US court prohibits public firearms plans for 3D printers "kleinzeitung.at

A US federal court has terminated the planned publication of firearm manufacturing plans with the help of 3D printers at the last minute. The Seattle court issued an injunction Tuesday night, confirmed the court spokesman. The Attorney General of Washington State, Bob Ferguson, also said the application had been approved on Twitter

02:52, 01 Aug 2018

Critics had feared that the publication of plans on the Internet would put bad weapons in the hands and endanger public safety. The directives would have allowed individuals to uncontrollably produce their own non-traceable weapons.

Ferguson had sought the injunction and laid charges against the administration of US President Donald Trump. Seven US states and the capital district of Washington joined the lawsuit. The Defense Distributed lawyer unsuccessfully asked the Seattle court to dismiss the "injunction" application in its entirety.

The Trump Government reached an amicable agreement with Defense Distributed in June, authorizing the release of weapons plans for 3D The printer was licensed on the Internet. Distributed Defense subsequently announced its intention to offer free downloads on Wednesday.

In the end, the organization posted plans for the "Liberator" ("liberator"), largely plastic, gun on Tuesday. More than 5,000 users downloaded the data for 3D printing of individual parts and instructions for badembly of the weapon. After the command, the download page displayed an error message.

Trump himself had expressed skepticism Tuesday about the release of weapons plans for 3D printers. "It does not seem very meaningful," he wrote on Twitter. He has discussed the matter with the NRA's gun lobby and will review it.

The Attorney General of Washington argued that these plans gave criminals and terrorists access to downloadable, non-traceable and non-traceable 3D printed weapons. The attorney general of 20 US states and the capital district of Washington also sent a letter of formal notice to Justice Minister Jeff Sessions and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday

. Firearm "Liberator" released on 3D printers. The State Department banned it a few days later with reference to export control laws. Wilson complains without success against that. In June, the foreign affairs and justice ministries surprisingly reached an agreement with him.