Defcad.com Wants To Be The Google Of 3D-Printable Guns

Sparrowvsrevolution writes: For the last six months, Cody Wilson and his non-profit group Defense Distributed have worked towards a controversial goal: To make as many firearm components as possible into 3D-printable, downloadable files. Now they’re seeking to make those files searchable, too–and to make a profit while they’re at it.

In a talk at the South By Southwest conference in Austin, Texas Monday afternoon, Wilson announced a new, for-profit spinoff of his gun-printing project that will serve as both a repository and search engine for CAD files, including the ones designed to let anyone build a deadly firearm in their garage. Though the search engine will index all types of files, Wilson says he hopes the group's reputation for hosting politically incendiary content will mean users trust that it won't censor search results. "When we say you should have access to these files, people believe we mean that,” says Wilson. “No takedowns. No removals. We’d fight everything to the full extent of the law.”

Along with the SXSW announcement, Wilson also released a provocative video where he lays out the plan for Defcad.com and criticizes gun control advocates and "collusive" 3D printing companies like Makerbot.