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CAD and CAM at the Third Circuit
Yesterday New Jersey filed a transcript of the oral argument held before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals on November 4th. Attorney Chad Flores argued for Defense Distributed. The argument was a surprising one, since no one that morning expected to argue the actual merits of the case, which involved the speech value of 3D […]
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11.19.24
10.22.24
Obnoxii Civitati
Yesterday Freeman1337 was denied bail and remanded in a New York federal court. The case is United States v. Celentano, 1:24-mj-01204-JJM-1 (W.D. NY). The most recent minute entry says that Freeman, who managed The Gatalog’s entire tech stack, will have his devices forensically examined by the United States “on a rolling basis.” We learn in […]
10.18.24
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 […]
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 […]