FPC Sue State Department For Records About ‘3-D’ Gun Blueprints

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Ammoland by Duncan Johnson 10/30/2019

Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and Firearms Policy Foundation (FPF) announced a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of State. The case, Firearms Policy Coalition, et al., v. U.S. Department of State, is lead by attorneys Stephen Stamboulieh and Alan Beck. The complaint is available online at FPCLegal.org.

In August 2018, a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request was sent to the State Department seeking “all public records and information” about subjects including 3-D printable gun blueprints, firearm printing files, firearm machining files, “ghost guns”, “Defense Distributed”, “Cody Wilson”, “Code is Free Speech”, “CodeIsFreeSpeech.com”, and other individuals and organizations. After receiving no records following the August request, another request was sent in December to the State Department and Secretary Michael R. Pompeo.

    “As of the date of this Complaint,” the court filing explains, “the Defendant has failed to: (i) produce the requested records or demonstrate that the requested records are lawfully exempt from production; (ii) notify Plaintiffs of the scope of any responsive records Defendant intends to produce or withhold and the reasons for any withholdings, or (iii) inform Plaintiffs that it may appeal any adequately specific, adverse determination.”

More: https://www.ammoland.com/2019/10/fpc-sue-state-department-for-records-about-3-d-gun-blueprints/#axzz63rLsaCC7

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