U.S. Government lifts ban on Cody Wilson’s 3D printed guns

[Frank Cannon]

https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/u-s-government-lifts-ban-on-cody-wilsons-3d-printed-guns-senvol-joins-armaments-consortium-135951/

In a seismic decision from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and U.S. Department of State (DOS), Cody Wilson’s open-source 3D printed firearm file sharing site Defense Distributed is no longer banned from distributing 3D models of guns.

In the legal battle it was deemed that the ban was in breach of the First Amendment – imposing censorship on a gun maker’s rights to expression. It was also decided on the basis that certain types of guns are not “inherently military” and, seemingly, present less of a threat to the population.

As a result, the homepage of Wilson’s site has now been replaced with the following message:
Starting August 1 2018, "Defense Distributed relaunches DEFCAD after reaching a settlement agreement with the US Department of State, concluding a multi-year federal lawsuit. The age of the downloadable gun begins."

[Frank Cannon]

The huge take away from this is the govt' admits that the AR15 is not a 'weapon of war".