Activist Judges Are Idiots
2018-09-20 04:48:01 UTC
The owner of a Texas company that makes untraceable 3-D printed
guns is defying a federal court order by selling blueprints
through his website.
Cody Wilson said at a news conference on Tuesday that hell make
the plans available to anyone who wants them at any price. He
said sales started Tuesday morning and that he'd already gotten
nearly 400 orders.
That follows a federal judge in Seattle blocking Wilson's
company from posting the blueprints online.
Nineteen states and the District of Columbia had sought an
injunction to stop a settlement that the federal government
reached with Wilson's Austin-based Defense Distributed.
The states argued that online access to the undetectable plastic
guns would pose a security risk and could be acquired by felons
or terrorists.
U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik agreed Monday, saying the
government's actions not only impact national security but have
domestic repercussions as well.
The State Department reached the deal with the company after the
agency removed the 3-D gun-making plans from a list of weapons
or technical data that are not allowed to be exported.
Wilson said he anticipates that states may try to sue to stop
him from selling the plans, but that he is raising money for his
legal defense.
Anyone who wants to get these files is going to get them, he
said. They can name their own price.
Speaking to Fox News in July, Wilson described current 3-D
printed guns as mostly curiosities, and said that the big
and bulky characteristics of the weapons would help identify
them. I doubt seriously that its a real problem, he added.
If it is a problem, then the [security] norms will have to
change.
Wilson also said he will continue to challenge the federal court
order.
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2018/08/28/texan-says-hes-selling-3-
d-printed-gun-plans-despite-ruling.html
guns is defying a federal court order by selling blueprints
through his website.
Cody Wilson said at a news conference on Tuesday that hell make
the plans available to anyone who wants them at any price. He
said sales started Tuesday morning and that he'd already gotten
nearly 400 orders.
That follows a federal judge in Seattle blocking Wilson's
company from posting the blueprints online.
Nineteen states and the District of Columbia had sought an
injunction to stop a settlement that the federal government
reached with Wilson's Austin-based Defense Distributed.
The states argued that online access to the undetectable plastic
guns would pose a security risk and could be acquired by felons
or terrorists.
U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik agreed Monday, saying the
government's actions not only impact national security but have
domestic repercussions as well.
The State Department reached the deal with the company after the
agency removed the 3-D gun-making plans from a list of weapons
or technical data that are not allowed to be exported.
Wilson said he anticipates that states may try to sue to stop
him from selling the plans, but that he is raising money for his
legal defense.
Anyone who wants to get these files is going to get them, he
said. They can name their own price.
Speaking to Fox News in July, Wilson described current 3-D
printed guns as mostly curiosities, and said that the big
and bulky characteristics of the weapons would help identify
them. I doubt seriously that its a real problem, he added.
If it is a problem, then the [security] norms will have to
change.
Wilson also said he will continue to challenge the federal court
order.
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2018/08/28/texan-says-hes-selling-3-
d-printed-gun-plans-despite-ruling.html