It undermines the State’s firearms laws that keep guns out of the hands of individuals convicted of violent crimes, the mentally ill and persons subject to various protections and no-contact orders. It also weakens States’ laws that require background checks on individuals purchasing/transferring guns through dealers, gun shows or online.
The coalition asserted that the new rule violate the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) since the new rule is “an abuse of discretion, arbitrary and capricious.” The AGs stressed that the Trump Administration “failed to consider relevant evidence or articulate a satisfactory explanation for its action” of reversing its position regarding the files for 3D printed guns.
In July 2018, a multistate coalition filed a lawsuit to stop the release of the CAD files for 3D-printed guns. In November last year, U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik issued a temporary restraining order stopping it. He ruled that the proliferation of 3D printed guns will have “many negative impacts,” saying that these untraceable weapons could end up in the wrong hands.
“A reckless attempt” to loosen regulations on 3D-printed guns
In a statement, New York AG Letitia James, said, “Ghost Guns endanger every single one of us… While the president and his Administration know these homemade weapons pose an imminent threat, he continues to cater to the gun lobby — risking the lives of millions of Americans. We’re filing this lawsuit to stop the Trump Administration from further facilitating the spread of gun violence at our schools, our offices, and our places of worship.”
