Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Left Leaning States Sue Trump Administration Over 3D Printing of Constitutionally Protected Guns
Bob Ferguson, the Democratic attorney general for Washington state, announced the lawsuit at a Monday morning press conference in Seattle. Eight states, including Washington, Pennsylvania and New York, and the District of Columbia said they are suing the administration over the decision to allow blueprints for 3D printed guns to be released online on Aug. 1.
“I have a question for the Trump Administration,” Ferguson said, according to a press release. “Why are you allowing dangerous criminals easy access to weapons? These downloadable guns are unregistered and very difficult to detect, even with metal detectors, and will be available to anyone regardless of age, mental health or criminal history. If the Trump Administration won’t keep us safe, we will.”
The decision to allow the blueprints to be released came as the result of a lengthy legal battle between the Department of State and Cody Wilson, co-founder of Defense Distributed. Wilson posted blueprints for 3D printed guns online in 2013. The State Department ordered him to remove the online plans, but he resisted, saying that posting the plans online amounted to free speech and was therefore protected. Wilson won his legal battle in late June when the State Department settled its case with him and decided to allow him to release his blueprints online at the end of July.
Firearms industry experts said that allowing people to download the blueprints will not likely result in a spike in gun violence, as it is already possible to self-make guns without serial numbers at home and the methods used to 3D print guns are costly.
“It costs thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars to acquire a printer and the files and the knowhow to do this. They don’t work worth a damn. Criminals can obviously go out and steal guns or even manufacture quote-unquote real guns, not 3D printed,” said Larry Keane, executive director of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, according to The Washington Post.
“If you’re a gang banger in L.A., are you going to go out and spend tens of thousands of dollars to buy a printer to print a gun that doesn’t work very well or are you just going to steal one?” he added.
Wilson meanwhile has fired back at those who have filed lawsuits against him for deciding to publish the...
WATCH: Florida Gov. candidate Ron DeSantis proudly displays his support for President Trump in Epic campaign ad
WATCH: Florida Gov. candidate Ron DeSantis proudly displays his support for President Trump in Epic campaign adpic.twitter.com/dIgVStbVDu— Wired Sources (@WiredSources) July 31, 2018
Plutocrat Charles Koch: Trump Tariffs ‘Ridiculous,’ ‘Unfair’ to Foreigners
Koch, who funds a network of organizations with his brother, David Koch, told the media during a conference with donors over the weekend that Trump’s ten percent tariff on imported aluminum and 25 percent tariff on imported steel was not fair to foreign countries and foreign workers.
The Trump administration has said the tariffs on imported goods are necessary to protect American jobs and industries from foreign competition where foreign-made products are sold much cheaper than U.S.-made products, driving U.S. companies out of business.
“This is ridiculous, we should just get rid of all barriers except on things that will hurt people,” Koch told the media, according to ABC News.
“Yeah, it’s unfair. It’s unfair to their people,” Koch claimed of the foreign countries and foreign workers who have been hit with Trump’s tariffs.
Trump’s tariffs have delivered gains for the U.S. steel industry — which had been decimated by decades of free trade. Most recently, Trump visited Granite City, Illinois, where the former steel town announced that, thanks to the president’s protective tariffs, it was rehiring at least 800 American workers who had previously lost their jobs to foreign competitors.
The globalist Koch Brothers, who have become a total joke in real Republican circles, are against Strong Borders and Powerful Trade. I never sought their support because I don’t need their money or bad ideas. They love my Tax & Regulation Cuts, Judicial picks & more. I made.....— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 31, 2018
For decades, the U.S. has maintained a trade deficit in steel products, importing vastly more steel than the country is exporting. Trump says he wants to change this trend with...
The 90 Miles Mystery Box: Episode #334
You have come across a mystery box. But what is inside?
It could be literally anything from the serene to the horrific,
from the beautiful to the repugnant,
from the mysterious to the familiar.
If you decide to open it, you could be disappointed,
you could be inspired, you could be appalled.
This is not for the faint of heart or the easily offended.
You have been warned.
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