08-07-2018, 03:07 PM
(08-07-2018, 01:32 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: To me, this falls under the same umbrella as bomb making instructions online. As far as I know, currently it is only illegal to disseminate this information in an effort to encourage or assist in a federal crime.
The actual sharing of the instructions in a neutral fashion would be protected speech.
I would agree with this reasoning. Also, I can currently find instructions for making a firearm at home quite easily; it just requires machinery I don't have. It would be legal for me to make such a firearm at home, though, and I think this should be legal. Of course, if you are caught with one and you wouldn't be legally allowed to own/carry a firearm, then that would still be illegal.
People should be responsible for their own actions. If someone uses one of these in a crime, that is on them unless they were actually encouraged to do so. But I know not everyone feels this way.
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