The US government has banned 3-D printed plastic guns which has been seen by the law executors as a potentially dangerous weapon allowing anyone with access to a 3-D printer to manufacture guns at home.
The move comes after over 100,000 blueprint copies of the plans for the working handgun, Liberator have been posted online, the Fox News reports.
U.S. Department of Defense Trade Controls has called for removal of the downloadable files from public access until further notice.
The functional plastic guns that have been recognized as a breakthrough by some Second Amendment advocates, have been reportedly manufactured by the founder of D efense Distributed , Cody Wilson who said that the Liberator project was intended to highlight how technology can decrease the significance of laws and governments to nothing but irrelevant.
The making of Liberator involves 16 parts made from a tough, heat-resistant plastic used in products such as musical instruments, kitchen appliances and vehicle bumper bars and fifteen made with a 3D printer. The weapon has been designed with features like an interchangeable barrel so that it can handle different caliber rounds.
While the Liberator blueprints have sparked outrage in the country, Wilson believes that though the gun breeds harm but liberty is certainly in a better interest.
U.S. Representative Steve Israel noted that the gun would ensure no regulatory hurdles as security checkpoints, background checks, and gun regulations will not prove helpful if criminals can print plastic firearms at home and carry them through metal detectors as well. (ANI)