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Defense Distributed Site DEFCAD down: Claims Message from US Department of Defense Trade Controls
Gun Watch ^ | 10 May, 2013 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 05/09/2013 1:20:08 PM PDT by marktwain

The DEFCAD site shows the following:

DEFCAD files are being removed from public access at the request of the US Department of Defense Trade Controls.


Until further notice, the United States government claims control of the information.

Link to DEFCAD site here

We do not know if this is real or not. There was a similar spoof done on April 1st.

Link to April 1st spoof story "Breaking: Defense Distributed website seized, Cody Wilson arrested on conspiracy charges!"

We will learn more in the next few hours. This may be real.

©2013 by Dean Weingarten Permission to share granted as long as this notice is included.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; History; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: banglist; defcad; defensedistributed; guncontrol; secondamendment; tradecontrols
Has there been a real request from the U.S. Department of Trade Controls?

We will find out in a few hours.

1 posted on 05/09/2013 1:20:08 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

I was able to download the files, although I did receive site errors about half the time. just keep trying and you can get them.


2 posted on 05/09/2013 1:26:56 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do ithat when I have a fire.)
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To: driftdiver
When I go to the site, all I see is the Message:

DEFCAD files are being removed from public access at the request of the US Department of Defense Trade Controls.

3 posted on 05/09/2013 1:35:31 PM PDT by marktwain (The MSM must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
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To: marktwain

I got that message on the Liberator Pistol but the rest seemed to work. Although its a little hard to tell since there are soo many download buttons that just download junk.

I found another link to a cnc site which has designs you can download.

http://www.cncguns.com/downloads.html


4 posted on 05/09/2013 1:47:14 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do ithat when I have a fire.)
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To: marktwain

ODTC is going to have a hard time explaining why you need an export license to publish drawings of decades old guns.

Gonna blow up in their face.

From the same administration that smuggled real guns to the Mexican mafia.


5 posted on 05/09/2013 1:47:31 PM PDT by Regulator
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To: marktwain

Since the file has been downloaded it is already available via torrent (I just checked).

There is no shutting it down now.


6 posted on 05/09/2013 1:48:01 PM PDT by Gunslingr3
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To: marktwain

In accordance with Executive Order 11958, the State Department, with the concurrence of the Department of Defense, determines what commodities are
covered by the USML.

Jimmy Carter EO.

Falls under them because someone from outside the country can download. I’m not sure plans for a hand gun should be considered “Significant Military Equipment”, however.


7 posted on 05/09/2013 1:48:43 PM PDT by Ingtar (Everyone complains about the weather, but only Liberals try to legislate it.)
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8 posted on 05/09/2013 1:48:51 PM PDT by RandallFlagg
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To: RandallFlagg

Thanks for posting the image!


9 posted on 05/09/2013 1:53:01 PM PDT by marktwain (The MSM must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
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To: marktwain

That horse left the barn a long time ago!


10 posted on 05/09/2013 2:35:50 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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