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« Judge Kavanaugh on the Second Amendment | Main | Ha! »

Defense Distributed case settles!

Posted by David Hardy · 10 July 2018 02:13 PM

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."

3 Comments | Leave a comment

SPQR | July 10, 2018 8:05 PM | Reply

Wow

one-eyed Jack | July 11, 2018 6:39 AM | Reply

Military rifles are machine guns. But we knew that. Jack.

Anonymous | July 12, 2018 2:59 PM | Reply

Since this was a settlement instead of a judgment, how much weight does it carry for future cases?

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