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Biden administration rules expected in the next week or so Share Copy A federal appeals court has overturned a district court order preventing plans for 3D-printed guns from being shared online. In a ruling [PDF] on Tuesday, the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals lifted an injunction obtained in March 2020 by 22 states and the District of Columbia that blocked a State Department rule change removing 3D-printed guns and associated digital files from the US Munitions List, which enumerates controlled weaponry. The decision means that 3D-printed guns and the digital blueprints to make them can be lawfully distributed, at least until the Biden administration weighs in, as is expected shortly. ....
Here s more from Courthouse News Service on the divided panel of judges. In a 25-page opinion, U.S. Circuit Judges Jay Bybee, a George W. Bush appointee, and Ryan Nelson, a Donald Trump appointee, concluded that courts lack authority to review the challenged rule changes. They found a 1976 law, the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act, and its subsequent amendments forbid judicial review of State Department decisions on what is considered a defense article subject to regulation. Because Congress expressly precluded review of the relevant agency actions here, we vacate the injunction and remand with instructions to dismiss, Nelson wrote for the majority. ....
Plans for 3-D ghost guns may be posted online, federal court rules FacebookTwitterEmail This polymer handgun known as a ghost gun was seized by Berkeley police. It has a 30-round magazine.Courtesy Berkeley Police Department Designers of self-assembled 3-D “ghost guns” may post their plans online without seeking permission from the State Department, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, reinstating a Trump administration order that had been blocked by a federal judge. The firearms, which do not require a gun-maker’s license, had been included in the State Department’s Munitions List, which required approval from the department to export any such weapons. Federal courts applied that requirement in 2015 to weapons posted online for production on three-dimensional printers. ....
The appeals court decision loosens regulations on sharing untraceable 3D-printed gun files, but the Biden administration is expected to propose new restrictions on so-called ghost guns by May 8. Cody Wilson, with Defense Distributed, holds a 3D-printed gun called the Liberator at his shop in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, file) SAN FRANCISCO (CN) A divided Ninth Circuit panel on Tuesday lifted a court order against two Trump-era rules that make it easier to share untraceable 3D-printed gun blueprints, just as the Biden administration seeks to tighten restrictions on so-called ghost guns. The appeals court ruling will lift restrictions on exporting specs for 3D-printed guns, but President Joe Biden announced in early April that the Justice Department would issue new rules for ghost guns within 30 days. ....