Judge Temporarily Halts Release of Downloadable Plans for 3D-Printed Guns

[Mrs. Overall]

Source: NBC

DEVELOPING: A federal judge in Seattle issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday to stop the sharing of downloadable blueprints for 3D-printed guns.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is "looking into" 3D-printed gun sales, a day after eight states sued his administration over its decision to allow a Texas nonprofit to publish downloadable blueprints for a 3D-printed gun.

The states contended the hard-to-trace plastic weapons are a boon to terrorists and criminals and threaten public safety. Trump tweeted that "3-D Plastic Guns being sold to the public ... doesn't seem to make much sense!"

"No, Mr. President, it doesn't make any sense," Sen. Edward Markey of Massachusetts said at a press conference Tuesday morning with several of his Democrats colleagues where the lawmakers called on Trump to stop the publication of the blueprints.

The suit, filed Monday in Seattle, asks a judge to block the federal government's late-June settlement with Defense Distributed, which allowed the nonprofit to make the plans available online. Officials say that 1,000 people have already downloaded blueprints for AR-15 rifles.



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[samnsara]

1. i love my state

[bucolic_frolic]

2. This indicates

Trump is not running his administration. Someone else is signing off on policy. Stephen Miller?

[SkyDaddy7]

3. I think...

TRUMP just realized or probably someone told him that one of these guns could easily be used to kill him!

...Otherwise, why the moment of clarity from the most incompetent idiot to ever hold the office?

[Nitram]

11. That was my thought, Sky. These guns are best used for the assassination of a single individual

rather than a mass killing. They don't aren't robust enough to carry large clips, shoot high-powered loads, or achieve a rapid rate of fire.

[Initech]

9. No this is the NRA'S doing.

Trump definitely won't make a decision on guns on his own.

[FakeNoose]

4. Why would Cheeto "look into" this?

He can't make any money off of it, and they won't swear their loyalty to him. So he has no stake in 3D gun printers.

[PSPS]

5. "Look into" is the same phrase he used about handing over diplomats to putin

[riversedge]

6. Trump is looking into this issue by consulting the NRA!! damn

[Bengus81]

7. Gawd....Hey Trump,what'd the NRA say,we're all on needles and pins to find out.....

[riversedge]

10. +1

[AKing]

8. NRA will come out against it since gun mfgrs can't make money off them

[Nitram]

12. That would be rather awkward considering the NRA supports our individual right to own any gun we

want to. Even their die-hard gun-nut supporters might see through that.

[Nitram]

13. You can bet the government is keeping tabs on 3-D printers being sold that are capable of

printing guns. I assume the plastic employed would have to be the most durable available, and they could track those sales as well. the rationale would be anti-terrorism.