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On Open Source at DEFCAD
The political innocence of the artists at work in our community is a given. 3D gun developers draw firstly from their familiarity with computers and design software, and not from a common ideology. No doubt zoomer social distress and alienation is the great motor of the guncad struggle. Because this play struggle can be unpredictable, […]
Publication Date
08.18.22
08.04.22
GG3 Closed Loop Spindle Control
Beta testing is now open for LEGIO members who would like to work with Ghost Gunner 3’s closed-loop spindle control, a feature supported by all GG3 machines shipped since 2019. A summary of the changes GG closed-loop spindle control introduces: GG3’s power output broadens considerably and is now offered at the full RPM range – […]
07.20.22
Everytown v. DEFCAD Summer Special
Eugune Volokh makes a decent point about our *third* appeal (in 8 months) to the Second Circuit. New York would have us give up creator anonymity to litigate jurisdiction, OR give up jurisdiction to litigate anonymously. This is a false choice delivered in bad faith, and we are not interested in taking it. I’d like […]
04.20.22
Biden “Ghost Gun” Rule, Part I
Little of substance has been reported concerning the actual, legal effects and function of the new ATF receiver rule. The text itself is some 364 pages. Defense Distributed will sue ATF to stop this rewrite of the GCA, and I have more detailed notes to share, but my summary impressions of the rule follow below: […]
01.21.22
Everytown v. DEFCAD Merits Briefing
The below scheduling order in Everytown for Gun Safety v. DEFCAD is an unqualified victory. The district judge had ordered discovery and Twitter was set to dox the defendant creators on Dec. 24. We have for the second time arrested this miscarriage of due process and have secured three months to prepare briefs on the […]