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'Nightmare' for Gun-Control Advocates: 3D Printers

Websites offer downloadable blueprints, high-tech gadgets print in plastic

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 19, 2013 11:22 AM CST

(Newser) – Gun-control advocates are facing a very modern problem: Anyone with a computer and a 3D printer—which use plastic instead of ink—could theoretically become a gun maker. Websites offer blueprints that users can download; within hours, they'll have brand-new rifle parts or ammunition...   Read full story »

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