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PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)
Wed Apr 28, 2021, 06:03 PM Apr 2021

Ninth Circuit Lifts Ban on 3D-Printed Gun Blueprints

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A divided Ninth Circuit panel on Tuesday lifted a court order against two Trump-era rules that make it easier to share untraceable 3D-printed gun blueprints, just as the Biden administration seeks to tighten restrictions on so-called ghost guns.

The appeals court ruling will lift restrictions on exporting specs for 3D-printed guns, but President Joe Biden announced in early April that the Justice Department would issue new rules for ghost guns within 30 days.

The Ninth Circuit’s decision Tuesday overturned an injunction issued by a federal judge in Seattle in March 2020. U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik had blocked two rules that transferred regulatory control of 3D-printed gun files from the State Department to the Commerce Department. The rules also removed ghost gun blueprints from a State Department list of munitions that require a license to export. Twenty-two states led by Washington state sued to prevent the rule changes from taking effect.

In a 25-page opinion, U.S. Circuit Judges Jay Bybee, a George W. Bush appointee, and Ryan Nelson, a Donald Trump appointee, concluded that courts lack authority to review the challenged rule changes.

Read the rest at: https://www.courthousenews.com/ninth-circuit-lifts-ban-on-3d-printed-gun-blueprints/
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Shermann

(8,636 posts)
2. Well you can't realistically make information that you create illegal
Wed Apr 28, 2021, 06:32 PM
Apr 2021

Has that ever worked? This reminds me of DeCSS. Can certain prime numbers be illegal?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_prime

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)
3. Considering the first amendment and past Supreme Court decisions I don't see how bans on plans
Wed Apr 28, 2021, 06:34 PM
Apr 2021

like this would be found to be constitutional.

 

RotorHead

(63 posts)
5. Judges can not rule in contradiction to the Constitution.
Thu May 20, 2021, 09:51 PM
May 2021

Nor should they rule in violation of rationality, reality, and practicality.

yagotme

(3,816 posts)
6. Judges that think they can overturn amendments to the Bill of Rights...
Mon May 24, 2021, 07:36 PM
May 2021

should retire NOW.

See how that works?

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