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Defense Distributed case settles!

Justice Department has settled with SAF and Defense Distributed--essentially, it's surrendered. The case concerned, as I recall, whether 3-D printer programs for making receivers were subject to the strict export controls applied to military arms, and whether that violated the First Amendment.

From the press release:

"Significantly, the government expressly acknowledges that non-automatic firearms up to .50-caliber - including modern semi-auto sporting rifles such as the popular AR-15 and similar firearms - are not inherently military."