“My opinion on what can be shared on platforms like 3DShare is not relevant in this discussion. “We do not plan to remove the files until we are told there is a legal problem,” Joseph tells. We caught up with 3DShare founder and CEO Mark Joseph, to ask him if he plans on removing the design files from the site. With 3DShare marketing themselves as the “reddit for 3D printing” and as a 3D printing repository where “anything goes,” this latest upload of these design files will certainly test that claim. In a listing that refers to the gun simply as “Gun 8 mm printable,” it appears as though all of the 3D printable parts for the famed Liberator gun are there for the taking. After about 90 minutes of being up and readily available for anyone to download free of charge, it was removed by MakerBot, as a violation of their Terms of Service.Įarlier this week, however, the same designs have been made available by a user named “ooscar8” on 3D printing repository 3DShare.
It was just last month that we reported on the fact that the Liberator gun, designed by Cody Wilson, had made an appearance on 3D printing repository Thingiverse. While legislators and gun control lobbyists try their best to make a spectacle over the dangers of 3D printed guns, the reality is that if someone wants a gun to commit a crime, there are much easier ways of either fabricating or purchasing a firearm. These weapons have proven to be dangerous to the shooter as well as anyone in the vicinity when it is fired. Guns can be fabricated with or without a 3D printer, and the guns that have been made on desktop 3D printers have been far from reliable. While the idea of 3D printing a gun can seem like quite a scary scenario, sometimes we just need to step back, relax, and take a look at the entire situation. The never-ending talk of 3D printing guns continues to run rampant among owners of 3D printers, as well as legislators and gun control activists all around the world.
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