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Third Circuit Arguments
Yesterday we received news of our panel assignment in Defense Distributed v. Attorney General of New Jersey. The Third Circuit confirmed arguments will be held in Philadelphia on November 4th. As a reminder, this case is about settling an extraordinary tug of war between the Fifth and Third Circuits. It’s about which U.S. Court of […]
Publication Date
10.18.24
10.11.24
DD in DC
I return from our nation’s whited sepulcher to say that yes, the reports about the arguments in VanDerStok are true! If this case is just to be decided by what we heard at the arguments, or what we can read in this transcript, kit guns by mail are over. And that’s not just because Elizabeth […]
09.26.24
Biden Harris 3D Gun Executive Order
Today the White House announced an executive order creating new funding and an interagency task force to handle the emerging threat of 3D printed guns. You can find the fact sheet below. The timing of the order, like the press preceding it, is meant to front run and influence the Supreme Court and the public […]
09.19.24
This Week in Guns
In Garland v. VanDerStok, the famous “frame or receiver” case at the Supreme Court, the ATF has filed its Reply Brief. Pretty standard hand-waving on the government’s part. A fun little bit: Respondents specifically object (VanDerStok Br. 39-40; Defense Distributed Br. 25-26) to the Rule’s clarification that a part is not a frame or receiver […]
09.05.24
Influence Operations
A telling piece of public opinion-setting from NPR this morning. https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5099467/nx-s1-5b6c1ff5-2731-426b-b81b-8b3e0cb4f0b2 Steven Inskeep invites Martin Kaste to share the good news of the demise of Polymer80, who “still [hopes] the Supreme Court can save them.” David Pacino of Giffords led the suits that ended the rash of murders driven by this American ghost gun seller, […]