as the Liberator require a metal plate to be inserted into the printed body. The Act was renewed for five years in 1998, and ten years in 2003 and 2013. The subject of 3D printed guns gained such attention that in 2014, Netflix included it in its documentary "Print the Legend", a film about the significance of 3D printing technology.
The company Defense Distributed
Defense Distributed is an online, open-source hardware and software organization that develops digital schematics of firearms in CAD files, or "wiki weapons", that may be downloaded from the Internet and used in 3D printing or CNC, CNC milling a ...
, founded by Cody Wilson
Cody Rutledge Wilson (born January 31, 1988) is an American Right to keep and bear arms in the United States, gun rights activist and Crypto-anarchism, crypto-anarchist. He started Defense Distributed, a nonprofit organization, non-profit organ ...
, started posting 3D-printed gun blueprints on the Internet in 2013. The Obama Administration
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decided to amend International Traffic in Arms Regulations
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Overvi ...
to include 3D-printed firearms in 2015. With these changes in place, the United States Department of State
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Directorate of Defense Trade Controls ordered Defense Distributed to remove the plans since it was not licensed to export them. Various federal courts ruled in ''Defense Distributed v. United States Department of State
''Defense Distributed v. U.S. Dept. of State'' is a set of court cases brought by Defense Distributed challenging the federal export control of 3D printed firearms, 3D gun files on the Internet.
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The case was brought in 2015, two years af ...
'' which claimed the regulations violated the First
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and Second Amendments to the United States Constitution. The State Department settled the case by giving an export license to Defense Distributed, prevailing despite lawsuits from several states to prevent it.
On August 1, 2018, the US District Court blocked the re-publication of the 3D design of firearms online due to the potential risk to the public. In January 2020, the Trump Administration Presidency of Donald Trump may refer to:
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published a rule change to remove 3D-printed gun blueprints from the munitions list and transfer administrative authority over them to the Commerce Department. A U.S. District judge blocked the rule change on procedural grounds in March 2020, but the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
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overturned that ruling in April 2021. As a result, online posting of plans for 3D-printed firearms now requires a license under the Export Administration Regulations
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issued by the Bureau of Industry and Security
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.
Laws related to the manufacture, sale, and possession of firearms generally apply to 3D-printed firearms. Some state and local laws apply more specifically to 3D-printed guns:
* California requires (under a 2018 law) homemade guns to have a small piece of stainless steel embedded, with a serial number issued by the California Justice Department, and regulations with regard to safety classes and background checks apply.[State and Local Laws Regulating 3D-Printed Guns](_blank)
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* Massachusetts bans "concealed" weapons, defined as ones that cannot be found with metal detectors or which resemble other objects. Attorney General Maura Healey
Maura Tracy Healey (born February 8, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 73rd governor of Massachusetts since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she served as Massachusetts Attorney Ge ...
states that this rule "prohibits" 3D-printed guns, which is dubious considering most contain metal.
* New Jersey restricts manufacturing of 3D-printed guns and distributions for blueprints to licensed firearm manufacturers. In 2018, New Jersey Attorney General
The attorney general of New Jersey is a member of the executive cabinet of the state and oversees the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, Department of Law and Public Safety. The office is appointed by the governor of New Jersey, confi ...
Gurbir Grewal sent a cease and desist
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letter to Defense Distributed ordering it not to distribute its plans to people in New Jersey. The company sued on First Amendment grounds; as of March 2021, the case '' Defense Distributed v. Gurbir Grewal'' had been remanded to a district court after higher courts settled jurisdictional issues.
* Philadelphia banned the manufacture and possession of 3D-printed firearms in November 2013.
Currently, it is not federally prohibited by law to manufacture firearms for personal use in the United States, as long as the firearm is not produced with the intent to be sold or transferred, and meets a few basic requirements. A license is required to manufacture firearms for sale or distribution. The law prohibits a person from assembling a non-sporting semiautomatic rifle or shotgun from 10 or more imported parts, as well as firearms that cannot be detected by metal detectors or X-ray machines. In addition, the making of an NFA firearm requires a tax payment and advance approval by ATF.
See also
* FGC-9
The FGC-9 is a physible, 3D-printable semiautomatic pistol caliber carbine, first released in early 2020. Based on the Shuty AP-9 by Derwood, the FGC-9 was designed and first manufactured by the German-Kurdish gun designer Jacob Duygu, und ...
* Urutau (3D Printable Firearm)
* List of 3D printed weapons and parts
* 3D printing
3D printing, or additive manufacturing, is the construction of a three-dimensional object from a CAD model or a digital 3D model. It can be done in a variety of processes in which material is deposited, joined or solidified under computer ...
* Gun control
Gun control, or firearms regulation, is the set of laws or policies that regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms and ammunition by civilians.
Most countries allow civilians to own firearms, bu ...
* Gun politics in the United States
There are two primary opposing ideologies regarding private firearm ownership in the United States.
Advocates of gun control support increasingly restrictive regulations on gun ownership, while proponents of Right to keep and bear arms ...
* Improvised firearm
Improvised firearms (sometimes called zip guns, pipe guns, or slam guns) are firearms manufactured by an entity other than a registered firearms manufacturer or a gunsmith. Improvised firearms are typically constructed by adapting existing mater ...
References
External links
GunCAD Index, a lightweight, open source search engine for 3D-printed weapons and parts designs and small arms technical data
''The Shittinator'', March 2025.
GunCAD Index: The Google of 3D Printed Firearms
''3D Gun Builder'', March 2025.
How 3-D Printed Guns Evolved Into Serious Weapons in Just One Year
''Wired'', May 2014.
Should We Be Afraid of the 3D Printed Gun?
''Popular Mechanics'', May 2014.
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Homemade firearms