WASHINGTON (TIP): The US has ordered the removal of controversial online files which allowed users to 3Dprint their own unregistered plastic handgun at home. The order from the state department to Defence Distributed to remove the blueprints for the plastic gun comes after they were downloaded more than 100,000 times.

The department sent a three-page cease and desist letter dated on Wednesday to Cody Wilson, Defense Distributed’s 25-year-old founder, demanding that the group remove instructions for printing a handgun with a 3D printer from its website. Earlier this week Wilson posted a video online showing a single shot being fired from “The Liberator,” a plastic handgun that was assembled from parts made with a 3D printer