Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer knocked President Trump for engaging in “dangerous governing” after he tweeted Tuesday morning that it “doesn’t seem to make much sense” that 3-D plastic guns are being made available to the public.
“Your administration approved this. What kind of incompetence and dangerous governing is this? And to check with the NRA? Holy moly,” the New York Democrat tweeted.
[Opinion: 3D-printed guns were always going to be legal]
Your administration approved this. What kind of incompetence and dangerous governing is this?
And to check with the NRA? Holy moly. https://t.co/MyctYPoci0— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) July 31, 2018
Less than an hour earlier, Trump tweeted that he had spoken to the pro-gun National Rifle Association about the 3-D printing technology being used to produce plastic firearms.
“I am looking into 3-D Plastic Guns being sold to the public. Already spoke to NRA, doesn’t seem to make much sense!” he tweeted.
I am looking into 3-D Plastic Guns being sold to the public. Already spoke to NRA, doesn’t seem to make much sense!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 31, 2018
Downloadable blueprints for 3-D printed guns will be made available to the public on Wednesday after the Trump administration settled with Defense Distributed last month. However, while the agreement stipulates that the plans don’t go on sale until Wednesday, Aug. 1, it was revealed Monday that more than 1,000 people have already downloaded plans for 3-D printed AR-15-style semi-automatic assault rifles.
While Internet users have already been able, with a bit of searching, to find gun blueprints online, Democrats and gun control advocates are concerned that the settlement, there will be a widespread guns lacking serial numbers that also cannot be detected using metal detectors and other traditional security measures.
Meanwhile, a multistate coalition is suing the Trump administration for allowing access online to downloadable blueprints for 3-D printed guns, asking a federal court in Seattle to issue a nationwide temporary restraining order that blocks the Texas-based Defense Distributed from publishing the plans for the downloadable firearms online.
