Ars Technica has covered these issues for years, since both "ghost guns" and machine gun converters can be produced using 3D-printed parts, the schematics for which are now widely available online.

This makes 3D-printed guns and parts difficult to trace when found at a crime scene. Ghost gun use is on the rise both in the commonwealth and around the country. The federal bureau of Alcohol ...

4, 2024, have announced that the suspected assailant had used a 3D-printed gun. Several high-profile crimes in recent years have involved this kind of homemade, or partially homemade, weapon.

Last month, an Otago man became the first person in New Zealand to be jailed after using a 3D printer to make multiple ... or those types of weapons." The gun seized in Oamaru was one of the ...

A homicide investigator typically uses ballistics and serial numbers of weapons checked via a vast network of gun shop records, manufacturer IDs and crime databases. But those sleuthing tactics are ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Drugs, thousands of dollars in cash and a 3D-printed gun believed to be capable of firing ammunition were among the items seized by Aurora police during a recent investigation.