Eyewitness News reports that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has called on Creality 3D Technology Co. and other desktop 3D printer manufacturers to help stop the spread of ghost guns.
A warning came in a letter Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg sent Thursday asking the companies to make fixes to stop the proliferation of ghost guns on city streets. The letter pointed out that last year, Luigi Mangione allegedly used a 3D printed ghost gun and silencer to murder United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Bragg said he sent the letter because “a growing and concerning number” of ghost guns are manufactured by personal desktop 3D printers based on downloadable gun part designs and detailed assembly guides found on the “Creality Cloud.” The district attorney said many of the guns are being assembled by felons and minors who have ready access to online instructions.
“It is paramount that you work to remove weaponry from your company’s cloud services and explicitly ban the creation of illicit weapons in your company’s user agreement,” Bragg’s letter said. “It is imperative that you take swift action to protect your customers and the communities they live in from violence and criminal activity by adopting commonsense security measures to deter the spread of illicit firearms both locally and across the United States.”
In New York City, the NYPD reported a significant increase in ghost guns seized on the streets from 2020 to 2025. In 2018, 17 ghost guns were seized. In 2024, the number was 438. Bragg said that many of those were made with Creality printers.
“For instance, in 2023, our investigation found that an individual who was 3D printing assault weapons and manufacturing illegal drugs utilized a Creality printer to print multiple firearms. In another instance, in 2023, an individual who threatened to kill his girlfriend was found to be manufacturing an arsenal of weapons in his apartment using a Creality printer. Additionally, recent research has found that the vast majority of illegal 3D printed guns were created using Creality printers, specifically the Ender 3 series model,” the letter said.
Creality did not respond to the message from ABC News requesting comment.
“I am concerned about the troubling rise in access to unregulated weaponry, especially among individuals convicted of felonies and minors, because of insufficient security measures connected with your products and business policy decisions,” Bragg said.
The letter did not threaten prosecution but requested a meeting with the company.
