Poilce reported nearly 38,000 suspected ghost guns in a recent five-year period as technology makes weapons harder to track.

However, laws and penalties vary, with some nations criminalizing even the possession of digital files or blueprints related to 3D-printing guns. The U.S. Constitution poses some unique challenges ...

That means even pressing download on a file that would enable you to use a 3D printer to build a firearm, such as a gun receiver, is illegal. 1:05 3D printed guns seized in major RCMP operation ...

The Glock-style pistol found with Luigi Mangione that was allegedly used to gun down health care CEO Brian Thompson began as ...

More than a decade after the advent of the 3D-printed gun as an icon of libertarianism ... Plus: The US indicts North Koreans in fake IT worker scheme, file-sharing firm Cleo warns customers ...

or they can be produced by a 3D printing process with files available online. They can be pistols, rifles, shotguns, and even machine guns. Although not all PMFs are illegal, they've come to be ...

Advancements in 3D-printing technology have yielded ... illegal to purchase parts to make an unserialized gun. The legality of sharing the files required to print guns and gun components is ...

PMFs can be created with kits bought online that are unfinished and must be put together ("buy-build-shoot" kits) or they can be produced by a 3D printing process with files available online. They can ...

The finding may prompt lawmakers to restrict 3D-printed firearms, also known as ghost guns, which first emerged about a decade ago. The files to 3D-print a Chairmanwon frame have been openly ...