warm up your printers!

[taliv]

Those who remember Cody Wilson and Defense Distributed -- the self-described cryptoanarchist and his organization that published plans for 3D printable firearm parts, respectively -- also remember that not long after the plans for the printable Liberator single-shot pistol hit the web, the Department of State seized the Defense Distributed website and prohibited Wilson from publishing 3D printable firearm plans, claiming violations of ITAR -- the International Traffic in Arms Regulation, a U.S. law taxing and restricting the distribution of a wide variety of physical goods listed as having military value. Slashdot covered the website seizure here (the Department of Defense was initially misreported in sources to have been the agency responsible).

In both a First and Second Amendment win, the Second Amendment Foundation has settled with the Department of State after suing on behalf of Defense Distributed. Slashdot reader schwit1 shares an excerpt from the report: "Under terms of the settlement, the government has agreed to waive its prior restraint against the plaintiffs, allowing them to freely publish the 3-D files and other information at issue. The government has also agreed to pay a significant portion of the plaintiffs' attorney's fees, and to return $10,000 in State Department registration dues paid by Defense Distributed as a result of the prior restraint. Significantly, the government expressly acknowledges that non-automatic firearms up to .50-caliber -- including modern semi-auto sporting rifles such as the popular AR-15 and similar firearms -- are not inherently military."

the last line is pretty jacked up. on the one hand, ITAR apparently restricts military technology, and has "expressly acknowledged" that all sorts of guns aren't "inherently military". While at the same time, the Heller and Miller decisions turned on our individual rights applying to military arms in common use.

like burt gummer said about what gov does best... find something simple and complicate it

 

[hdwhit]

I would suggest this be moved to the Legal forum so that the attorneys can comment on the implied question in Post #1 regarding the interaction of the clarification of the right(s) covered by the Second Amendment under the Heller and Miller decisions, what is covered by the ITAR regulations, which takes precedence and why.

 

[Robert]

Already under discussion here:

https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...-firearm-creation-files.838843/#post-10875046