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Related: About this forumNinth 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 Circuits 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.
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 Circuits 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.
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Ninth Circuit Lifts Ban on 3D-Printed Gun Blueprints (Original Post)
PoliticAverse
Apr 2021
OP
Considering the first amendment and past Supreme Court decisions I don't see how bans on plans
PoliticAverse
Apr 2021
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Scrivener7
(52,729 posts)1. What could go wrong?
Shermann
(8,636 posts)2. Well you can't realistically make information that you create illegal
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
like this would be found to be constitutional.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)4. Judges who decide that their courts lack authority need to retire. NOW!
RotorHead
(63 posts)5. Judges can not rule in contradiction to the Constitution.
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...
should retire NOW.
See how that works?
TupperHappy
(166 posts)7. Good. (Nt)