Posted on 01/24/2020 6:25:27 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
A coalition of states is suing the Trump administration over new regulations that they say could allow for the online release of blueprints for 3D-printed firearms, which make it easier for anyone to access the files at home and make a functional plastic gun with a 3D printer.
Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who is leading the effort to block the administration’s rule, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington on Jan. 23, seeking an injunction to block the administration from implementing the new rules. Joining him in the federal lawsuit are 20 other state attorneys general, including from Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, New York, Colorado, and Massachusetts.
The federal government released final rules on Thursday that would shift the oversight of certain firearms and ammunition sales from the Department of State to the Department of Commerce. The rules will come into effect on March 9.
The administration says the new rules will significantly reduce the regulatory burden on the U.S. commercial firearms and ammunition industry as well as promote American exports. The rules will also prioritize national security controls and ensure that restrictions are still in place on “exports where human rights, illicit trafficking, and related issues may be of concern.”
Ferguson and other state attorneys general argue that the rules are “unlawful” and will result in the deregulation of 3D-printed firearms because of “loopholes in the Commerce regulations.” They claim that the department “will lack the power to regulate 3D-printed guns in any meaningful way.”
According to the complaint (pdf), the rules will remove software and technology that is related to the design and production of certain types of firearms, including 3D-printed guns, from the U.S. Munitions Lists, where items on the list will be subject to federal export control under...
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Frigging idiots.
The files have been out there for many moons.
Hell, I have a set and don’t own a printer.
There's the exit door folks. Let us know when you've found a better place than the U. S. We'll have a good laugh.
And won’t the files be out there on the so-called “dark net” no matter how much they shut down access on the regular internet?
The frame is the “firearm”, the part which gets the serial number and which you need to do a Form 4473 to buy.
Everything else, the barrel, trigger assembly, etc, can (currently) be bought for cash with no paperwork, once you have a frame.
Make your own frame, and you can legally have a completely unregistered gun, which exists in no government database. That’s what they’re upset about.
Horse done left that barn.
Can’t stop the signal.......
You can easily build a zip gun with 1950s technology and $10 in parts from any hardware store that I would be willing to fire long before I would be willing to fire a plastic gun from a 3D printer.
How are plans not 1A protected speech?
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My grandfather made a zip gun from a a car antenna way back when he was a kid.
He already had real firearms, just wanted to see if he could make it work.
The reality is that a “Printed” firearm is doing it the hard and expensive way.
Chinese had cannon made from bamboo, long before 3D printers.
The same way AR-15s aren't 2A protected tools.
Good point.
“My grandfather made a zip gun from a a car antenna way back when he was a kid.”
Yup, a old car antenna, a big nail, a couple pieces of wood, rubber bands and tape. Makes a pretty good 22 cal zip gun.
You can make one in about a hour.
Bobby “Sue” Ferguson is a gun grabbing piece of schiff who has filed over 50 lawsuits against the Trump administration.
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The oil paste?
I’v had some of these files for about a year or better, don’t own a 3D printer and probably never will.
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