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“I am looking into 3-D Plastic Guns being sold to the public. Already spoke to NRA, doesn’t seem to make much sense!”
– President Donald Trump, on Twitter, in reference to Austin resident Cody Wilson’s since-stalled plans to publish (not “sell”) blueprints for 3-D-printed guns. A federal judge issued a temporary nationwide injunction on Wilson’s right to publish the instructions, which was set to go into effect on Aug. 1.
This article appears in August 3 • 2018.
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