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VanDerStok and a New Contract
VanDerStok v. Garland, the federal case against the ATF’s new frame and receiver rule, has ended with a summary judgment for the plaintiffs. The ATF noticed its appeal to the Fifth Circuit today. This is the first federal court case that Defense Distributed has been a party to *and* won. In ten years, one win. […]
07.13.23
04.28.23
Gun Maker’s Match 3
The third annual Gun Maker’s Match was held in Monroeville, PA last weekend. The event featured competitions in 3D Printed and Kit Build divisions. We’d like to send a special congratulations to Mr. Snow, who took first in all his divisions this year (PCC, Rifle, and .22). All three of his builds were AR-00, a […]
03.07.23
On Ten Years of DEFCAD
This week will mark the ten year anniversary of the first public exposition of the principles of 3D gun printing. The following remarks were made at SXSW in March 2013. We had only just begun work on Liberator. These words, before a public forum, are the birth of your discourse. Listening to them again, I […]
03.03.23
Sacrum Mamurio
Mamurius Veturius is regarded by ancient custom as the smith who made the ancilia that hung in the temple of Mars, the war god. Because the Roman calendar originally began in March, Mamurius rituals once marked the transition from the old year to the new in antiquity. We have much to thank the war god […]
09.19.22
DefDist Litigation Summer Roundup
Since April our industry was more than busy dealing with Biden’s new ATF rule. Its confused rollout, as well as the frenzied blue state response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Bruen, have made for all kinds of fun and games this summer. Let’s see where we are as of late September 2022. VanDerStok v. […]