Is it about the first amendment, not gun control? Here's an important headline for today. Bill Nelson wants to ban 3D printer-made plastic guns that can evade metal detectors from the Miami Herald.
First, 3D printed guns are already "banned" because unregistered guns are illegal. Period. Whether they could evade metal detectors or not. Second, President Trump has indicated he doesn't support 3D printed guns to the extent his opinion matters and as for the case, that was settled itself. It had nothing to do with gun control or gun rights or gun anything. It was a first amendment case not a second amendment case. As is often the case the most pervasive form of bias is omitting information.
There's nothing inherently illegal about the blueprints – therefore the posting of them online is a free speech/freedom of expression question. Using them to create an illegal object would be illegal. Make sense? Now, if Bill Nelson wants to attempt to advance legislation to censor speech that's a whole other issue which interestingly enough isn't how it was positioned but is exactly what it is based on the existing legal findings of the case.
Anyone else alarmed? But, as I've said for a while, with so many people willing to attempt to eliminate the 2nd amendment, it's only a matter of time before some would come after the 1st. Who knew it'd be Bill Nelson though? But then again, I guess desperate politicians do desperate things. Hopefully, voters are informed enough to know the implications.
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