The First Downloadable 3D-Printed Gun Is Both Cool And Terrifying

The Liberator is the world's first successfully printed, assembled, and fired gun.

The Liberator isn't so much an actual pistol, but more of a zip gun. Though The Liberator does fire bullets.

The Liberator isn't so much an actual pistol, but more of a zip gun. Though The Liberator does fire bullets.

Source: defcad.org

The Liberator has the size and accuracy of an improvised weapon (pictured below), but it is deadly.

The Liberator has the size and accuracy of an improvised weapon (pictured below), but it is deadly.

Source: busaccagallery.com

It fires a small .380 caliber bullet. You can download files to make one on a 3D printer if you have one.

It fires a small .380 caliber bullet. You can download files to make one on a 3D printer if you have one.

Source: defcad.org

Luckily for the world, a 3D printer can cost as much as $10,000, so this won't exactly put a gun in the hand of anyone who wants one. But it is an impressive technological feat.

Luckily for the world, a 3D printer can cost as much as $10,000, so this won't exactly put a gun in the hand of anyone who wants one. But it is an impressive technological feat.


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