Cuomo hazy on status of ammo sales database — ‘not a significant aspect’ of SAFE Act New York gun control vaporware . . . …(T)he governor said that he wasn’t aware of the current status of the state’s plan to build a database for ammunition sales, an element of the 2013 SAFE Act that remains […]
A few weeks ago we wrote about Defense Distributed’s appeal for help in fighting lawsuits filed by 21 attorneys general in an effort to stop the Austin company from distributing its 3D gun files. In that post, we included a video that ghostguns.com produced in support of the fundraising effort. Given the new prevalence of […]
The entire 3D printed guns kerfuffle that was set off when Cody Wilson’s Defense Distributed settled a longstanding lawsuit with the US Department of Justice has resulted in a nearly endless procession of news reports and commentary featuring jaw-dropping ignorance and misinformation about the nation’s gun laws. Or it would be jaw-dropping, if it weren’t already […]
“The danger presented by downloadable guns is magnified by the fact that many of these guns can be printed entirely in plastic, so metal detectors won’t catch them. As school administrators around the country consider what they can do to keep students safe — including, in some schools, installing metal detectors — this is another […]
The Judge in the Latest 3D-Printed Gun Case Got 3D Printing Totally Wrong No. Really? . . . The law that supposedly prohibits the posting of the schematic is an export control law, the Arms Export Control Act, so nothing stops Wilson from distributing the schematic inside the United States. But posting the gun schematic online necessarily […]
The intent of the Founding Fathers in including the Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights was to ensure that the American citizen had uninhibited access to the armament equivalent to that of the standard infantry soldier. That right is there as a check on potential tyranny. As you are likely aware, the Founders’ intent […]
An Australian man who printed replicas of guns that could not fire or accept ammunition, has been given 12 months of probation with a 50-month suspended sentence. From abc.net.au: The first person in New South Wales to be charged over making and possessing 3D-printed guns has avoided jail. Steven Sicen Sun was charged early last […]
If you’re a regular reader, you’re familiar with the saga of Cody Wilson’s Defense Distributed and their years-long battle to make files for producing their 3-D printed firearms available online. After finally settling with the Justice Department, they were cleared to distribute the files beginning August 1. But a last minute restraining order put up another […]
3D printing companies take action against 3D guns amid debatable public safety threat “Public safety threat.” Uh huh. You keep trying to stop that signal, pal . . . Lately, Barger has been extra vigilant about the kinds of things people are hoping to create here. “Our staff is always monitoring. If we see anything […]
Those pushing for a disarmed populace have been conditioned to believe that effective restrictions on arms cannot be achieved without strong government censorship and control over information. The First and Second Amendments in the Bill of Rights reinforce each other and make restrictions on both free expression and the right to keep and bear arms […]
Cuomo Ups Anti In Taking Legal Fight To NRA Governor Soprano goes to the mattresses . . . Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced Friday that the state will highlight the National Rifle Association’s pledge to spend $1 million to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court in papers related to the state’s motion to dismiss the NRA‘s lawsuit. The […]
“If they could build a system that could prevent people from downloading that pistol, it would be far more dangerous and the effects would be far more terrible than that little pistol. Power wants to know everything, surveil everything, absorb everything. This impulse should be checked.” – Cody Wilson in Meet Cody Wilson, the Austin man […]
