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UPDATE: DEFCAD 3D Printed Gun Cad File Removed by Order of U.S. Department of Defense Trade Controls

DEFCAD files are being removed from public access at the request of the US Department of Defense Trade Controls. Until further notice, the United States government claims control of the information.

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Blueprints for The ‘Liberator’, a functioning 3D printed gun, were removed today from Cody Wilson’s website Defcad.org by the US Department of Defense Trade Controls, according to his website.

“#DEFCAD is going dark at the request of the SOS Department of Defense Trade Controls. Some shapes are more dangerous than others,” tweeted Wilson. It is not clear if blueprints are available elsewhere.

The Liberator is the brain child of law student Wilson’s company Defense Distributed in Austin, Texas. The blueprints for the gun were released on his website Defcad.org Monday, ready to download for free and be printed by anyone who has access to a 3D printer.

“Where there’s a computer, there’d be a weapon,” “Well, literally where there’s a 3D printer.”

The gun, smaller than a 9mm, is made almost entirely of plastic, except for a metal firing pin, and could cost about $60 to make. It’s capable of firing between eight and nine rounds until the barrel breaks. Not a problem, Wilson said, people can just print another barrel.

Wilson previously printed gun parts, like a lower receiver for the AR-15 and has been working on this project for almost a year.

But he is also quick to point out that this project is political and about access to information. “You know, I don’t think you should be armed, right? But I think you should have to choice to be.”

There are few rules for what someone can or can not make with 3D printing. According to the National Firearms Act in the United States, it is legal for someone to make their own gun, but to distribute or sell it requires a license.

Wilson received his manufacturing licence from the Bureau for Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) earlier this year, allowing him to distribute his plans online. So far, people from all around the world have downloaded his blue prints.

The 3D Liberator File had been downloaded over 100,000 times

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Tom Coburn’s Explosive Interview

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American Stabbed Outside U.S. EMBASSY in CAIRO

Egyptian protesters burn the US flag during a demonstration outside the American embassy in Cairo on March 9, 2012 before clashes broke out with security forces. 

CAIRO (TheBlaze/AP) — An assailant stabbed an American man outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Thursday, a security official said, in a rare attack on a U.S. national in the Egyptian capital.

The American was rushed to a nearby hospital and the motives for the assault were not immediately clear. According to the Egyptian official, an assailant wielding a knife attacked the American as he stood outside the embassy building in the central Cairo neighborhood of Garden City.

The embassy was once a heavily fortified facility but security measures have been relaxed despite street protests over the past two years in the nearby Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egypt’s 2011 uprising.
The attacker was arrested and was being questioned by police, said the security official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media. He refused to elaborate or identify the American. It was not immediately clear if the victim was waiting in the line outside the U.S. citizens’ services and consular section when the attack happened.

A medic at the al-Qasr al-Aini hospital, also speaking on condition of anonymity for the same reason as the security official, said the American was admitted to the emergency room but refused to give further details.
There was no immediate comment from the U.S. Embassy on the incident.

Graphic High School Beatdown Video

“It was like the devil was in there.” That’s how the dad of a 16-year-old Philadelphia high school student who was brutally beaten, including with chairs, described what happened Tuesday to his son. And now, five of the attackers involved have been arrested and charged. The beating occurred inside the Chester High School library. One of the attackers took video of it and posted it on Facebook. But it wasn’t the school that alerted police — a fellow student did. The school was unaware.

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