Attorneys general from nine states and Washington, D.C., are suing the State Department in an effort to prevent a Texas-based company from publishing downloadable blueprints for 3D-printed plastic guns, just days before the designs are set to go online. The lawsuit, announced Monday by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson (D), asks a federal judge to halt a June settlement between the Trump administration and digital firearms nonprofit Defense Distributed. “I have a question for the Trump Administration: Why are you allowing dangerous criminals easy access to weapons?” Ferguson said in a statement Monday. If the Trump Administration won’t keep us safe, we will.”The State Department’s decision to settle the case last month came as a surprise to pretty much everyone, including Defense Distributed, according to Wired. Then the Trump administration changed course, stating in its settlement that Wilson’s blueprints would be exempt from previous restrictions under a recent proposal to loosen foreign arms trafficking regulations.

Source: Huffington Post July 30, 2018 22:07 UTC