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title: "Good news, everyone!  Cody's back! "Mr. Wilson first alarmed…"
date: 2020-03-30
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# Good news, everyone!  Cody's back! "Mr. Wilson first alarmed…

*March 30, 2020 · Facebook*

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[https://www.wsj.com/articles/gun-rights-activist-releases-blueprints-for-digital-guns-11585414671](https://www.wsj.com/articles/gun-rights-activist-releases-blueprints-for-digital-guns-11585414671){target="_blank"}
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Good news, everyone! Cody\'s back!\
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\"Mr. Wilson first alarmed lawmakers when his company, Defense Distributed, published 3-D-gun design files in 2012. In 2013, the State Department ordered him to take down the plans.\
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The Obama administration ultimately reasoned that the files could be downloaded by foreign nationals and were thus classified as exports regulated by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, or ITAR, a U.S. control on the export of defense and military technology.\
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Mr. Wilson had run afoul of laws designed to control sales for export, not those restricting domestic transactions.\
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Mr. Wilson engaged in a lengthy legal fight with the federal government, ultimately prevailing in 2018 when the State Department amended its policy and allowed the files to be posted, issuing Mr. Wilson a license to do so.\"\
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[https://www.wsj.com/articles/gun-rights-activist-releases-blueprints-for-digital-guns-11585414671](https://www.wsj.com/articles/gun-rights-activist-releases-blueprints-for-digital-guns-11585414671){target="_blank"}
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