Downloadable Gun Designs Are Here To Stay: New at Reason

It would be nice, writes J.D. Tuccille, if the courts were to acknowledge that sharing the designs for firearms online is just like printing them up and distributing them in a book—that is, an act of free speech protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It would be nice, and it’s a point even conceded by at least one of the state attorneys general trying to stop Defense Distributed from sharing such plans online.

The internet is a nearly perfect medium for distributing information no matter what the law says, notes Tuccille. Just like shared music and movie files, downloadable gun plans are here to stay.

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