City Council moved forward last week with a bill that would ban people from using 3D printers to make guns.
If the bill is passed, Philadelphia would be the first city to ban 3D-printed guns, a Philadelphia Police Department legal advisor said, according to the Daily News.
“The possibility of people using 3D printers to produce weapons raised eyebrows after the Texas group Defense Distributed posted a video in May of a Star Wars-like plastic gun being used,” the Daily News wrote. Watch the video below.
http://youtu.be/drPz6n6UXQY
The bill, sponsored by Councilman Kenyatta Johnson, passed out of Council’s Public Safety Committee and will next be voted on by all of City Council.
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