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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Wednesday, August 1, 2018 Federal judge blocks release of blueprints for 3D-printed guns BRIEFLY Oregon children left alone unhurt in gas explosion LA GRANDE (AP) — Oregon police say a 4-year-old and a 2-year-old survived an explosion that happened when they were left alone and tried to make popcorn in a microwave located above a gas range. The children were taken to a hospital for evaluation and found to have no injuries. Their parents Stephen and Clarissa Seed were arrested after Sunday’s explosion on neglect charges. The Observer newspaper reports they posted bail. It’s unknown if they have a lawyer. The explosion blew out a front win- dow and tore apart a back door. The chil- dren fled and took refuge inside a parked vehicle. Police say the parents told investigators they had been looking for a lost dog for two hours. The dog was at the house when responders arrived. The children were taken into protective custody. Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday stopped the release of blue- prints to make untraceable and undetectable 3D-printed plastic guns as President Donald Trump questioned whether his administra- tion should have agreed to allow the plans to be posted online. The company behind the plans, Aus- tin, Texas-based Defense Distributed, had reached a settlement with the federal gov- ernment in June allowing it to make the plans for the guns available for download on Wednesday. The restraining order from U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik in Seattle puts that plan on hold for now. “There is a possibility of irreparable harm because of the way these guns can be made,” he said. Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson called the ruling “a complete, total victory.” Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File “We were asking for a nationwide tem- In this May 2013, file photo, Cody Wilson, the founder of Defense Distributed, shows porary restraining order putting a halt to this a plastic handgun made on a 3D-printer at his home in Austin, Texas. outrageous decision by the federal govern- ment to allow these 3D downloadable guns to a lawyer for the U.S. Justice Department, said “Even as a strong supporter of the Second be available around our country and around they reached the settlement to allow the com- Amendment — this is not right,” Alaska Sen. the world. He granted that relief,” Ferguson pany to post the material online because the Lisa Murkowski tweeted, linking to a news said at a news conference after the hearing. regulations were designed to restrict weap- story on the guns. ons that could be used in war, and the online “That is significant.” The NRA said in a statement that “anti- Eight Democratic attorneys general had guns were no different from the weapons that gun politicians” and some members of the filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to block the could be bought in a store. news media wrongly claim that 3D printing settlement. They also sought the restraining Since the weapons “did not create a mil- technology “will allow for the production order, arguing the 3D guns would be a safety itary advantage,” he told the judge, “how and widespread proliferation of undetectable could the government justify regulating the plastic firearms.” risk. Congressional Democrats have urged data?” In truth, “undetectable plastic guns have President Donald Trump to reverse the deci- But Rupert said a restraining order would been illegal for 30 years,” said Chris W. Cox, sion to publish the plans. Trump said Tues- keep the plans away from people who have executive director of the NRA’s political arm. day that he’s “looking into” the idea, saying learned about the technology and want to use A federal law passed in 1988 — crafted with making 3D plastic guns available to the pub- it to get around gun laws. NRA support — bars the manufacture, sale lic “doesn’t seem to make much sense!” Hours before the restraining order was or possession of an undetectable firearm. Trump tweeted that he has already spoken issued, Democrats sounded the alarm, warn- Trump spokesman Hogan Gidley made with the National Rifle Association about ing about “ghost guns” that can avoid detec- much the same point, saying the administra- tion supports the law against wholly plastic the downloadable directions a Texas com- tion and pose a deadly hazard. pany wants to provide for people to make The company’s website had said down- guns, including those made with a 3D printer. 3D-printed guns. The guns are made of a loads would begin Wednesday, but blueprints But Democrats called the law weak and hard plastic and are simple to assemble, easy for at least one gun — a plastic pistol called said gun users can get around it by using the Liberator — have been posted on the site weapons with a removable metal block that to conceal and difficult to trace. “We don’t agree with President Trump since Friday. A lawyer for the company said the gun doesn’t need in order to function. very much,” Washington state Assistant he didn’t know how many blueprints had Democrats filed legislation that would Attorney General Jeff Rupert told Lasnik, been downloaded since then. prohibit the publication of a digital file online “but when he tweeted ‘this doesn’t make Outrage over the administration deci- that allows a 3D printer to manufacture a fire- much sense,’ that’s something we agree sion is putting gun control back into the elec- arm. Democrats also filed a separate bill to tion-year political debate, but with a high- require that all guns have at least one non-re- with.” After a yearslong court battle, the State tech twist. movable component made of metal so they Department in late June settled the case The president seemed to express surprise. can be discovered by metal detectors. against Defense Distributed. He said on Twitter he was looking into the The settlement, which took gun-con- idea of a company providing plans to the pub- trol advocates by surprise, allowed the com- lic for printing guns, and he said it “doesn’t pany to resume posting blueprints for the seem to make much sense!” The East Oregonian works hard to hard-plastic guns at the end of July. Those Democrats agreed and said Trump had the be accurate and sincerely regrets any plans were put on hold by the Seattle judge’s power to stop it. errors. If you notice a mistake in the decision. Some Republicans also expressed paper, please call 541-966-0818. During the hearing in Seattle, Eric Soskin, concern. Man shoots 2 cougars near chicken coop east of Portland PORTLAND (AP) — The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office says a Corbett man shot and killed two cougars that were near a chicken coop. Sgt. Brandon White says Oregon State Police and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife have been notified, but he doesn’t anticipate any charges because the man was defending livestock. The shooter, David Callister, tells KGW-TV he was walking to the trailer where he stays early Tuesday when he almost stepped on the tail of a cougar that was under his pickup. The cougar dis- played no fear. He returned with a rifle and found a cou- gar starting to tear into the coop. Callister says he fired warning shots before killing the cougars. Salem task force renews effort to clear city sidewalks SALEM (AP) — A proposed ordinance that would ban people from sitting or lying down on Salem sidewalks has been revived. The proposal by the city’s Downtown Homeless Solutions Task Force also seeks to prohibit people from leaving personal items on sidewalks, the Statesman Journal reported Monday. The task force was created last October after the city council rejected a similar pro- posal. City officials did not say why they decided to reintroduce the proposed ban. A report by the task force cites prob- lems observed by downtown businesses and shoppers including public urination and defecation; homeless people using customer restrooms to bathe and behaviors such as drug use and littering. Corrections — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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