{"id":14701,"date":"2013-04-01T13:07:25","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T20:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/?p=14701"},"modified":"2013-04-02T09:40:37","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T16:40:37","slug":"3d-printable-gun-advocate-defense-distributed-and-defcad-shutdown-by-doj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/3d-printable-gun-advocate-defense-distributed-and-defcad-shutdown-by-doj\/","title":{"rendered":"3D Printable Gun Advocate Defense Distributed and DefCad Shutdown by DOJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/DOJ-DEFCAD.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14702\" alt=\"DOJ DEFCAD\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/DOJ-DEFCAD.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/DOJ-DEFCAD.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/DOJ-DEFCAD.jpg?resize=400%2C300 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/DOJ-DEFCAD.jpg?resize=500%2C375 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/DOJ-DEFCAD.jpg?w=1024 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a> If you have been following the gun debate then you are also aware of Cody Wilson, the man behind <a href=\"http:\/\/defensedistributed.com\/\">Defense Distributed<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/defcad.org\/\">DefCad<\/a> sites, who wants to challenge the entire system by offering free plans for a printable 3D gun. Well the DOJ shut his sites down and it appears, from the message posted in place of his sites, they will be going after him with the full force of the law!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Conspiracy to Violate Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C \u00c2\u00a7 2778), Conspiracy to Violate Undetectable Firearms Act (18 U.S.C \u00c2\u00a7 922(p)), Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering (18 U.S.C \u00c2\u00a7 1956(h)), and Criminal Copyright Infringement (18 U.S.C \u00c2\u00a7\u00c2\u00a7 2, 2319; 17 U.S.C 506).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.defcad.com\/\">DefCad.com<\/a> and their <a href=\"http:\/\/defdist.tumblr.com\/\">blog<\/a> are still up but the link to the open source file sharing &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/defcad.org\/defcad-mega-pack\/\">Mega Pack<\/a>&#8221; will take you to a blank page with a broken image at the top of the page. So it appears this is not a hoax, as some are suggesting among the blogs and message boards. Oddly their Defense Distributed <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.defdist.org\/\">webstore<\/a> is still up and running where one can purchase a printed high capacity magazine! Only time will tell if this is an April Fools joke but consider this, first report I found about it being down was 10:26pm <strong>March 31<\/strong> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calguns.net\/calgunforum\/showthread.php?p=10969819#post10969819\">CalGuns<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Wilson considered one of the most dangerous men on earth (by whom officially I couldn&#8217;t say) appeared on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/2013\/01\/17\/ready-needs-vid-beck-connects-the-dots-between-exponentially-advancing-tech-the-singularity-and-government-regulation\/\">Glenn Beck Program<\/a> a few months ago explaining his position&#8230;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iwkX8sWSxNQ?rel=0\" height=\"203\" width=\"360\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Recently there was a short documentary done about Wilson and his project&#8230;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DconsfGsXyA?rel=0\" height=\"203\" width=\"360\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Aside from developing a printable AR-15 lower Wilson was also in the process of perfecting a printable high capacity magazine named the &#8220;Cuomo&#8221; after gun grabber NY Gov Andrew Cuomo.<\/p>\n<p>4-2-13: The site is back up and there hasn&#8217;t been much chatter following it being inaccessible yesterday so it leaves one to believe it was a hoax. You might want to hop over and download some of the plans while you can, just in case&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(updates to come)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have been following the gun debate then you are also aware of Cody Wilson, the man behind Defense Distributed and DefCad sites, who wants to challenge the entire system by offering free plans&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[4480,9204,2393,629,25793],"tags":[26440,26439,26443,10726,26444,26442,26441,8114,9277,23144,340,26447,26446,15994,26445],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/DOJ-DEFCAD.jpg?fit=1024%2C768","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14701"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}