CNN: 3D Printed Assault Weapons Available by End of April

The technology is there and continues to improve, so applications will also continue to expand to cover wide ranges of products, including controversial guns.

Assault weapons from 3-D Printing will be available by the end of April according to this report from CNN (hat tip lewrockwell.com)

Firearms 3D printer Cody Wilson of Defense Distributed and the Wiki Weapon project has been making wave after wave with every one of his statements, updates, videos and blog posts. He’s been making the circles, with an interview with Vice Magazine and now CNN.

His most recent proclamation is will alarm many, bring hope to a few, but leaves us with our heads scratching. Wilson has said that they will have the technology to 3D print a firearm by “the end of April.”

“Well to have a printable gun — it’s my intention to have that done by the end of this month and we’re at the end of March now so it’s my intention to have it done by April,” he said. This would, in theory, prompt a new era in personal firearm manufacturing and a new paradigm for gun control.

“The assumption is one day the technology will become more ubiquitous and widespread,” Wilson said on “The Lead with Jake Tapper.”

“It will fall in price, and materials will be developed in a better place than they are now, so yes, if you were to have one in your home and you have the gun file, you can just click print and have the gun.”

The rate of advance of 3D technology will only render prohibition and other regulatory statutes obsolete. Of course, we expect government eventually to attempt to "regulate" 3D. But again such measures are bound to lag and thus fail.

3D technology in combination with others (mobile computing, nanotech and etc...) will change the way we do things and force us to specialize. A wider adaption of the 3D technology also means the path towards social decentralization.