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Do plastic guns even work?

On July 30, 2018, Dr. Shwetak Patel, professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Washington, tested the files previously made available by Defense Distributed to make a downloadable gun. He confirmed all fifteen files were functional and printed all firearm parts using a 3-D printer. Videos online show that these 3D-printed guns do successfully fire.

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