If enough people start debating these questions, Cody Wilson will have done America a real service.

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Those early experiments have made Cody Wilson into one of the most controversial figures in the 3D printing community.

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The firm is the brainchild of Cody Wilson, law student and self-styled crypto-anarchist.

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Meanwhile its blueprints at non-profit Defcad.org have seen 400, 000 downloads since the site was launched, according to founder Cody Wilson.

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But the first to get there is Cody Wilson, a square-jawed and stubbled 25 year-old in a polo shirt and baseball cap.

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In this case, by contrast, Cody Wilson is literally an arms manufacturer.

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That didn't take long -- just days after its first test fire, the Liberator, a 3D-printed pistol designed by Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson, has caught the attention of the federal government.

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The department sent a three-page cease and desist letter dated Wednesday to Cody Wilson, the organization's 25-year-old founder and self-described anarchist, demanding that the group remove instructions for printing a handgun with a 3-D printer from its website.

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Imagine Cody Wilson gets that license.

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