On Hoffman and Patents

3D2A is upset that a federal court ordered Tim Hoffman to remove his Super Safety from the Internet, and that Rare Breed Triggers would take advantage of Hoffman’s unfortunate, constant babbling about the dispute. Patent suits aren’t unusual in the gun industry, and (as many suggest) the Rare Breed patents may be invalid. But does […]

DD v. YouTube at the Fifth Circuit

Last week YouTube noticed an appeal of Judge Albright’s surprise denial of their motion to transfer our case to California. We quickly filed a motion to dismiss with the Fifth Circuit, which you can read below: I like that Google’s very best authority for their appeal is Defense Distributed v. Bruck, a case longtime LEGIO […]

DD v. YouTube – Transfer Denied

Last week in Defense Distributed v. YouTube (1:25-cv-01095-ADA), after Judge Albright surprised Team Google with a dramatic motions hearing, YouTube’s motion to transfer was denied. You’re welcome to read that hearing’s transcript. Google’s attempt to transfer our case to California failed. And this failure is the first endorsement of the new reading the law’s framers […]

DD v. YouTube Hearing

Two interesting developments in Defense Distributed v. YouTube (1:25-CV-01095-ADA, W.D. Tex.), the state court case Google couldn’t help but bring into the federal system: 1. Judge Albright, a Trump appointee, snatched the case up from the magistrate sua sponte. 2. Judge Albright has set a hearing, one week from today, concerning Defense Distributed and Google’s […]

What Happened to FOSSCAD?

No (primal) father should have to bury his (disabled) child. The young perish while the old linger. Alas, that these evil days should be mine! Yes, the FOSSCAD subreddit was banned on Friday, September 26th for violating “Rule 7.” Among others, I have been scapegoated because I mentioned FOSSCAD in a federal lawsuit filed the […]

Defense Distributed v. Bondi

On Friday Defense Distributed filed our reply to the ATF’s objection to our motion for an injunction against the Biden/Trump “frame or receiver” rule. It’s a Trump rule now not just because his DOJ defends it, but because it gives the rule novel interpretations never attempted in the Biden years. This filing was more enjoyable […]

Independence Day SITREP

Just in time to celebrate that civil war we won in the 1770s to reject Hanoverian imperialism, NPR warns us that ghost guns may not be so dead. They may even be doing that whole revenant thing which, in fairness, ghosts are known to do. Bondiland Military Populism Just a word about the two legal […]

DD-Day

Defense Distributed v. Bondi Last Friday Defense Distributed made its first filings in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s VanDerStok decision. Unlike the case’s other plaintiffs, we’ve maintained fully briefed Second and Fifth Amendment arguments that can now have their day. AG Bondi and the Trump DOJ asked for a sixty (60) day stay to […]

Trump’s DOJ and G80 Receivers

On Friday the Trump DOJ announced a settlement with Rare Breed Triggers, which in a significant way ends the public battle over Forced Reset Triggers (FRTs). This was broadcast by our government as a win for the Second Amendment: My opinion of this outcome is biased by our own (ongoing) DOJ settlement conversations in what’s […]

On Raids and Raiding

Last week ATF raided and arrested the moderators of a Discord server connected to the interstate development and sale of 3D NFA items. Though one of these moderators may have been a confidential informant, word is the raids were simply the result of an(other) anonymous tip. When a journalist asked me if this is the […]