3D Gun Plans Website Suspends Downloads After Court Ruling

[edpc]

(CNN) — Federal Judge Robert Lasnik issued a temporary restraining order on Tuesday "blocking (the) federal government from allowing distribution of downloadable 3D printed" guns, according to a tweet from the Washington State Office of the Attorney General.

"The judge's rule is clear," Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson said at a news conference. "We go back to the status quo, before the federal government made the disastrous decision to undo these protections for public safety."

The ruling blocked a settlement that Defense Distributed, a Texas-based gun rights organization, and the federal government reached in June that made it legal to post 3D printable gun plans online.

https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/07/31/us/3d-guns-downloaded-plans-states/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F

[NavyCanDo]

The whole media frenzy over this is over the top. Unless one has access to very very expensive printers, the best one can print is nothing more than a novelty item. Bulky, unreliable and frankly a stupid gun that nobody would rely on in a gunfight.   And no, you cant sneak them past airport security.

[roamer_1]

Yeah... But I'll bet I can find it on the Torrent.

[Drago]

This is more about the 1st Amendment...freedom to publish. All the hoopla about "plastic guns" is window dressing (that was 2013...I still have Cody Wilson's "Liberator" plastic handgun 3D printer CAD file on my hard drive somewhere).  More of an "80% Rule" fight.

https://defdist.org
https://ghostgunner.net
https://defcad.com

Cody's book:
https://www.amazon.com/Come-Take-Printers-Guide-Thinking-ebook/dp/B01CO34MBI/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1533095356&sr=8-1

[Wingnut]

This is more about the 1st Amendment...freedom to publish. All the hoopla about "plastic guns" is window dressing (that was 2013...I still have Cody Wilson's "Liberator" plastic handgun 3D printer CAD file on my hard drive somewhere).  More of an "80% Rule" fight.

https://defdist.org
https://ghostgunner.net
https://defcad.com

Cody's book:
https://www.amazon.com/Come-Take-Printers-Guide-Thinking-ebook/dp/B01CO34MBI/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1533095356&sr=8-1

And that is how he will prevail in the end.  Freedom of speech.

[Wingnut]

[verga]

You think you are joking, but there are people on the left that actually believe this.