By Aaron Miller-
A federal judge on Tuesday halted the release of blueprints to make untraceable and undetectable 3D-printed plastic guns.
The ruling came after Attorneys general from nine states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit in Seattle against the Trump administration to try to prevent the gun plans from being distributed.
They argued that downloadable guns would be unregistered and very difficult to detect and also would be available to anyone regardless of age, mental health or criminal history and went further to seek a restraining order, arguing the 3D guns would pose a safety risk to the public.
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President Donald Trump had already expressed doubts as to whether his administration should have agreed to the settlement, stating in a tweet that it didn’t make sense. U.S district judge Robert Lasnik agreed with Trump’s afterthought and issued the order Tuesday afternoon, saying: “There is a possibility of irreparable harm because of the way these guns can be made.” Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski also expressed disapproval against the plan on tweeter when he said: “Even as a strong supporter of the Second Amendment — this is not right.”
Congressional Democrats had urged Trump to reverse the decision to publish the plans, but a judge had the ultimate task of reversing the ill advised agreement. At a news conference Tuesday, Connecticut senator Richard Blumenthal said that if Trump does not block sale, “Blood is going to be on his hands.”
The most worrying thing about the plan is the fact the guns are composed of a hard plastic, and are simple to assemble, easy to conceal, and difficult to trace.
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During the hearing in Seattle, Eric Soskin, a lawyer for the U.S justice department, said they reached the settlement to allow the company to post the material online because the regulations were designed to restrict weapons that could be used in war, and the online guns were no different from the weapons that could be bought in a store.
But Rupert said a restraining order would keep the plans away from people who have learned about the technology and want to use it to get around gun laws
Despite the company’s website claiming that downloads would begin on Wednesday, blueprints for at least one gun, a plastic pistol called the Liberator, have posted on the site since Friday. A lawyer for the company admitted not knowing many blueprints had been downloaded since then.
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