Ghost guns entrepreneur vows to challenge decision

washington — A US gun rights activist and entrepreneur vowed on Tuesday to fight attempts to block his free publication of blueprints for 3D-printed firearms, as US President Donald Trump signalled he was sceptical about whether the plans should be readily available.

Cody Wilson, a self-proclaimed ‘crypto-anarchist’ and gun rights advocate, has made available for download open-source digital files for making so-called “ghost guns.”

His website Defcad went live ahead one day early on Tuesday, as uproar mounted over a settlement he made with the federal government that allowed him to publish — and numerous states resorted to 11th-hour lawsuits to block the site. Wilson says he is facing legal action from “at least 21 state attorneys general” who have cited a risk to public safety — but insists he will not back down.

“I intend to litigate,” he told

Wired magazine. Wilson’s legal team has argued that any move to prevent the distribution of the blueprints would run counter to the “foundational principles of free speech.”

Wilson also says the US Constitution’s Second Amendment, which guarantees the right to bear arms, should extend to a person’s right to make their own guns.

Politicians, gun control advocates and law enforcement however have expressed concerns that Wilson’s plans could help anyone — from a teen to a convicted felon — make untraceable weapons with no serial numbers which could evade metal detectors.

Karl Racine, the attorney general for the District of Columbia, argued that Wilson’s website would be “reckless and would create chaos and violence in the streets of the United States.” In June, after a fiveyear legal battle between Wilson and the federal government, Trump’s administration granted him permission to operate his website Defcad, envisioned as the WikiLeaks of firearms. —

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