Cody Wilson | |
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 Wilson in 2023 | |
| Born | January 31, 1988 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Central Arkansas (B.A., 2010) |
| Known for | Defense Distributed |
Cody Rutledge Wilson (born January 31, 1988) is an American gun rights activist and crypto-anarchist.[1][2] He started Defense Distributed, a non-profit organization which develops and publishes open source gun designs, so-called "wiki weapons" created by 3D printing and digital manufacture.[3][4] He is the director of Defense Distributed; it gained international notoriety in 2013 when it published plans online for the Liberator, the first widely available functioning 3D-printed pistol.[5]
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