States Sue Trump Administration Over 3-D Printed Gun Deal
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A group of states sued the Trump administration to block its legal settlement allowing a small Texas non-profit company to publish instructions on the internet for making downloadable guns with 3-D printers.
The government violated federal law by arbitrarily excluding the firearm designs from U.S. export controls that have barred Austin-based Defense Distributed from publishing them, the coalition of Democratic attorneys general from eight states and the District of Columbia said in their complaint.