A little over a week ago, 3-D printed guns were about ready to hit printers around the nation as Defense Distributed was gearing up to make its downloadable templates available for users. However, a federal judge has stepped in and placed a temporary restraining order on the release.
U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik in Seattle made the call after several attorney generals made the point that allowing 3-D printed guns will undoubtedly cause a national security crisis. Judge Lasnik stated, "There is a possibility of irreparable harm because of the way these guns can be made." New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood said of the decision:
"As we argued in the suit we filed yesterday, it is—simply—crazy to give criminals the tools to build untraceable, undetectable 3-D printed guns at the touch of a button. Yet that’s exactly what the Trump administration decided to allow."
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In what many are considering a controversial decision, gun-activists have reached a settlement that will allow them to post 3-D gun plans online starting August 1st. The case involved Cody Wilson and the plans for his 3-D one-shot pistol "The Liberator" made entirely of ABS plastic back in 2013. The US State Department made him remove the plan from online citing a violation of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations. Wilson complied but sued the federal government in 2015.
Now having settled the case, Wilson and his group, Defense Distributed, are able to publish plans online and the government agreed to pay $40,000 in Wilson's legal fees.
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