The United States Department of Justice has announced the arrest of an illegal Chinese National on a criminal complaint alleging that he exported shipments of firearms, ammunition and other military items to North Korea. According to the DOJ, the items were concealed inside shipping containers bound from Long Beach. Shenghua Wen, 41, a Chinese national illegally … Read more
By Lee Williams The Miami Police Department plans to hold a gun buyback this Saturday at Miami City Hall, which it is calling “GUNS 4 UKRAINE.” Police are offering gift cards in exchange for the weapons: $50 for a handgun, $100 for a shotgun or rifle and $150 for what the department calls a “high … Read more
Among these FAQs, for instance, it’s made clear that a BIS license is now required to post online ‘‘any file, including any CAD file, that once converted will be in an executable code for the production of a firearm.” 3D Printing Industry has a great article on how the U.S. Bureau of Industry and … Read more
On Tuesday, a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals three-judge panel vacated a lower court’s injunction that had blocked Defense Distributed from sharing electronic files for 3D printed gun and parts. It was the latest move in a battle between Defense Distributed and the government that’s been going on for more than eight years. The injunction … Read more
The Trump administration has finalized new rules that loosen export control regulations around small arms, something that’s been in the works for a couple of years now. We’ve written about the topic a number of times (see here, here, and here). As law360.com explains, The new rules would shift various small arms and ammunition from … Read more
This is TTAG’s weekly roundup of legal and legislative news affecting guns, the gun business and gun owners’ rights. New Research on Red Flag Laws It can be hard to keep track of what’s what in the gun debate. With so many old, new, and varied “solutions” being proposed, it’s hard to stay in the … Read more
The House of Representatives moved last week to block the Trump Administration from easing its small arms export policy. Right now, exporting small arms like Ruger 10/22 rifles is treated the same as F-35 fighters. The Trump Administration wants to change that. Or, they say they do. From Reuters… House votes to block Trump bid … Read more
By PA Deacon What exactly happened with the lawsuit that Cody Wilson’s Defense Distributed (DD) filed against the State Department? Specifically, why did the State Department settle the case to allow DD to put its files for 3D printed firearms on its website, DEFCAD? The Agreement The State Department stated that the DEFCAD files posted … Read more
Credit service shuts down payments on all gun purchases Looks like the New York Post reads TTAG . . . Several gun-related businesses were suddenly — and without warning — disrupted in recent weeks when Intuit stopped processing credit card payments because sales were gun-related, The Post has learned. Some of the payments stopped didn’t … Read more
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