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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.
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Forecast
TODAY
THURSDAY
Hot with sunshine
Breezy and nice
with sunshine
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
Mostly sunny and
pleasant
Mostly sunny and
pleasant
Partly sunny and
pleasant
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
89° 57°
97° 63°
81° 56°
83° 59°
88° 59°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
92° 60°
100° 65°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
96°
90°
108° (1971)
66°
60°
42° (1933)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.00"
0.00"
0.37"
6.49"
11.30"
7.95"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday
Normals
Records
HIGH
LOW
100°
90°
106° (2015)
63°
60°
40° (1933)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.00"
0.00"
0.22"
5.10"
6.59"
5.92"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
Last
New
Aug 4
Aug 11
5:38 a.m.
8:24 p.m.
10:58 p.m.
10:21 a.m.
First
Full
Aug 18
87° 57°
91° 52°
Seattle
78/56
ALMANAC
Yesterday
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Records
86° 56°
Aug 26
Today
SUNDAY
Spokane
Wenatchee
93/61
96/65
Tacoma
Moses
78/55
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 99/61
91/56
65/56
78/54
98/58
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
78/56
98/68 Lewiston
101/64
Astoria
100/65
66/57
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
86/59
Pendleton 93/54
The Dalles 100/65
97/63
94/65
La Grande
Salem
95/57
87/56
Albany
Corvallis 84/54
82/54
John Day
96/56
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
103/69
86/52
92/51
Burns
96/51
Caldwell
101/66
Astoria
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Burns
Enterprise
Eugene
Heppner
Hermiston
John Day
Klamath Falls
La Grande
Meacham
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Redmond
Salem
Spokane
Ukiah
Vancouver
Walla Walla
Yakima
Hi
66
97
92
62
96
93
86
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96
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62
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Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
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Seoul
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Tokyo
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WINDS
Medford
95/58
(in mph)
Klamath Falls
91/48
Boardman
Pendleton
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Coastal Oregon: Clouds and sun today;
however, low clouds followed by sunshine
in the south.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Hot today
with sunshine; however, hazy sun in the
south. Mainly clear tonight.
Western Washington: Clouds and sun in
central parts today; cloudy at the coast.
Sunshine across the south.
Eastern Washington: Sunny today;
however, some clouds in the north. Clear
tonight.
Cascades: Pleasant today with sunshine.
Clear tonight; however, partly cloudy across
the north.
Northern California: Clouds, then sun at
the coast today; hot in central parts. Hazy
elsewhere.
Today
Thursday
WSW 8-16
W 7-14
WSW 10-20
W 10-20
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84
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National Summary: Flooding downpours and locally gusty storms will extend from the
Gulf coast to the interior Northeast today. A strip of storms will affect the Upper Midwest. A
few storms will dot the Rockies and deserts.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 113° in Thermal, Calif.
Low 31° in Gothic, Colo.
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Billings
Birmingham
Boise
Boston
Charleston, SC
Charleston, WV
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
El Paso
Fairbanks
Fargo
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Hi
93
78
84
86
91
79
102
82
87
78
85
79
93
86
80
96
68
71
89
94
79
88
87
107
86
90
Lo
68
68
76
74
65
69
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76
67
67
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59
65
73
54
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Thur.
Hi
92
77
85
86
94
81
97
90
86
75
83
83
96
92
85
97
69
79
88
94
84
87
90
105
90
87
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69
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73
63
68
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Today
Hi
Louisville
82
Memphis
85
Miami
88
Milwaukee
84
Minneapolis
78
Nashville
83
New Orleans
87
New York City
84
Oklahoma City
87
Omaha
87
Philadelphia
87
Phoenix
109
Portland, ME
76
Providence
83
Raleigh
86
Rapid City
81
Reno
100
Sacramento
94
St. Louis
85
Salt Lake City
96
San Diego
83
San Francisco
66
Seattle
78
Tucson
103
Washington, DC 87
Wichita
90
Lo
68
67
78
65
52
70
75
75
65
63
76
90
70
73
73
58
64
57
68
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52
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80
77
64
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Thur.
Hi
84
88
90
74
77
84
89
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91
87
89
108
88
89
85
90
97
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90
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Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain,
sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
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