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Hand in Hand: A Second Amendment Group Fights to Defend First Amendment Rights

Attorneys representing the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and Defense Distributed have filed an appellants’ brief in their long-running First Amendment challenge of the New Jersey statute which prohibits the publication of computer files containing digital…

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Fifth Circuit Rules Against New Jersey in Defense Distributed 1st Amendment 3D Gun File Case

From the Second Amendment Foundation . . . The Second Amendment Foundation and Defense Distributed today are celebrating a court victory in a long-running battle to allow online publication of information related to the 3D printing of…


Gun Control Horror: Defense Distributed’s New ‘Zero Percenter’ is a Finger in the Eye of the ATF’s ‘Ghost Gun’ Rule

  The Biden administration recently proposed new regulations defining exactly what constitutes a firearm and which specific parts are required to have ATF-issued serial numbers for tracking. If enacted, Federal Firearms licensing and serial numbers…





Ghost Gunner 3 CNC Mill Now Supports AK-47 and AK-74 80% Receivers

When Defense Distributed launched their faster, larger, more powerful Ghost Gunner 3 mill they noted it is powerful enough to cut steel. At that point it was only a matter of time before AK-47 receivers…


SAF and Defense Distributed Sue State Department, NJ AG Over 3D Gun File Censorship

Dan Z. for TTAG From the Second Amendment Foundation . . . The Second Amendment Foundation and Defense Distributed, the Texas firm made famous for publishing digital firearms information, have sued the U.S. Department of…


Fifth Circuit Hands Anti-Gun New Jersey Attorney General a Defeat on 3D Gun File Regulation

New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) By LKB Yesterday, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit delivered a bench slap to hoplophobic New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal and…


‘Ghost Gun’ Ban: Senate’s New, ‘Improved’ Untraceable Firearms Act Would Ban All Homemade Guns

Polymer80 kit gun (Travis Pike for TTAG) Unofficial Congressional Civilian Disarmament Caucus co-chairmen Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal (both D-CT) have introduced the as yet un-numbered Untraceable Firearms Act of 2020. At first glance,…