3-D Printing Company Confiscates Wiki Weapon Project's Printer
Clay Dillow
at 12:47 AM 03 Oct 2012
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<strong>Gun With Printed Lower Receiver</strong>
Gun With Printed Lower Receiver
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The Wiki Weapon Project - the attempt by University of Texas law school student Cody Wilson to develop a 3-D printable handgun and distribute its digital design file across the Web - is under fire. Stratasys, the maker of the 3-D printer the project's backers hoped to use to prototype its designs, has reclaimed the printer they originally sent to Wilson, citing Wilson's lack of a federal firearms manufacturing license and the company's right to rescind any lease if it believes its printers will be used for unlawful activity. This whole controversy exists in a huge legal gray area, but for now it looks like the Wiki Weapon is stalled.

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