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posted by chromas on Wednesday August 01 2018, @09:09AM   Printer-friendly
from the when-the-second-meets-the-first dept.

Trump says public availability of 3D-printed guns 'doesn't seem to make much sense'

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is "looking into" the availability of plans for the 3D printing of guns, writing on Twitter that he had already been in touch with the NRA on the issue.

"I am looking into 3-D Plastic Guns being sold to the public. Already spoke to NRA, doesn't seem to make much sense!" the president wrote on Twitter Tuesday morning.

After a years-long legal battle, Defense Distributed, a Texas-based group, has announced plans to release instructions on Wednesday for guns that can be created by a 3-D printer, including a handgun and parts for a semi-automatic assault rifle. Although plans were not supposed to be available until Wednesday, instructions have already begun to appear online for download, CNN reported Tuesday.

From Defense Distributed's still barebones website:

August 1, 2018

Defense Distributed relaunches DEFCAD after reaching a settlement agreement with the US Department of State, concluding a multi-year federal lawsuit. The age of the downloadable gun formally begins.

The DEFCAD website is now up (as of July 31) but files supposedly can't be downloaded until August 1.

Even our resident Trump supporters/enthusiasts can bash him for even thinking about encroaching on our digital gun liberties.

Also at The Hill.

"U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday afternoon that bars Cody Wilson from sharing 3-D gun print files online August 1.

The order provides time for Democrats to continue pressing President Trump to intervene and prohibit future publication of files all together."

Previously: Landmark Legal Shift for 3D-Printed Guns

Related: The $1,200 Machine That Lets Anyone Make a Metal Gun at Home
Japanese Gun Printer Goes to Jail
Suspected 3D-Printed Gun Parts and Plastic Knuckles Seized in Australia
FedEx Refuses to Ship Defense Distributed's Ghost Gunner CNC Mill
Man Who Used CNC Mill to Manufacture AR-15 "Lowers" Sentenced to 41 Months
Ghost Gunner Software Update Allows the Milling of an M1911 Handgun


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  • (Score: 2) by mhajicek on Thursday August 02 2018, @03:02AM (2 children)

    by mhajicek (51) on Thursday August 02 2018, @03:02AM (#716050)

    Why a spoon, cousin?

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  • (Score: 2) by Arik on Thursday August 02 2018, @05:04AM (1 child)

    by Arik (4543) on Thursday August 02 2018, @05:04AM (#716076) Journal
    Well I used to carry a spear or an axe. Also great 'assault weapons', as long as you paint em black and do some tacticool stuff with them of course, otherwise they're just plain 'weapons' and who wants that? But there are two problems; first off they're heavy, cumbersome, hard to carry around as you go through your daily life, shopping or flying on the airline you know, those things get to be a real pain to carry around.

    SO I was thinking about it, and I wanted something that was more intimidating, but easier to carry around. And I was thinking about this for days, might have been weeks even, I mean not 24/7 but it was in there percolating, and I went to this local place that makes the best milkshakes, really thick and tasty, and they have to give you a really long, strong spoon to get that milkshake out, and I looked at that I spoon, I mean eye-spoon, and it just suddenly fell into place.

    It's MUCH smaller than a winged spear, and it doesn't set off any metal detectors. And it's MUCH more intimidating too. I mean no one wants to get stabbed with a spear, that would smart a bit, but most of the injury would be deep tissue where you don't really feel it, and then shock sets in real quickly too, so it's really not all that far up the pain scale. (To compensate somewhat I'd normally try to aim it at the feet or other extremities at first but I digress.) The axe is really a step up because of that - axe wounds are a lot more painful, generally speaking. But can you even imagine how much pain would be involved in a dissection carried out using a spoon? I'd take the axe over that any day.
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    • (Score: 3, Touché) by mhajicek on Thursday August 02 2018, @12:50PM

      by mhajicek (51) on Thursday August 02 2018, @12:50PM (#716174)

      In other words, "Because it hurts more, you twit."

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