AUSTIN, Texas --- As legislation struggles to keep pace with technology, the Internet is the modern Wild West. For the past two years, Defense Distributed has been embroiled in a legal showdown at the intersection of the growth of the 3-D printed weapons industry and Internet free speech. “Let’s be honest, there are so many CAD [computer-aided
The Right To Download Arms: 3-D Printed Firearms Ignite Free Speech Battle
One of “the most dangerous people on the Internet right now” is promoting open-source firearm blueprints, which would effectively expand access to anyone with an Internet connection and a 3-D printer. But it’s a First Amendment, and not a Second Amendment, fight that he’s facing.