Posted on 08/28/2018 11:01:00 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
The owner of a company that makes blueprints for 3D-printed guns said Tuesday that he has begun selling instructions for making the guns despite a court order barring him from uploading the directions, The Associated Press reported.
U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik on Monday extended a previous ruling that barred Cody Wilson and his company, Defense Distributed, from uploading directions for 3D-printed guns to the internet.
Wilson said at a news conference that he began selling the instructions in the U.S. on Tuesday morning and has already received almost 400 orders, according to the AP.
He indicated he believes he has found a loophole to the court order allowing him to sell the blueprints. He said that the instructions will be sold to customers on a flash drive, rather than being available for download, according to Ars Technica. He also reportedly will only sell the files in the U.S. rather than internationally, potentially avoiding export regulations.
“Anyone who wants to get these files is going to get them,” he said, according to the AP. “They can name their own price.”
Wilson has argued he has a First Amendment right to publish the instructions, but Lasnik wrote in Monday’s court order that Wilson’s First Amendment rights “are dwarfed by the irreparable harms the States are likely to suffer if the existing restrictions are withdrawn and that, overall, the public interest strongly supports maintaining the status quo."
Nineteen states and Washington, D.C., had previously sought an injunction to thwart a settlement reached by Defense Distributed and the State Department permitting the company to upload 3D-printed gun blueprints to the internet. The states argued that public access to the guns would present a security risk.
The Department of Justice maintains that the State Department does not have jurisdiction in the case and that a domestic ban against untraceable guns is in place.
Lasnik issued a temporary restraining order last month barring Defense Distributed from uploading directions for the guns and held up that ruling Monday.
Wilsons said Tuesday that he will challenge Lasnik’s order. He also said he is raising money for a legal defense as he expects states will try to sue to stop him from selling the instructions, according to the AP.
Sometimes, the freedom and innovation of modern digital technology just simply overrides the archaic, draconian laws of the liberals. And they can’t stand it being the control freaks that they are. Kinda fun to watch their heads explode....LOL
I bet there are CNC files for turning metal into a receiver. OMG anyone with those files and a mini-cnc milling machine could make a Ghost Gun!
I have a feeling the legal profession has considerably more education that you do. Idiotic comments just display your ignorance of history. The Founders werent the boys down at the manure plant. Disagree if you must but dont look like an uneducated stupid fool intent on demonstrating that you are not educated.
Whats next, doctors and accountants and nurses are imbeciles too? Keep that in mind the next time you need legal or medical help.
Is your down arrow on your keyboard too fast as well?
Try your down arrow on your keyboard.
The blueprints are on the Internet already. It takes some searching but they can be found. And as Dr. Laura of talk radio fame can tell you, once something is on the Internet it will always be on the Internet.
Stalin.
We all built “zip guns” in the 50’s.
Snowflake panties in a wad ping!
Careful not to confuse education with intelligence.
There are plenty of well-educated dopes out there.
A science teacher once showed a class how to blow the lid off a gallon paint can with a candle, a pinch of flour, and a puff of air. Ever seen a 75lb manhole cover stay air born for fifteen seconds? That was fifth grade. I took every science course I could in college.
They’re worrying about plastic guns?
Anyone can build a gun. The Filipinos and Pakistanis hand make them.
The information can be purchased at Cody’s website for whatever you’d like to pay for it...including $0 dollars.
Don't bother, the blueprints are faulty. I downloaded them a couple years ago but the instructions for 3D printing the bullets and gunpowder are missing. Incomplete and non-op.
True
He was appointed by Clinton. Did you know that abortion-loving adulterer/gay supporter Clinton is a CHRISTIAN?
GASP!
TENS OF MILLIONS of these “Christians” voted for him and support all those policies.
Amazing, Christianity must be statistically EVIL.
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith....
Well, without a function hypothalamus, he’d suffocate, which would at least limit the length of his career.
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