Judge Blocks 3D Gun Plans From Internet

A U.S. judge in Seattle has blocked the Trump administration from allowing a Texas company to post online plans for making untraceable 3D guns.

Nineteen states and the District of Columbia had sought an injunction to stop a settlement that the government had reached with Austin, Texas-based Defense Distributed.

The states argued that online access to the undetectable plastic guns would pose a security risk and could be acquired by felons or terrorists.

U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik agreed Monday, saying the government's actions "not only impact national security but have domestic repercussions as well."

The State Department had reached the deal with the company after the agency removed the 3D gun-making plans from a list of weapons or technical data that are not allowed to be exported. (KOMO 4 News, August 27, 2018)
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This is a bad decision and appears to be more "anti-Trump" then anything based of public safety or national security. Any time that the government engages in censorship we have a serious concern. If the government can restrict our access to this information, what information will it next choose to deny to the American people? This is a slippery slope, and one which must be avoided less we end up like China where all access to data must pass through a government firewall, and where your every Internet search is monitored and recorded.