The federal government settled a lawsuit with Wilson's organization Defense Distributed, allowing the company to publish its first batch of blueprints last Friday.
The State Department told CBS News that "the decision to settle the case was made in the interest of the security and foreign policy of the United States."
Five years ago, Wilson built the world's first fully fireable plastic handgun. But he's personally moved beyond plastic to machine-grade metal, funding his legal fight by selling thousands of milling machines capable of making unmarked metal AR-15s and handguns.
There's a three month backlog for Wilson's milling machines. His goal is to keep publishing blueprints until every gun design on Earth is available to anyone online.
Watch the full interview with Cody Wilson on "CBS This Morning," Wednesday, Aug. 1, 7:00-9:00 a.m. ET.