{"id":3434,"date":"2026-08-24T23:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T19:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/the-cat-and-mouse-game-over-3d-printed-guns-has-begun\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T23:50:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T19:50:00","slug":"the-cat-and-mouse-game-over-3d-printed-guns-has-begun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/the-cat-and-mouse-game-over-3d-printed-guns-has-begun\/","title":{"rendered":"The cat-and-mouse game over 3D-printed guns has begun"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An illustration of a 3d printer printing a gun part\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Cath Virginia \/ The Verge, Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/268706_3D-printed_gun_scanning_CVirginia20.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2017\/1\/25\/14380730\/the-new-radical-cody-wilson-tech-anarchy-documentary-sundance-2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">creator of the world&rsquo;s first 3D-printed gun<\/a> claims he&rsquo;s developed a way to thwart government-mandated software meant to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/970343\/e-reader-case-3d-printed-gun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">block 3D printers from making firearms<\/a>. It&rsquo;s an opening volley in what&rsquo;s shaping up to be an evolving battle between regulators trying to stem the tide of ghost guns and individuals trying to create workarounds. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cody Wilson, who claims to have<strong> <\/strong>made the detection-defying tool, is calling it <a href=\"https:\/\/defcad.com\/learn\/hochulization\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/defcad.com\/learn\/hochulization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00ab\u00a0Hochulization\u00a0\u00bb<\/a> as a direct jab at New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/960802\/3d-printed-gun-laws-ghost-guns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pushed through the nation&rsquo;s first law mandating gun file detection software<\/a> on new printers earlier this year. \u00ab\u00a0New York is trying to reach into the internet and pol \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/983244\/3d-printed-guns-hashes-hochul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The creator of the world&rsquo;s first 3D-printed gun claims he&rsquo;s developed a way to thwart government-mandated software meant to block [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3434\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}