Designer of 3-D-printed gun challenges feds to Constitutional duel
Cody Wilson who designed the first 3D gun, the "Liberator" is in litigation with the Feds over his design. The Feds claim that Cody violated ITAR and penalties can be 20 years in prison and $1 million fine per violation.
Cody maintains that his rights were violated when a restraining order ordered Cody to remove blueprints for the "Liberator" from his website. In addition the government told Cody that they are claiming ownership of his intellectual property.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...d-gun-challenges-feds-to-constitutional-duel/
"On Wednesday, the Second Amendment Foundation filed a federal lawsuit on in Texas, where Defense Distributed is now based, alleging the State Department, Secretary of State John Kerry and four other State Department officials and the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, are among the defendants who violated Wilson’s First Amendment rights by restraining him from publishing information about three-dimensional printing of arms, as well as his Second and Fifth Amendment Rights."
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Cody Wilson who designed the first 3D gun, the "Liberator" is in litigation with the Feds over his design. The Feds claim that Cody violated ITAR and penalties can be 20 years in prison and $1 million fine per violation.
Cody maintains that his rights were violated when a restraining order ordered Cody to remove blueprints for the "Liberator" from his website. In addition the government told Cody that they are claiming ownership of his intellectual property.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...d-gun-challenges-feds-to-constitutional-duel/
"On Wednesday, the Second Amendment Foundation filed a federal lawsuit on in Texas, where Defense Distributed is now based, alleging the State Department, Secretary of State John Kerry and four other State Department officials and the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, are among the defendants who violated Wilson’s First Amendment rights by restraining him from publishing information about three-dimensional printing of arms, as well as his Second and Fifth Amendment Rights."
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