Blueprints for 3D-plastic gun downloaded 100,000 times in 2 days

... before the State Department orders the site to take down the weapon designs

• Defense Distributed posted video on Sunday of founder shooting all-plastic gun made on an $8,000 3-D printer
  
• Pistol uses only one metal piece - a small nail for the firing pin
• Blueprints for the weapons were downloaded 100,000 times in two days
• Most downloaded in Spain, then the U.S., Brazil, Germany, and the U.K.
  
• The State Department has demanded the site take down the blueprints
  

By Daily Mail Reporter

Blueprints for the first-ever plastic gun produced on a 3-D printer, that can pass through metal detectors, have been downloaded over 100,000 times since it was posted to the web on Monday.

Designs for the 'Liberator' pistol were posted online by Defense Distributed but on Thursday the U.S. State Department ordered the website to take down the blueprints, on the basis that the plans could violate export regulations.

The blueprints, that could be produced on 3-D printers costing as little as $1,000, were seen as a breakthrough because no one has previously designed such a weapon that could withstand the pressure of firing modern ammunition.

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