Forbes magazine recently got a behind-the-scenes look [warning, the article contains some explicit language] at the world’s first fully 3D-printed gun in action. “The Liberator” is the brainchild of self-described “radical libertarian and anarchist” Cody Wilson, who designed the single shot weapon with the help of some volunteers of his non-profit group “Defense Distributed.” What’s even more terrifying than the prospect of a firearm that can be made by anyone with a relatively cheap 3D printer in secrecy, is Wilson’s own personal mission. Though he isn’t advocating for an organized revolt against the government, according to Forbes, “he argues that his goal is to demonstrate how technology can circumvent laws until governments simply become irrelevant.”

Wilson’s other goal is to create the plans for a Wiki Weapon that anyone can download and use to make their own 3D-printed firearm. “Anywhere there’s a computer and an Internet connection, there would be the promise of a gun.” Read that sentence again … Discuss

Liberty University recently made headlines for becoming one of only a handful of schools to allow students to carry firearms into classrooms (if they meet certain criteria and have a concealed weapons permit). Now Liberty, which is one of the nation’s largest Christian schools, is offering a scholarship to a high school student facing gun charges. Recently, David "Cole" Withrow was arrested and suspended when he says he accidently left a shotgun in the back of his truck after going skeet shooting. When teachers overheard him call his mother to retrieve the gun when he realized he had left it in his car when he drove to school, they called the police and Withrow was arrested and charged with a felony.

In a statement, the school said, "In reaction to the gun control debate in America, Liberty University recently loosened—not strengthened—its concealed weapons policy on campus, and is now providing a scholarship to a North Carolina high school student who was arrested for leaving a shotgun in his pick-up truck in the school parking lot." In an interview with The Blaze, school president Jerry Falwell, Jr. expressed his opinion about gun laws and the case. "I think they were just trying to make a point that guns are evil. Our society is just going too far … Anti-gun zealots tried to vilify him for doing the right thing, so Liberty has decided to award him the help he needs to attend a private Christian college” … Discuss

Liberty University, one of the nation’s largest Christian schools, will now allow students to carry concealed guns into classrooms, if they hold the proper permits. In 2011, the school dropped its campus-wide gun ban, allowing faculty, staff and students to bring guns on certain parts of school grounds. The new rule does have some restrictions: Students may not bring weapons into dorms, and students who are in violation of certain school honor code rules can not have guns on campus … Discuss

Legislators in Connecticut have passed what some are saying are the nation’s toughest new gun laws—banning high-capacity magazines, creating a weapon offender registry, requiring universal background checks for firearm purchases and adding more types of guns under an existing assault weapons ban. Lawmakers in the state, that was home to a tragic mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, also wrote measures into the bill to address school security issues and mental health concerns … Discuss

A gun giveaway program in Tucson, Ariz.—the location of a 2011 mass shooting that killed six people and injured several others, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords—has sparked a controversy among local residents. The giveaway is part of The Armed Citizen Project, an initiative that gives shotguns and gun training to homeowners and single women that live in areas with high crime rates. Gun advocates in the state donated $12,500 to the campaign. The Armed Citizen Project wants to arm hundreds of citizens in at least 15 major cities this year. Critics of the program say that the $400 that it costs to arm and train each recipient could be better used to help at-need residents in the community, and say that higher gun ownership rates don’t equate to lower crime rates … Discuss