US District Judge Robert Lasnik has imposed a restraining order upon Defense Distributed, the business built by Cody Wilson for the distribution of digital files related to firearm designs and manufacturing. According to the man in a black dress, his little mallet and big title grants him the authority to infringe upon the liberty allegedly guaranteed by the Bill of Rights.
Liberator single-shot 3D-printable gun. Image credit
“There is a possibility of irreparable harm because of the way these guns can be made,” said Lasnik.
"There is real irreparable harm whenever a pompous clown infringes upon life, liberty, property, association, or any other manifestation of our natural rights as rational, acting beings," says anyone with common sense.
Wilson's core argument is that the government's prohibition of publishing such documents violates the right to freedom of the press as protected under the First Amendment to the Constitution. The stated purpose of this amendment was to prevent the federal government from claiming any legal authority to censor materials they found objectionable. Of course, it was promptly trampled with reckless abandon by the Sedition Act of 1798 under President John Adams, the second man to claim the Oval Orifice.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. [emphasis added]
It's not a complicated sentence. The fact that lawyers and judges can (and do) bullshit their way around such plain prohibitions should not be astonishing, though. Despite everything we have been taught, governments do not represent the general populace or protect our rights. Magic papers signed by dead men are not an impediment to tyranny or a shield against despots. Government is built on a foundation of greed and lies, and any challenges to their authority will not be tolerated. Sure, they'll make a great show of protecting speech that does not threaten their real power, and they'll stretch the definition of "speech" to include campaign financing and secure their power further if it suits them, but no government can tolerate real freedom. The free flow of ideas and information is the greatest threat to government, so if they can't steer such ideas and information into avenues that serve their own purposes, their inevitable response is censorship and violence. "Democracies" and "republics" have no inherent virtue in this respect. No matter the form taken by The State, it always behaves the same in the end.
Just as a real assault rifle (and not just a semi-auto AR-15) is the modern musket and is in principle completely protected by the Second Amendment, the internet is our modern printing press. The web is as much a forum for free speech as any lecture hall or community meeting. Rights are not changed by the advancement of technological progress. Don't wait for the pompous control freak busybodies to benevolently assent to the exercise of your natural rights. Live free now. Learn liberty. Respect the reciprocal and equal rights of others. Just try not to get yourself assaulted by the Thin Blue Line gang who are "just doing their jobs" as they extort you and impose the dictates of the politicians.
Worms!
Dammit, I thought this argument was over:
https://steemit.com/politics/@styxhexenhammer/lrccng6d
Seriously, just when I thought the argument for stifling the transfer of information online had been obliterated, burned, and the soot marks bleached, some bitch in a black robe whirls about and flips the bird... again.
This simply exposes the double standard about liberty: the second ammendment does not apply to assault rifles just as the first doesn't apply to the internet, evidently. And should you combine the two, like the bloke who wrote a blog post about how to make an AK-47 fully automatic using nothing more than a twist tie, gods help you... because no-one else will.
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Political control freaks can't abide the thought of someone existing without permission or creating anything without governmental permission or oversight. It's a debate that will not end until we end The State. Unfortunately, people love the idea of "authority" and prefer their imaginary world of benevolent leaders for now.
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The concept of a democratic government for me and the way they are executed today is a funny thing. If we are truly a democratic government, the true test of effective governance would be how little the government and its institutions interfere in the daily lives of its people. The less we feel them, the more effective they are because it just means that they've done their job and have made sure we that we can live our lives the way we want them to.
When they start imposing laws that affect our freedoms like that, then it just means that there is something wrong somewhere. And that in order to make up for their shortcomings, they are imposing these laws so the people won't notice.
So, they're afraid people will start printing their guns at home? The people who will use these guns to do bad things will still do bad things even if they can't find the right plans to print them. They're not solving any problems, they're just creating new ones.
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The concept of a democratic government is flawed to the core though. Representation doesn't actually exist, becaise there isn't really an agent/principal relationship between even the politicians and those who voted for them, much less those who voted against them, did not vote, or could not vote.
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Just goes to show that we shouldn't be surprised that democratic institutions and governments are taking a beating worldwide.
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Unfortunately, the "solutions" people are offered always create a new political class, and don't allow liberty.
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I hear you there. If it's not imposing new oppressive regulations by the ones on top, it's those being oppressed thinking giving up their liberties to keep the peace and maintain stability is the way to go. I'm not opposed to "economic" solutions to economic problems, but when it comes to policy that affects all, let's put justice and liberty as the main motivator.
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Can't stop the signal
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