Pennsylvanians will not be able to download plans to make 3-D printable guns.
Texas-based company Defense Distributed recently settled with the federal government and announced that files for 3-D printable guns would be posted online starting in August. For a nominal fee, anyone can join Defense Distributed and gain access to the files without needing to provide proof of age, a valid gun license or a permit-to-carry number.
An emergency hearing in federal court was held Sunday in Philadelphia to block access to the downloaded guns in Pennsylvania. Attorney General Josh Shapiro, Governor Tom Wolf and the Pennsylvania State Police sued to block the company for distributing its designs.
Defense Distributed agreed to block Pennsylvania users from its site.
“The harm to Pennsylvanians would have been immediate and irreversible,” Attorney General Shapiro said. “Defense Distributed was promising to distribute guns in Pennsylvania in reckless disregard of the state laws that apply to gun sales and purchases in our Commonwealth. Once these untraceable guns are on our streets and in our schools, we can never get them back. The decision tonight to block Pennsylvania users from downloading these 3D gun files is a victory for public safety and common sense. The company also agreed to not upload any new gun files to its sites – another important development.”
The company said in court that they began distributing gun files early and that 1,000 people had downloaded 3-D plans for AR-15s since Friday.
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