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Cody Wilson

Cody Wilson firing a homemade gun | Bob Daemmrich/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Guns

The 'Technopolitics' of Cody Wilson

Q&A with Death Athletic director Jessica Solce

Zach Weissmueller | 10.31.2023 12:30 PM

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Gun Rights

Biden's ATF Can't Stop Cody Wilson's Ghost Guns

Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern for a discussion of Cody Wilson's ongoing lawsuit against the federal government.

Zach Weissmueller and Nick Gillespie | 6.7.2023 11:17 AM

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Guns

ATF's New 'Ghost Gun' Rules Are as Clear as Mud

The ATF used a lot of words that invite lawsuits and leave industry insiders baffled.

J.D. Tuccille | 4.11.2022 10:09 PM

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Guns

Cody Wilson Thwarts Another Attempt To Stop Ghost Guns

The ATF is expected to adopt a new rule requiring that the metal parts hobbyists used to manufacture their DIY weapons be registered as legal firearms. So Cody Wilson made those parts unnecessary.

Zach Weissmueller | 1.12.2022 4:00 PM

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Guns

Biden's Plan to Stop Ghost Guns Is Doomed To Fail

"There's this growing gap between what's on paper and what is enforceable in law," says Kareem Shaya, the co-founder of Open Source Defense.

Zach Weissmueller | 4.22.2021 12:55 PM

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Reason Roundup

Last Week's ICE Raids Were a Tremendously Expensive Political Show That Didn't Make Anyone Safer

Plus: The trade war still isn't good or easy to win, trans activists are upset about a new romantic comedy, and more....

Eric Boehm | 8.13.2019 9:42 AM

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Guns

When Gun Control Is Censorship

New Defense Distributed chief Paloma Heindorff on making guns, fighting lawsuits, and life after Cody Wilson

Zach Weissmueller | 5.1.2019 12:00 PM

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Gun Control Is Still Dead: Paloma Heindorff on Homemade Firearms and Defense Distributed After Cody Wilson

After Cody Wilson was arrested on a sex crime charge, Heindorff took the helm at Defense Distributed. Now she's leading a massive free speech battle over the right to download a gun.

Zach Weissmueller | 2.8.2019 2:13 PM

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Cody Wilson

Can New Jersey Ban the Distribution of Computer Files That Can Help Make Guns?

Defense Distributed and the Second Amendment Foundation insist that law violates the First Amendment, Commerce Clause, and Supremacy Clause.

Brian Doherty | 1.4.2019 4:55 PM

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Guns

Is Gun-Printing Software Protected Speech?

Defense Distributed is back in court.

Brian Doherty | 11.1.2018 12:00 PM

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Guns

Makers of 3D-Printed Guns Follow In DIY Tradition of Ammunition Reloaders

Reloaders and DIY gunmakers alike are motivated by innovation and a willingness to make for themselves what the government doesn't want them to have.

J.D. Tuccille | 10.17.2018 1:23 PM

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Cody Wilson

Cody Wilson, 3D-Printed Gun Pioneer, Arrested in Taiwan

Wilson's passport was revoked following a warrant for his arrest in Texas for having paid sex with an underage girl.

Brian Doherty | 9.21.2018 2:00 PM

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3D Printing

Cody Wilson, Home Weapon-Making Pioneer, Charged with Sexual Assault for Paying for Sex with a Minor

He is not yet in custody and is believed to be in Taiwan.

Brian Doherty | 9.19.2018 4:25 PM

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Reason Podcast

Defense Distributed Lawyer Josh Blackman on 3D-Printed Guns and Free Speech: Podcast

Cody Wilson's attorney talks guns, speech, and "Lochner-izing the First Amendment."

Damon Root | 8.28.2018 11:15 AM

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Cody Wilson

Gun Control Becomes Speech Control

People appalled by Cody Wilson's firearm fabrication software tend to forget about the First Amendment.

Jacob Sullum | 8.8.2018 12:01 AM

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Cody Wilson

The Scaremongering Over 3D Guns Has Little to Do With Reality

It's never been illegal to make your own firearms.

David Harsanyi | 8.3.2018 12:01 AM

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Cody Wilson

The Important but Arcane Procedural Issue That Might Upend the Restraining Order Against Defense Distributed

Did the settlement with the distributor of home gun-making hardware and software remove computer files from the United States Munitions List or just temporarily stop treating them as affected munitions?

Brian Doherty | 8.2.2018 4:20 PM

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Cody Wilson

Free Speech and Computer Code -- 3-D Printer Gunmaking Files and Beyond

Three ways of thinking about the problem: 1. Software is like hardware. 2. Software is like instruction manuals. 3. Alexa, read this book and make me a gun.

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 8.2.2018 2:54 PM

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3D Printing

3D-Printed Guns Are a Great Example of Technophobia in Media, Politics

They are years away (if ever) from becoming the choice of bad guys, who can already make untraceable weapons, so why all the fear-mongering?

Nick Gillespie | 8.2.2018 11:40 AM

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Guns

Cody Wilson Takes Gun Plans Offline After Judge Issues Restraining Order

But thanks to the internet, it may not matter.

Declan McCullagh | 8.1.2018 12:48 AM

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Gun Control

3 Things People Don't Get About the Homemade Gun Making Story

The government's decision to settle a lawsuit with Defense Distributed doesn't change anything significant. It's not Trump's fault. And the underlying case was as much about free speech as it was about guns.

Brian Doherty | 7.31.2018 5:15 PM

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Cody Wilson

8 States Sue Federal Government, Defense Distributed Over Gun-Making Computer Files

The states allege that the Feds decision to settle its lawsuit with Defense Distributed violates administrative procedure law and the states' 10th Amendment rights.

Brian Doherty | 7.30.2018 5:45 PM

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Cody Wilson

Defense Distributed Sues New Jersey, Los Angeles Over Legal Threats

The authorities threatened the gun-making software and hardware company. Now the company is striking back, citing its First and Second Amendment rights.

Brian Doherty | 7.29.2018 5:25 PM

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Cody Wilson

Gun Control Groups Fail to Stop Distribution of Gun-Making Computer Files

The previously prohibited computer files related to making guns at home are now legally available in resolution of long-standing lawsuit involving Cody Wilson and Defense Distributed.

Brian Doherty | 7.28.2018 1:45 AM

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Cody Wilson

When Code Is Speech, Tech Like 3D-Printed Guns Sees Greater Protection from Censorship

Gun owners can now enjoy First and Second Amendment safeguards.

Andrea O'Sullivan | 7.18.2018 8:30 AM

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2nd Amendment

The Government Will Allow Cody Wilson's Defense Distributed to Distribute Gun-Making Software

Second Amendment superlawyer Alan Gura doesn't think the settlement means the Trump administration are across-the-board gun rights defenders.

Brian Doherty | 7.10.2018 6:00 PM

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Guns

YouTube Plans to Shut Down Gun Instructional Videos

Cody Wilson fears that major private institutions are trying to make gunmakers non-persons.

Brian Doherty | 3.23.2018 4:15 PM

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Cody Wilson

Guns, Code, and Freedom

Cody Wilson on his war against power, the irreversible course of the 3D-printed gun, and America's Weimar moment

Mark McDaniel | 3.3.2018 6:00 AM

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Want to Make an Untraceable Handgun at Home? Cody Wilson Can Help.

His Ghost Gunner and 3D printing are destroying the concept of gun control.

Mark McDaniel | 2.5.2018 2:15 PM

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