US release of 3D-printed gun plans blocked

The Liberator, for instance, is a Defense Distributed weapon which can be printed and fired once.

The arguments began in 2013 when self-styled crypto-anarchist Cody Wilson showed off the world’s first 3D-printed gun.

“Should any tyrants wish to chill or infringe the rights of the People, we would welcome the opportunity to defend freedom whenever, wherever, and however necessary”, the statement said, “Hand-waving and hyperbole are not compelling government interests and censorship is not proper tailoring under the law”.

The settlement, which took gun-control advocates by surprise, allowed the company to resume posting blueprints for the hard-plastic guns at the end of July. Mr. DeLuz said the site was shut down after Amazon Web Services sent a message saying the content wasn’t in compliance with the temporary restraining order. Iowa and Virginia joined the case on Tuesday.

Writing at Fox News, gun scholar John Lott presents arguments which dovetail perfectly with Feldman’s.

Kenneth Schwartz reported this story for VOA News.

Cuomo also directed state police to issue a notice reminding New Yorkers that manufacturing firearms defined as assault weapons is illegal in NY.

“Tonight at midnight, American national security is going to be irreversibly weakened because of the actions of the administration because [it] will allow the online publication of blueprints to manufacture 3D manufacturing of plastic guns”, Nelson said on the floor, according to a transcript provided by Nelson’s office. They also sought the restraining order, arguing the 3D guns would be a safety risk. The plans were downloaded about 100,000 times until the US State Department blocked it, claiming the distribution beyond the US borders violated laws on weapons export. But more than 1,000 designs were downloaded recently, in advance of the agreed upon August 1 date. “So I’d be much more concerned about someone trying something and getting hurt”, said Dr. Taylor.

Nonetheless, plans for a number weapons have appeared on CodeIsFreeSpeech.com, which describes itself as “a publicly-available website for truthful, non-misleading, non-commercial speech and information that is protected under the United States Constitution”.

Media captionCody Wilson invented the first 3D printed gun.

“Even machinists with average skills are able to produce 3D printed firearms”, said Mitch Free, chairman & CEO of the 3D printing company ZYCI CNC Machining.

They are the cutting edge weapons which would make a mockery of gun control laws and firearms restrictions.

Cox was referring to the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988.

“Doesn’t seem to make much sense!”. The Defense Distributed website would have allowed people to download plans for building a variety of 3D guns, including an AR-15-style rifle, a Beretta M9 handgun and other firearms.