but our big story this morning a
controversial plan to release 3d printed
gun blueprints has been put on hold as
new 6 reporter mark layman tells us
Florida lawmakers had a big impact on
the decision the temporary restraining
order comes after Senator Bill Nelson
requested legislation to block the 3d
printed gun blueprints but that was
denied it was hours later when a judge
put a halt to that release the idea here
is to limit the harm and by placing this
temporary storing of temporary
restraining order in place that'll make
a dramatic difference for Public Safety
citing a safety risk a federal judge
stopping the release of blueprints to
make untraceable 3d printed plastic guns
it comes after the government settled a
case with defense distributed in April
which would have allowed the release we
were informed that we would have lost
this case in court or would have likely
lost this case on in court
based on First Amendment grounds the
creator of the blueprint saying there is
a strong demand for his design Texas
supports it all the South supports
rightly does not there's not enough
political will to stop it because
there's plenty of people who want it but
congressional Democrats have urged the
administration to take action saying the
release would be a danger to the public
this is not a question of gun rights
this is really if there were a terrorist
and criminal rights organization they'd
be cheering today because this is all
about how people who shouldn't get guns
can get guns easily president Trump has
previously said that he's looking into
the possibility of 3d printed guns being
sold to the public prosecutors will be
back in court next week and asking a
judge to make that temporary restraining
order more permanent reporting in the
newsroom Mark layman news six and to
talk some more about this topic which is
controversial traffic safety expert
trooper Steve joins us now and you have
a lot of experience from the military to
the highways even firearms instruction
correct right and it's it's you know a
lot of people started asking about stuff
like this and because being a firearms
instructor and if any of our viewers
know how I am I'm pretty pro-gun when it
comes to things I own a lot of firearms
I teach firearm safety I question this a
lot a big time and a lot of people are
like why well are we starting to
question the download of material
because they ban now this
download blueprints you can't read
something where are we going with stuff
like this I start to even think about
where these printers located and stuff
like this we track and they say
untraceable and people get a little
worried about that you know every farm
has a serial number on it and they're
hopefully given or purchased by people
who law abiding citizens are allowed to
have this kind of stuff you're telling
me someone out of jail can get a printer
and print this now a lot of people think
oh I can print an ar-15 stop the noise
right there this is it looks like an AR
v right okay this is a one-shot one kind
of wonder type thing that we're printing
here you're not gonna print in a 50 Cal
and you're gonna go shooting 50 Cal
rapid fire everywhere
the 30 gun just can't do that it doesn't
have the capability that's so we could
still get hurt as well and that's what
concerns me about it one one bullet is
one life technically I think about that
so you have to be responsible as a law
enforcement officer here in the state
and just a law-abiding citizen I am
accountable for every round that leaves
my my firearm whether I'm defending
myself or someone else how concerning to
you you're a firearms instructor that
somebody with no experience can just
print something and even though like you
said it's a one-shot kind of deal you
need to know what you're doing yeah
absolutely this is you're dealing with a
weapon at this point it's not a piece of
plastic it's just just because it came
from a printer doesn't mean it's not
dangerous so people do need to have
proper training if you don't know what
you're doing you shouldn't the thought
of buying one of these 3d printers
shouldn't even be an idea of yours the
thing that scares me really though is
that this is already out there it the
reports are saying 2500 downloads
already of this type of thing right and
that's what it is concerning cuz so many
people I think it's just news if people
are interested oh let me try this I can
print out a firearm
you know if they shoot something like
this it's not only dangerous to someone
else but it could be dangerous to the
user you're dealing again plastic with
combustion on the inside of it someone's
gonna get hurt that's how I feel about
it
Thank You trooper - you're welcome guys