We 3D-Printed Luigi Mangione’s Ghost Gun. It Was Entirely Legal
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Summary
In December 2022, Luigi Mangione allegedly used a 3D-printed gun to murder UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson—the most high-profile assassination in recent memory.
To find out if such a gun could be made in the privacy of a garage by anyone, anywhere, without facing any gun control or breaking any laws, journalist Andy Patriock returned to the 3D-printer to replicate the murder weapon.
The author takes us into a backroom of a gun range in Arabi, Louisiana, as he takes delivery of the parts to build such a gun and prints the frame himself.
He then assembles and test-fires it alongside a gun aficionado from the YouTuber channel Print Shoot Repeat, attempting to recreate the circumstances of the murder.
The author’s investigation raises questions about the limits of federal law on 3D-printed weapons and how they can be circumvented.
