Banned 3D Gun Plans Remain Available at the Pirate Bay
Overseas and beyond the reach of the U.S. State Department
Reason 24/7 note: The U.S. State Department invoked export controls to force Defense Distributed to remove plans for 3D-printing firearms and firearm parts from its servers, but overseas Websites, including the Pirate Pay, continue to host them. The link is below.
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And they download in seconds!
And as we know, Pirate Bay founders haven't had any legal aggravations.