A split US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit refused Tuesday to review a trial judge’s orders that paused a challenge to New Jersey’s ban on three-dimensional gun printing. The court found that the orders could not be appealed because they were not final.
Attorneys general from several states initiated civil and criminal proceedings to prevent unregistered and unlicensed individuals from distributing computer programs that could be used to make firearms with a three-dimensional printer. In response, firearm interest groups filed suit, alleging that the attorneys’ actions were part of a “coordinated and politically fueled campaign” that violated various constitutional rights.
