Posted on 09/21/2016 10:29:49 AM PDT by Deek
Plaintiffs-Appellants Defense Distributed and Second Amendment Foundation, Inc. have sued Defendants-Appellees, the United States Department of State, the Secretary of State, the DDTC, and various agency employees (collectively, the “State Department”), seeking to enjoin enforcement of certain laws governing the export of unclassified technical data relating to prohibited munitions. Because the district court concluded that the public interest in national security outweighs Plaintiffs-Appellants’ interest in protecting their constitutional rights, it denied a preliminary injunction, and they timely appealed. We conclude the district court did not abuse its discretion and therefore affirm.
(Excerpt) Read more at ca5.uscourts.gov ...
Ahole “judges” need to be impeached and removed!
Soon they will define compilers as “hacking tools.”
Only licensed, government-approved programmers will be allowed to own any programming tools, under penalty of law.
What are “build AR receivers?” part of an Assault Rifle?
Now lets see them enforce it.
But beware- someone hands you a thumb-drive it may be a crime now
This will still go to trial, but for now the US Governments position that the files can’t be distributed is the law of the land.
Gawd why can't people keep such simple grammar straight?
For AR-15 platform rifles, the lower receiver (the part that houses the trigger, grip, selector lever and recoil/stock assembly is considered the gun. The upper receiver (receiver, barrel, bolt carrier group) is just a part.
Under federal law, you can legally build your own firearm as long as you don’t sell it. Ever. You don’t need paperwork or approvals. So, many AR enthusiests prefer to build their own lower and buy or build the rest. You can do this by purchasing an 80% completed lower and finishing it, or buy starting from scratch. There’s even a mold kit where you can cast your own AR lower out of plastic. So, naturally, it’s moved on to 3D printing.
This looks like CAD/CAM files. Suitable equipment can use them in order to machine parts for such rifles.
Information wants to be free, so to speak, and if these folks’ CAD/CAM files are embargoed, someone outside the USA may produce equivalent files from scratch, perhaps even contracted by firms such as Defense Distributed. That is how computer encryption software controls were gotten around — new encryption software was produced outside the USA and imported.
In the end this is like trying to nail Jello to a tree.
Could be. I read where people are getting thumb drives in their mailboxes in Australia and are loading them right up with horror-ware.
Under current law, individuals are allowed to make their own guns, as long as they don't sell them. The guns do not need to be registered, nor have serial numbers.
This wasn't a big deal, from the BATF point of view -- UNTIL cheap 3D printers came along.
Thank you.
Thank you.
I doubt that the target equipment is these 3D printers, which do not produce very strong “printouts.” Driving CAD/CAM equipment seems to be the goal.
Thank you. I remember the upper and lower receiver groups of the M-16. I learned about them in basic training 40 some years ago.
Ironically, our “national security” should by definition revolve around our constitution and individual unalienable rights...
DD is selling these: https://ghostgunner.net/
You can buy these: https://ghostgunner.net/collections/featured-products/products/ar-15-lower-receiver-1 from DD (and others). The Ghost Gunner allows you to machine the 80% into 100%. The catch is that you need to have a CNC file to driver the Ghost Gunner.
Looking at the link, it appears that part of the argument is that the files are not ITAR*-compliant. ITAR prohibits a US citizen or company from distributing arms-related information to foreign entities. If these files can be downloaded by non-US citizens, then I can see where this would be an ITAR violation.
*International Traffic in Arms Regulation
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