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3D printing: a new threat to gun control and security policy?

  • Written by Daniel C. Tirone, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Louisiana State University
imageA computer design for home manufacturing of a receiver, the trigger and firing part, of a semi-automatic rifle.simonov/flickr, CC BY-SA

Following the recent mass shooting in Orlando, and the shootings in Minnesotaand Dallas, the sharp political divisions over gun control within the U.S. are once again on display. In June, House Democrats even staged...

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