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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 […]
Publication Date
03.07.23
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. […]
09.13.22
Defense Distributed v. Grewal, Fifth Circuit Arguments, Round Three
It’s once again that time of year where DD travels to New Orleans to watch New Jersey defend its illegal speech law before a hostile appellate panel. The Fifth Circuit ordered arguments on our injunction motion as quickly as possible this year. This haste, and the fact that none other than Jeremy Feigenbaum has to […]
09.01.22
Defense Distributed v. Bonta
Legion, Yesterday, with your support, DD and The Second Amendment foundation filed the first Bruen challenge to California’s restrictions on precursor parts and making firearms with modern tools. The bills we’re challenging are AB 1621 and SB 1327. The case is Defense Distributed v. Robert Bonta et al., 1:2022-cv-06200 (C.D. Cal), and can be read […]