Coverage dated September 29, 2025

FBI boss Kash Patel gave New Zealand officials 3D-printed guns illegal to possess under local laws

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On a visit to New Zealand, FBI Director Kash Patel gave the country’s police and spy bosses gifts of inoperable pistols that were illegal to possess under local gun laws and had to be destroyed. The plastic 3D-printed replica pistols were presented during Patel's visit in July to open the FBI’s firs…

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  1. WDIO Duluth

    FBI boss Kash Patel gave New Zealand officials 3D-printed guns illegal to possess under local laws (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    On a visit to New Zealand, FBI Director Kash Patel gave the country’s police and spy bosses gifts of inoperable pistols that were illegal to possess under local gun laws and had to be destroyed. The plastic 3D-printed replica pistols were presented during Patel's visit in July to open the FBI’s firs…

  2. Philadelphia Inquirer

    FBI boss Kash Patel gave New Zealand officials 3D-printed guns that are illegal to possess under local laws (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    The plastic 3D-printed replica pistols formed part of display stands Patel presented to at least three senior New Zealand security officials in July.

  3. NBC News

    FBI boss Kash Patel gave New Zealand officials inoperable but illegal 3D-printed guns (opens NBC News)

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    FBI Director Kash Patel gifted “inoperable plastic 3D-printed replica” pistols deemed illegal under New Zealand laws to at least three senior security officials.

  4. WTOP Washington DC

    New Zealand officials tell AP that FBI boss Kash Patel gave inoperable 3D-printed guns illegal to possess under its laws (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand officials tell AP that FBI boss Kash Patel gave inoperable 3D-printed guns illegal to possess under its laws.

  5. New York Post

    Kash Patel gave New Zealand officials 3D-printed guns that are illegal under local laws (opens New York Post)

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    On a visit to New Zealand, FBI Director Kash Patel gave the country’s police and spy bosses gifts of inoperable pistols that were illegal to possess under local gun laws and had to be destroyed, New Zealand law enforcement agencies told The Associated Press.

  6. The Guardian

    Kash Patel allegedly gave New Zealand officials guns illegal to possess under local laws (opens The Guardian)

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    New Zealand destroyed pistols the FBI director gifted to security chiefs after finding the guns potentially operable

  7. WHDH Boston

    FBI boss Kash Patel gave New Zealand officials 3D-printed guns illegal to possess under local laws - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — On a visit to New Zealand, FBI Director Kash Patel gave the country’s police and spy bosses gifts of inoperable

  8. Gizmodo

    Kash Patel Brought Illegal 3D-Printed Guns Into New Zealand (opens Gizmodo)

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    Senior police and intel officials in New Zealand had to destroy the illegal guns.

  9. The Oregonian

    FBI Director Kash Patel gifted illegal guns to officials on international trip (opens The Oregonian)

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    New Zealand officials had to destroy the 3D-printed guns, which are illegal to possess in that country.

  10. Washington Examiner

    New Zealand destroys 3D-printed guns Patel gifted to security officials (opens Washington Examiner)

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    New Zealand gun regulators have destroyed several plastic guns, that Kash Patel gave the country's top law enforcement officials.

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