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TexasTowelie

(117,050 posts)
Thu Aug 2, 2018, 03:58 AM Aug 2018

A Democrat tried to ban publishing plans for 3D printed guns. Utah Sen. Mike Lee blocked it.

A Democrat tried to ban publishing plans for 3D printed guns. Utah Sen. Mike Lee blocked it on First Amendment grounds.


Washington • Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, cited free speech concerns in objecting Tuesday to legislation that would prohibit publishing blueprints to make 3D plastic guns.

Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., attempted to pass a bill Tuesday by unanimous consent — meaning the measure would be approved unless any senator disagreed — that would ban anyone from posting online plans to use a 3D plastic printer to build a working firearm.

The move came as a deadline approached that night that would overturn an Obama-era ban on publishing the 3D gun plans. Plastic guns are undetectable by metal detectors at secure buildings and airports.

President Donald Trump's State Department reversed the publishing ban.

Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/08/01/democrat-tried-ban/
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A Democrat tried to ban publishing plans for 3D printed guns. Utah Sen. Mike Lee blocked it. (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 2018 OP
I thought this guy already dumped the plans on the internets already mitch96 Aug 2018 #1

mitch96

(14,692 posts)
1. I thought this guy already dumped the plans on the internets already
Thu Aug 2, 2018, 07:17 AM
Aug 2018

It's out there..... Can't get the toothpaste back into the tube.. Prolly all over the dark web already...
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https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/31/us/3d-guns-downloaded-plans-states/index.html

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