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With 3D Printer Gun Files, National Security Interest Trumps Free Speech, Court Rules (arstechnica.com)
A federal appeals court ruled this week against Defense Distributed, the Texas organization that promotes 3D-printed guns, in a lawsuit that it brought last year against the State Department. In a 2-1 decision, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals was not persuaded that Defense Distributed's right to free speech under the First Amendment outweighs national security concerns. From an ArsTechnica report: The majority concluded: 'Ordinarily, of course, the protection of constitutional rights would be the highest public interest at issue in a case. That is not necessarily true here, however, because the State Department has asserted a very strong public interest in national defense and national security. Indeed, the State Department's stated interest in preventing foreign nationals -- including all manner of enemies of this country -- from obtaining technical data on how to produce weapons and weapon parts is not merely tangentially related to national defense and national security; it lies squarely within that interest.'
Seeing that there's no longer a militia needed to repair foreign invaders, the 2nd no longer has justification.
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
Shut up you fucking liar. Are you going to pretend the '94 AWB didn't exist?
If a Democratic president were elected and the Democrats held both houses of Congress of course we'd see sweeping gun control laws, you cunt. Your "voice of reason" shtick is fooling no one.
Nobody has come for our guns because they haven't had the power to do so.
You are a disingenuous lying scumbag if you think the end goal of most progressive/liberal/democrats wouldn't be a ban on purchase or possession of all semi-automatic weapons.