世上第一把3D打印手枪美国得州试射

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BBC Chinese, May 6, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... inted_firearm.shtml

, which is translated from

Rebecca Morelle, Working Gun Made With 3D Printer. BBC, May 6, 2013,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22421185

Quote:

(a) "The gun was made on a 3D printer that cost $8,000 (£5,140) from the online auction site eBay.

"It was assembled from separate printed components made from ABS plastic - only the firing pin was made from metal.

(b) "To make the gun, Mr [Cody] Wilson[, a 25-year-old law student at the University of Texas,] received a manufacturing and seller's licence from the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) [a license need to sell that gun].

"Donna Sellers, from the ATF, told BBC News that the 3D-printed gun, as long as it was not a National Firearms Act weapon (an automatic gun, for example), was legal in the US.

"She said: '[In the US] a person can manufacture a firearm for their own use. However, if they engage in the business of manufacture to sell a gun, they need a licence."

Note:
(a) Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrylonitrile_butadiene_styrene
(b) No news report on this story mentions how accurate the gun is.