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Trump ‘looking into’ 3-D printed guns

By Daniel Chaitin
Published July 31, 2018 12:28pm ET
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Trump ‘looking into’ 3-D printed guns
Eight states filed suit Monday against the Trump administration over its decision to allow a Texas company to publish downloadable blueprints for a 3D-printed gun, contending the hard-to-trace plastic weapons are a boon to terrorists and criminals and threaten public safety. | (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)

President Trump said Tuesday morning that he is “looking into” 3-D-printed plastic guns and revealed that has spoken to the pro-gun National Rifle Association about the matter.

“I am looking into 3-D Plastic Guns being sold to the public. Already spoke to NRA, doesn’t seem to make much sense!” he tweeted.

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