Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
The 3D-printed gun movement has survived the downfall of its charismatic founder, a major defeat at the Supreme Court, and involvement in one of the most talked-about crimes of last year.
Meanwhile, the guns have gotten good. Really good. Today's hobbyist gun makers are creating better and better weapons that are easier and easier to make, including some with wildly creative designs.
There's anger and passionate disagreement about strategy, law, copyright, and leadership. The movement's critics are scathing: Lizzie, who met her husband Spezz through an online 3D-gun printing forum, calls movement founder Cody Wilson "a thief, a federal informant, and a pedophile." Spezz says "most of the cool stuff he does he just steals from other people." Wilson, for his part, is dismissive: "If you have evidence, present your evidence."
But in the meantime, this technology is fundamentally undermining the power of the state to control our access to firearms. And what I can't figure out is why more people aren't talking about it.
Is gun control finally dead?
Producer: Zach Weissmueller
Video editor: Hana Ko
Color correction: Cody Huff
Audio production: Ian Keyser
The 3D-printed gun movement has survived the downfall of its charismatic founder, a major defeat at the Supreme Court, and involvement in one of the most talked-about crimes of last year.
Meanwhile, the guns have gotten good. Really good. Today's hobbyist gun makers are creating better and better weapons that are easier and easier to make, including some with wildly creative designs.
There's anger and passionate disagreement about strategy, law, copyright, and leadership. The movement's critics are scathing: Lizzie, who met her husband Spezz through an online 3D-gun printing forum, calls movement founder Cody Wilson "a thief, a federal informant, and a pedophile." Spezz says "most of the cool stuff he does he just steals from other people." Wilson, for his part, is dismissive: "If you have evidence, present your evidence."
But in the meantime, this technology is fundamentally undermining the power of the state to control our access to firearms. And what I can't figure out is why more people aren't talking about it.
Is gun control finally dead?
Producer: Zach Weissmueller
Video editor: Hana Ko
Color correction: Cody Huff
Audio production: Ian Keyser
