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Which is worse? Richard discusses the topic, as everyone is all in a fluster now that Defense Distributed’s files have been released. But the fact that a magazine published details of how to manufacture a hydrogen bomb way back in 1979 is fine and dandy… 3D Printed Guns, Thermonuclear Weapons & the First Amendment

A BELATED LEGAL scramble to stop public access to 3-D printed gun blueprints has succeeded, at least for now. Late Tuesday, a federal judge granted a temporary nationwide injunction against Defense Distributed from making its designs available online. Several hours after the ruling, Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson has finally complied. The suit, filed Monday…

Twenty states announced Monday that they plan to ask a federal judge in Seattle to immediately issue a temporary restraining order against Defense Distributed, a Texas-based group that has already begun making 3D-printer gun files available on its DEFCAD website after a recent legal settlement with the US State Department. “After almost 18 months I…

A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment guarantees a right to openly carry a gun in public for self-defense, finding that Hawaii overstepped its authority to regulate firearms possession outside the home. The ruling by a three-judge panel on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, makes the San…