US court decision: no weapons models for 3D printers

A court American has banned the publication of design plans for the production of firearms from 3D printers at the moment. Shortly before, US President Trump was personally involved in the debate

. The weapon models for 3D printers may not be released in the United States yet. This was decided by a US judge in Seattle on a temporary injunction, after the attorney general of eight US states had filed a lawsuit against the plans. They argued that 3D plastic weapons posed a security risk.

US President Donald Trump personally joined the debate a few hours earlier. He had already spoken to the NRA about weapons, tweeted Trump, and wrote: "It does not make much sense."

3D weapons are not detected by detectors

The Texan company behind the arms models for the 3D Printer, Distributed Defense, had been heard with the Department of Justice in June after a dispute of one year. This would have allowed from today to download the weapon templates online. Critics have expressed great concern about downloadable weapons. You do not have to register with them and they would not be recognized by metal detectors, they said. In addition, the weapons could have any who, regardless of age, mental health and criminal history