Nick Cipollina

We are at the beginning of this crisis of 3D printed firearms.

But we do have, I think, a good sense of how we can address it.

Everytown identified 20 cities with five years of data on 3D printed guns, which can be made at home and are generally untraceable.

In 2020, those cities recovered around 30 3D printed guns at crime scenes.

In 2024, that number climbed to more than 300.

Nick Cipollina is senior vice president for law and policy at Everytown.

Cipollina says companies that make 3D printers could develop algorithms to block the printing of firearms, for instance.

Or states could make it illegal to publish blueprints for 3D printing a gun.

Meg Anderson, NPR News.