Judge Temporarily Halts Release of Downloadable Plans for 3D-Printed Guns
Source: NBC
DEVELOPING: A federal judge in Seattle issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday to stop the sharing of downloadable blueprints for 3D-printed guns.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is "looking into" 3D-printed gun sales, a day after eight states sued his administration over its decision to allow a Texas nonprofit to publish downloadable blueprints for a 3D-printed gun.
The states contended the hard-to-trace plastic weapons are a boon to terrorists and criminals and threaten public safety. Trump tweeted that "3-D Plastic Guns being sold to the public ... doesn't seem to make much sense!"
"No, Mr. President, it doesn't make any sense," Sen. Edward Markey of Massachusetts said at a press conference Tuesday morning with several of his Democrats colleagues where the lawmakers called on Trump to stop the publication of the blueprints.
The suit, filed Monday in Seattle, asks a judge to block the federal government's late-June settlement with Defense Distributed, which allowed the nonprofit to make the plans available online. Officials say that 1,000 people have already downloaded blueprints for AR-15 rifles.
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samnsara
(17,570 posts)bucolic_frolic
(42,672 posts)Trump is not running his administration. Someone else is signing off on policy. Stephen Miller?
SkyDaddy7
(6,045 posts)TRUMP just realized or probably someone told him that one of these guns could easily be used to kill him!
...Otherwise, why the moment of clarity from the most incompetent idiot to ever hold the office?
Nitram
(22,671 posts)rather than a mass killing. They don't aren't robust enough to carry large clips, shoot high-powered loads, or achieve a rapid rate of fire.
Initech
(99,914 posts)Trump definitely won't make a decision on guns on his own.
FakeNoose
(32,349 posts)He can't make any money off of it, and they won't swear their loyalty to him. So he has no stake in 3D gun printers.
PSPS
(13,512 posts)riversedge
(69,721 posts)Bengus81
(6,907 posts)AKing
(511 posts)Nitram
(22,671 posts)want to. Even their die-hard gun-nut supporters might see through that.
Nitram
(22,671 posts)printing guns. I assume the plastic employed would have to be the most durable available, and they could track those sales as well. the rationale would be anti-terrorism.