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# Are you ready for what it takes to stop ghost guns?

**Source:** Unknown  
**Published:** July 7, 2026  
**Original:** https://www.theverge.com/tech/960802/3d-printed-gun-laws-ghost-guns  

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- [Overview](#overview)

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## Overview

In the summer of 2024, former Army National Guard member Andrew Scott Hastings spent a sweaty afternoon carefully packing boxes with parts he made using his 3D printer. These weren't novelty figurines or replacement Ikea pieces. The boxes were instead filled with a handful of homemade firearm lower receivers and more than 100 "switches," small […]

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