CAD files showing how to print a gun were put back online in July but quickly blocked again A ban on the online distribution of 3D printed gun blueprints has been extended by a US federal judge. The temporary block was due to expire on Tuesday but US district judge Robert Lasnik ruled that publishing the files could cause "irreparable harm". More than a dozen states sued the government in July after it said that the gun-building instructions could go back on the web. The group behind the weapons said it was considering its options. Defense Distributed has fought a lengthy battle with the US government over the distribution of the technical data to allow the building of 3D-printed guns. The blueprints were originally made available five years ago but the group was ordered to take them down a few weeks later. It joined forces with the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) – set up in 1974 to defend the right to own guns – to sue the US government over the clampdown. In a surprise decision in July, the US Justice Department ruled that the blueprints could go back online because they did not pose a national security risk as the types of guns featured on the website could be bought "in any store". AdChoices ADVERTISEMENT Learn more AdChoices Welcoming the U-turn, Defense Distributed initially said that it would put the files back online on 1 August but actually did so a few days earlier. The files were downloaded […]

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CAD files showing how to print a gun were put back online in July but quickly blocked again A ban on the online distribution of 3D printed gun blueprints has been extended by a US federal judge. The temporary block was due to expire on Tuesday but US district judge Robert Lasnik ruled that publishing the files could cause "irreparable harm". More than a dozen states sued the government in July after it said that the gun-building instructions could go back on the web. The group behind the weapons said it was considering its options. Defense Distributed has fought a lengthy battle with the US government over the distribution of the technical data to allow the building of 3D-printed guns. The blueprints were originally made available five years ago but the group was ordered to take them down a few weeks later. It joined forces with the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) – set up in 1974 to defend the right to own guns – to sue the US government over the clampdown. In a surprise decision in July, the US Justice Department ruled that the blueprints could go back online because they did not pose a national security risk as the types of guns featured on the website could be bought "in any store". Welcoming the U-turn, Defense Distributed initially said that it would put the files back online on 1 August but actually did so a few days earlier. The files were downloaded thousands of times before the […]

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