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Proposed Regulation Could Keep 3D-printed Gun Blueprints Offline For Good
SonicSpike sends a report on a proposed update to the International Traffic in Arms (ITAR) regulations which could shut down the sharing of files for 3D printed gun parts over the internet. "Hidden within the proposal, which restricts what gear, technology, and info can and cannot be exported out of the U.S., is a ban on posting schematics for 3D printed gun parts online." This follows a lawsuit from Cody Wilson and Defense Distributed back in May fighting the federal government's command to remove blueprints for the "Liberator" 3D-printed gun from their website. A senior official at the U.S. State Department said, "By putting up a digital file, that constitutes an export of the data. If it's an executable digital file, any foreign interests can get a hold of it."
All Constitutional issues aside (Free Speech, Prior Restraint, etc.) They can't keep details of their spying program out of the news. They expect to prevent people from exchanging these documents?
When Fascism comes to America, it will call itself Anti-Fascism, and tell you to give up your guns.
Somebody put the genie back in the bottle!!!
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Proposed Regulation Could Keep 3D-printed Gun Blueprints Offline For Good
Yep. And drug laws totally eliminated illegal drugs, prostitution laws totally eliminated prostitution, etc.
Come on, people. This is the stupidest headline I've read in awhile. If laws actually had magical powers like that it would be irrelevant since there's already a law against using a gun to murder someone.
Do you have ESP?
The goal, of course, is not to prevent this stuff from getting out -- people will sneak it out trivially and host it outside the US. And state-level agency, or large terrorist organizations, could just send legal (on the surface anyway) visitors to pick it up, if they wanted to, which they don't.
The goal is to intimidate the makers of such designs. Arrest first and ask questions later, when such designs get out. I wonder how they will take that intimidation?
(-1: Post disagrees with my already-settled worldview) is not a valid mod option.
By putting up a digital file, that constitutes an export of the data. If it's an executable digital file, any foreign interests can get a hold of it."
Right. Because in countries where you can trade a goat for a fully automatic AK-47 or even an RPK, people are instead going to download and print a flimsy, crappy piece of plastic that can shoot maybe 10 rounds before blowing your hand off. And in any case, they make much better weapons in caves than what this guy is making.
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for it to be pitted against a slightly greater evil
Simple, name one Totalitarian regime that allows for its citizens to be armed.
Compensating for European idiots who vote for despot dictators, and who love Chamberlain types gathering peace accords while handing over entire countries to said dictators. You think it cant happen again?
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
Voters are the ones that don't learn - they keep putting these idiot politicians into office.
Good luck, Judges hate it when you try to be "clever" with tricks like that, and rarely rule in your favor. Also don't forget that the diagram is already technically broken into parts (individual bits) by virtue of being digitized and sent through the Internet anyway, so that particular attempt to circumvent a ban is unlikely to work with any law as effectively written.
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
PGP: Source Code and Internals - Phil Zimmerman - books have 1A protection. So I have no doubt we'll soon see "The Liberator: Source Plans and Internals - Cody Wilson".
Also, WTF does "If it's an executable digital file, any foreign interests can get a hold of it" mean? Is ISIS unable to use non-executable files?
Making it illegal to transmit data put an immediate end to software piracy. I don't see why it can't work here as well.
Hey, while we are at it, let's outlaw murder and rape too... Oh wait... What is already illegal?
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With massive unemployment and young men and women looking to start a new career; there will be plenty of opportunities to work for oppressive regimes at curtailing freedom for the established ruling elite. It's like the intellectual and societal form of the broken window fallacy.
World war can't come soon enough!
Life is not for the lazy.
No, I am still mad at "its not a tax" ... "oops it is a tax" ObamaCare decision. Followed up by "the state means individual states" ... "oops we must fix the legislation to mean Federal Exchange too".
That alone should bother everyone, on both sides of the ObamaCare argument. It basically means the nine justices can fix broken legislation, effectively legislating from the bench.
Why do we have 435 people in the legislature?
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
Simple, name one Totalitarian regime that allows for its citizens to be armed.
The United States of America. You torture people. Your spy on your own citizens, who thanks to your laws on average commits 3 felonies a day. This of course helps earn you your place as #1... in incarceration rates. Your Congress has low approval rating but the same people keep getting put back in. You have the largest military in the world, which you insist you need to keep you safe, which looking at the results mainly refers to protecting the rich elite class and their friends' profits secure.
ONE gun in the hands of a ordinary citizen in the movie theater, could have prevented many deaths.
Yes, of course, you've figured it all out. Because an asshole who decides exactly when he can spring an ambush on unsuspecting people, hiding behind cover & wearing body armor, can instantly be taken out by an average handgun holder. Seriously?
You are aware that highly trained and experienced soldiers almost always fail and die under those circumstances right? The shooter has more firepower, better armor, better cover, and the advantage of surprise. I would put the odds somewhere in the 1000 to 1 range for the handgun winning in that scenario. Wtf is it with you rambo types thinking one handgun will just magically win in a firefight?
Anti-gunners seem to boil down defensive gun uses to winning and losing.
An armed population is a deterrence. There is a reason why many mass shootings happen at schools. They are completely disarmed soft targets. Shooters know there won't be anyone to shoot back at them.
I guarantee a mass shooter will move much more slowly and carefully if even ONE person shoots back. It's human nature. Slowing a mass shooter is one way to save lives - you don't need to hit the guy between the eyes for there to be a benefit.