Tag: defense distributed

  • Defense Distributed Downloads Shut Down By DOD

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    Took only a few days for this to happen: #DEFCAD has gone dark at the request of the Department of Defense Trade Controls. Take it up with the Secretary of State. — Defense Distributed (@DefDist) May 9, 2013 Looks like the 3D printed firearm made the waves founder Cody Wilson was hoping it would make.…

  • Defense Distributed Readying First Entirely 3D Printed Gun

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    Cody Wilson head of Defense Distributed promised this would happen: All sixteen pieces of the Liberator prototype were printed in ABS plastic with a Dimension SST printer from 3D printing company Stratasys, with the exception of a single nail that’s used as a firing pin. The gun is designed to fire standard handgun rounds, using…

  • Vice Documentary On 3D Printed Firearms

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    Sweet, the full documentary is finally out: Besides the erroneous use of “ammunition clips” and “high capacity magazines”, the documentary is really awesome.  If you’ve been keeping up with my past posts on Defense Distributed and Cody Wilson a lot of it probably isn’t new to you. Interesting comments about kids likely being the first…

  • Defense Distributed Cody Wilson Talks With Alex Jones

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    40 minutes long, and definitely worth watching: *facepalm* 22 seconds in and Alex Jones starts saying “clips” twice instead of magazines. Then he says it a few more times throughout the video. K i’m officially on team Cody Wilson… 2 videos back to back is good enough for me, the kid is now likable.  We rock the…

  • VICE On 3D Printed Firearms – Trailer

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    I’m looking forward to seeing the whole thing: Cody Wilson, or “3D Printing Jesus” as I like to call him, actually is way more likable in this vid than ever before. The mystical tone and rhetorical questions I was getting used to expecting from him were absent… I think most will agree it’s a better…

  • DEFCAD Tries Seduction By Trailer To Solicit Donations

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    Posted because it’s oh so dramatic: DEFCAD seriously needs a new spokesperson… preferably one that blinks, and doesn’t think he’s 3D printing Jesus.  I really do like the cause though, I just am looking forward to 3D printers that can print strong enough and in high enough resolution, to come down in price.  As I…