Posted on 04/01/2013 7:47:44 AM PDT by marktwain
Unknown details at this time. Defense Distributed website now displays the logos of Department of Justice and Homeland Security Investigations, and the following information:
This domain name associated with the website DefenseDistributed.com or Defcad.org has been seized pursuant to an order issued by a U.S. District Court.
The webpage goes on to say that several individuals and entities have been indicted and charged with federal crimes including conspiracy to violate the Arms Export Control Act, the Undetectable Firearms Act, and others.
At this time, I have no other confirmation of these arrests or actions.
There is some doubt about this action as the word "entities" is mispelled as "entitites" on the page.
If this is confirmed, it is a major chilling of free speech and net freedom. Defense Distributed had just obtained a federal license to make firearms.
Cody Wilson and Defense Distributed have been primary promoters of the concept of 3D printed firearms and magazines. There are obvious political motivations for the Obama administration to stop their activities, which have often been cited as showing how it would be impossible to enforce a federal magazine ban or ban on semi-automatic modern sporting rifles.
Cody Wilson had always said that they would be careful to follow federal law.
This may be a case of "three felonies a day" where the federal government is able to find that anyone has committed felonies every day, under broad and vague federal statues.
Link to seized webpage
Link to article on Defense Distributed federal license
©2013 by Dean Weingarten Permission to share granted as long as this notice is included.
“Looks like it was modified again Monday, April 01, 2013 11:24:55 AM to address the spelling issue.”
I think Copy is having a good laugh. It is certainly driving up hits to the web site and generating interest...
Not that they needed more hits!
>>>Not that they needed more hits!
Yeah, it’s a win/win for Cody. The DoJ are probably flipping out right now.
1. Cody gets more publicity.
2. The large mag issue seems more meaningless.
3. He has the excuse of April Fool’s day.
4. If the gov actually arrests him and closes the site, people will be shocked.
5. Proponents will be more likely to mirror his site.
This also helps drive home the apparent ultimate objective of the anti gunners. Know the guts were churning all around.....
YMMV
Anti-Entitites. I am one.
;^)
“Yeah, it’s a win/win for Cody. The DoJ are probably flipping out right now.”
Cody is a very smart young man. He needs to move toward minarchy from anarchy. Then he will be an incredibly valuable member of society, instead of merely a very valuable one!
What is it about people who are a bit cavalier about spelling? So many of them seem to be absolutely brilliant!
Didn't Thomas Jefferson say: "It is a poor mind that cannot think of more than one way to spell a word."?
Without misspelled words, the Freeper Lexicon would be woefully bereft of material. No Stuned Beebers...
BFL
Well, I went to DefenseDistributed.com and the DoJ logo is definitely there...which tells me this is probably a April Fools Day hoax. If DoJ really seized the place we’d get a “404 not found” error.
Defense Distributed is back up now. It was April Fool’s day after all.
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