We’ve been through this all when Cody first fired the Liberator several years ago. The courts have ruled for decades that you can’t censor information of this kind from the public. The ruling that took these files down misapplied an international agreement to violate the First Amendment and American’s civil rights. That abomination of a ruling has been overturned. Now, others are trying to violate American’s First Amendment rights. This includes President Trump.
Not only have the courts ruled that Americans have a right to publish and consume this information, but it’s also completely legal to manufacture a gun at home for personal use. This includes 3D printing one.
You’ve always been able to make one at home with basic shop tools. Blueprints and how-to books have been around for several decades teaching people how to do this.
Society is changing. Open source has developed thousands of talented designers and home manufacturers that no longer keep industry secrets closely held. People are interested in helping others learn and develop their skills now. The maker community has lead the way with this new way of thinking, and society has immeasurably benefited from this new open philosophy.
3D printers of all types, home CNC machines, laser cutters, injection molding, etc. are all things that are now freely available to the public at an affordable price. That was never the case before. As a result, people are developing their skills to manufacture, and are leading the way in the technological development of these technologies.
The genie is out of the bottle, and political class doesn’t like that they can’t control the population anymore.
So when the files have all gone public (assuming they haven’t already), Pennsylvania residents won’t be able to download them… at least in theory. But the Keystone State wasn’t the only place this was happening. Out in Seattle, seven other states in addition to Pennsylvania opened a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the decision. Those states were Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Oregon, Maryland, New York and the District of Columbia. They’re asking the courts to overturn the Justice Department decision to settle with Cody Wilson, the founder of Defense Distributed, allowing him to move forward with the release. (Associated Press)
I’ve vowed to document more of my 3D printing for you on this website rather than just social media.
Matthew at MyMiniFactory.com modeled this awesome baby rattle. I mean come on … it’s me … I LOVE knives! How could I not print this thing? Plus, my wife is a photographer. It could be a great prop for her to use.
The whole print was done on my Orion Delta 3D printer from SeeMeCNC.com. It was printed in PLA (3 colors) at a 0.2 layer height (standard resolution).
I also printed the rattle beads from Matthew’s files. I printed 2x as many beads as included in the file. You drop them in one by one as the sword blade is half printed. The blade is hollow so you just drop the beads right in.
