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For those in the US with a combined interest in 3D-Printers, intersections of the 1st and 2nd Amendments, and legal precedents; Cody Wilson has been fighting the US Government for half a decade.
Short version: after Wilson uploaded his 3D pistol plans to his site, over 100,000 people downloaded it - this drew the attention of the US authorities, who tried to use the International Trade in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to force a take-down.
The authorities argued that by posting the 3D printer plans for a firearm, Mr. Wilson was effectively exporting firearms, and subject to federal regulation. Eventually the Department of Justice dropped the case, paving the way for DIY'ers to publish such things freely.
The article cites 'promises' made by DoJ to move the regulations to another department.
Wired's article: A Landmark Legal Shift Opens Pandora's Box for DIY Guns (archive)
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 13 2018, @04:24AM (1 child)
That may be true for the US, but isn't the case everywhere else on the planet, e.g. the UK has a 'catch-all' clause in the Firearms Act 1968 which prohibits the manufacture of firearms unless you are a registered firearms dealer, not that I see them quaking in their boots regarding 3D printed firearms (the criminals here can apparently get pistols and fully automatic weapons without too much difficulty), though it will give them a chance to rewrite the laws yet again based on the hyped perceived threat of said devices to sneak more general catch-all restrictions through.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 13 2018, @06:51PM
yes, only poor "migrants" can have guns. bootlicking slaves can only be shot by them and beg for help from the government who made you so vulnerable in the first place.