US District Judge Robert Lasnik ruled Tuesday against a decision by the Trump administration to allow blueprints of 3D-printed guns to be shared online. Lasnik found that the administration violated federal law in allowing a Texas company to publish blueprints of this kind on their organization’s website.
Since 2013, the federal government has maintained that the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), 22 USC § 2778, “authorizes restrictions on internet publications of CAD files that allow users to create guns and their components with a 3D printer.”
