Monday, April 1, 2013

April Fools’ Day Joke? Feds Seize 3-D Printed Gun Website

 

According to a notice posted on the Defense Distributed website, Homeland Security Investigations and the Justice Department have taken the site down.

“This domain name associated with the website DefenseDistributed.com or Defcad.org has been seized pursuant to an order issued by a U.S. District Court,” the home page of the website states.

The post claims a federal grand jury has indicted several individuals associated with the website and charged them with violating the Arms Control Act, the Undetectable Firearms Act, and other crimes.

Defense Distributed is on open source organization that designed the Wiki Weapon, a firearm that can be downloaded over the internet and printed with a 3-D printer. The project was co-founded by University of Texas law student Cody Wilson “and a group of like-minded friends with strong libertarian leanings – a mix of Ron Paul fans, hunting enthusiasts, and tech-savvy revolutionaries who see the availability of a “printable gun” as potentially upending power structures across the globe,” PCMag.com reported last August.

More @ Info Wars

10 comments:

  1. Sounds like somebody will be opening a new shop offshore soon, doesn't it?

    Can't say I'm surprised, except that I'm surprised it took the Hitler Youth this long to take Defcad's toy away.

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    1. Sounds like somebody will be opening a new shop offshore soon, doesn't it?

      :)

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  2. To be honest, I'm surprised it took this long. I expect new laws regulating 3D printers and all other firearms manufacturing to follow.

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    1. . I expect new laws regulating 3D printers and all other firearms manufacturing to follow.

      Tyrants.

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  3. If this is not a joke, it would not surprise me at all.

    Shared on Hype and Fail on Facebook, because this is so full of FAIL that I don't know where to start.

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    1. If this is not a joke, it would not surprise me at all.

      I certainly hope that it is and thanks.

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  4. More shots across the bow or does no one recognize that?

    Awwww hell, it doesn't matter, it's not me anyways, right?

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    1. Great! It was for April Fool's Day.:) Thanks and I'll post it.

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