Weapons taken from 3D printers: Trump apparently does a U-turn

Eight American states are continuing the recent authorization given to a Texan company to provide models for the plastic weapons of 3D. To put printers on the net. It was forbidden under Obama. Trump reacts with a laconic tweet.

US President Donald Trump again approves of his government to prioritize online 3D printer guns. After eight states began a lawsuit against the approval, he tweeted Tuesday, he took up the question of whether "3D plastic weapons should be sold in public".

He also talked about it with the influential gun lobby. Trump shared. In a terse sentence, he revealed his skepticism about the meaning of the project: "It does not seem to make much sense." Once again, he did not go into the details.

On Monday, attorneys general from eight states filed a lawsuit against a recent agreement with Defense Distributed to make these models available for online printing of plastic firearms. The weapons were difficult to follow in the wake and are therefore a gift for terrorists and criminals, says the lawsuit.

"I have a question for the Trump government: Why allow dangerous criminals to have easy access to weapons?" Chief Prosecutor Bob Ferguson, Democratic Attorney General in Washington State, has criticized. You do not need to register the weapons available for download. Even metal detectors would not recognize them. And no matter who – regardless of age, mental health and criminal history – they might have.

1000 downloads already downloaded

The lawsuit was joined by Democratic Attorney General in the states of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey , Pennsylvania, Oregon, Maryland, New York and the capital Washington DC on. On Monday 21, the Attorney General urged US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Justice Secretary Jeff Sessions to abandon the settlement with Defense Distributed. The agreement "creates an immediate threat to public safety."

Cody Wilson, founder of Defense Distributed, had already put online the first draft of such a weapon in 2013. The models were later downloaded about 100,000 times, even by users outside the United States. The US State Department quickly stepped in, forcing Wilson, regarding the arms export laws, to pull out the digital textbooks from the network.

A long legal battle followed. And at the end of June, the surprising turnaround: the Trump government withdrew its objections. Soon, Wilson announced plans to reintroduce models of 3D printer weapons. According to government officials, as many as 1,000 people have downloaded instructions for AR-15 rifles.

Wilson's company has already launched its own lawsuit against opponents. Distributed Defense was the victim of an "ideologically fueled" "bullying and harassment" campaign, according to a complaint filed Sunday in Texas' company location. His lawyer Josh Blackman spoke of a "simple case".

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