Reacting to a viral video of a 3D-printed high-capacity magazine being successfully fired in a semiautomatic rifle, posted online last weekend by the “Wiki Weapon” group Defense Distributed, which aims to democratize firearms manufacturing through 3D printing, New York Democratic Rep. Steve Israel on Wednesday announced he would be introducing legislation to renew a ban on firearms and magazines that can’t be picked up by standard metal detectors. The current ban on plastic firearms expires this year. As Israel said in a statement posted to his website:
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