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Friday, October 6, 2023
Federal Judge Rules Gun CAD Files are Not Protected Speech - Ammoland.com
A federal judge in New Jersey ruled that computer code that lets someone produce firearms is not protected speech under the First Amendment.
In the case, Defense Distributed v. Platkin, Federal District Court Judge Michael A. Shipp dismissed the lawsuit that Defense Distributed and the Second Amendment Foundation ( SAF) brought against New Jersey’s law banning the sharing of gun computer-aided design files (CAD). Even before the law was passed, New Jersey issued a cease-and-desist letter to the company in early 2018, demanding it stop publishing firearms information that New Jersey residents could access. Defense Distributed has been posting CAD files on its Def Cad website that allow users to print firearms using 3D printers. New Jersey claimed publishing these files broke the state’s public nuisance and negligence laws.
Defense Distributed claimed First Amendment protections against the cease-and-desist correspondence. The company claimed that New Jersey’s action was unconstitutional but would try to prevent citizens from New Jersey from downloading the files while weighing its options. New Jersey decided this action was insufficient and seemed to want the company wiped out.
The state would then send a letter to DreamHost, one of Defense Distributed’s Internet security providers, claiming that the company violated DreamHost’s acceptable use policy (AUP) because Defense Distributed was violating New Jersey law. New Jersey would also contact the company’s other Internet security provider, Cloudflare, with the same claim. The state seemed to be trying to wipe the Texas-based company off the map.
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Florida Attorney General Clarifies Definition of Short-Barreled Rifle - Ammoland.com
The Florida Attorney General, Ashley Moody, has issued an opinion clarifying that the Florida legal definition of a “short-barreled rifle” does not include a pistol to which a stabilizing brace has been attached, even if the stabilizing brace is used as a stock. From myfloridalegal.com:
Unless and until judicially or legislatively clarified, I conclude that the definition of “short-barreled rifle,” which the Legislature enacted in 1969, does not include a handgun, such as a pistol, to which a person attaches a stabilizing brace, because the use of a such an optional accessory does not change the fundamental characteristics of the handgun.
The Florida statute banning the possession of short-barreled rifles was passed in 1969, shortly after the Gun Control Act of 1968 was passed by Congress at the urging of President Lyndon Johnson. From Florida Statutes 790.001(16)
(16) “Short-barreled rifle” means a rifle having one or more barrels less than 16 inches in length and any weapon made from a rifle (whether by alteration, modification, or otherwise) if such weapon as modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches.
The short-barreled rifles were added to the federal National Firearms Act in 1934 as an afterthought by the actions of a Minnesota Congressman, Harold Knutson. Knutson was a man of dubious sexual proclivities who used his position on the Ways and Means Committee to have the Roosevelt Administration add short-barreled rifles to the items, which required a $200 tax and to be registered with the Federal government.
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WIN: Federal Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Against Maryland Public Carry Bans - Ammoland.com
Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced today that United States District Court Judge George L. Russell, III has issued a preliminary injunction against Maryland’s ban on firearm carry in locations selling alcohol, private buildings or property without the owner’s consent, and within 1,000 feet of a public demonstration. The opinion in Novotny v. Moore can be viewed at FPCLaw.org.
“As for the other statutes cited by State Defendants, they are not similar to SB 1’s restriction on locations selling alcohol because they do not impose a ‘comparable burden on the right of armed self-defense,’” explained Judge Russell in his order. “Those historical statutes prevented only intoxicated individuals from carrying firearms, while SB 1 bans all people present at locations selling alcohol from carrying.”
“We’re elated that the Court has seen the error of Maryland’s ways and has prevented the state from enforcing certain provisions of its law prohibiting peaceable carry permit holders from carrying their arms in a vast number of locations around the state,”
…said Cody J. Wisniewski, FPC Action Foundation’s General Counsel and Vice President of Legal, and FPC’s counsel. “Of course, the Court did not grant our motion in full, and is allowing the state to enforce restrictions on some locations that still do not fall within our Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation. On that front, FPC is evaluating its next steps.”
FPC is joined in the litigation by Maryland Shall Issue and the Second Amendment Foundation.
Individuals who would like to join the FPC Grassroots Army and support important pro-rights lawsuits and programs like these can sign up at JoinFPC.org. Individuals and organizations wanting to support charitable efforts to restore the Second Amendment and other natural rights can also make a tax-deductible donation to the FPC Action Foundation.
Firearms Policy Coalition (firearmspolicy.org), a 501(c)4 nonprofit organization, exists to create a world of maximal human liberty, defend constitutional rights, advance individual liberty, and restore freedom. FPC’s efforts are focused on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and adjacent issues, including freedom of speech, due process, unlawful searches and seizures, separation of powers, asset forfeitures, privacy, encryption, and limited government. The FPC team are next-generation advocates working to achieve the Organization’s strategic objectives through litigation, research, scholarly publications, amicus briefing, legislative and regulatory action, grassroots activism, education, outreach, and other programs.
FPC Law (FPCLaw.org) is the nation’s first and largest public interest legal team focused on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and the Second Amendment litigation and research space leader.
Sunday, October 1, 2023
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