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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.'
We've been hearing this for going on half a century. "They're coming for our guns!" Yet there have never been more guns in private hands.
Nobody has come for your guns. You are literally Chicken Little.
You are welcome on my lawn.
Want a chance of smacking this down via SCOTUS?? Do *NOT* elect Hillary Clinton!!! SCOTUS will be undergoing a generational change, and the next POTUS will be picking replacements.
This next election is not about Trump or Hillary; this election is about remaining a sovereign country with our constitutional rights, or not! Choose wisely.
Life is not for the lazy.
No, it doesn't. Because (pay attention) nobody is trying to take away your guns. It's all just FUD created by the gun lobby to scare the yokels. Just like "transsexuals are going to be in the bathroom with your baby!"
You've been had.
You are welcome on my lawn.