Defense Distributed website seized, Cody Wilson arrested on conspiracy charges!

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Breaking: Defense Distributed website seized, Cody Wilson arrested on conspiracy charges!Gun Watch ^ | 2 April, 2013 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 04/01/2013 7:47:44 AM PDT by marktwain

Unknown details at this time. Defense Distributed website now displays the logos of Department of Justice and Homeland Security Investigations, and the following information:

This domain name associated with the website DefenseDistributed.com or Defcad.org has been seized pursuant to an order issued by a U.S. District Court.

The webpage goes on to say that several individuals and entities have been indicted and charged with federal crimes including conspiracy to violate the Arms Export Control Act, the Undetectable Firearms Act, and others.

At this time, I have no other confirmation of these arrests or actions.

There is some doubt about this action as the word "entities" is mispelled as "entitites" on the page.

If this is confirmed, it is a major chilling of free speech and net freedom. Defense Distributed had just obtained a federal license to make firearms.

Cody Wilson and Defense Distributed have been primary promoters of the concept of 3D printed firearms and magazines. There are obvious political motivations for the Obama administration to stop their activities, which have often been cited as showing how it would be impossible to enforce a federal magazine ban or ban on semi-automatic modern sporting rifles.

Cody Wilson had always said that they would be careful to follow federal law.

This may be a case of "three felonies a day" where the federal government is able to find that anyone has committed felonies every day, under broad and vague federal statues.

Link to seized webpage

Link to article on Defense Distributed federal license

©2013 by Dean Weingarten Permission to share granted as long as this notice is included.

TOPICS:Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Government; PoliticsKEYWORDS:3dprinting; banglist; codywilson; defensedistributed

To: marktwain

My hope would be that it’s not an April Fool’s joke.

There are somethings that you don’t joke about and seizure by the feds is one of them.

To: marktwain

Check out the date - both the date of the article and today's date.

To: marktwain

Chilling. Absolutely chilling to the bone.

That website looks like something out of the movies.

To: rarestia; All

Good chance this is an April Fools joke. I hope so.

To: marktwain

With the spelling of entities, I would say a joke....

To: marktwain

One of the most popular webs site I vist does this on april 1st every couple of years

To: marktwain

I don’t know if it is real or not. The source of the page is pointing here:http://defcad.org/usc_domain.jpgThe DNS entry points to here:50.63.48.1And the WHOIS info on that IP block is stating GoDaddy.com.

To: marktwain

Wow!The only thing that they weren’t charged with was spitting on the sidewalk.

Just go’s to prove the point that when the government wants to persecute you,it can.

If your on that jury Nullifye the charges as a Second Amendment violation.

This is a method the government will use to steal our guns.

To: marktwain

who sez federal employees can spell

To: t1b8zs

DHS is mostly low-information and high-fat.

Holder’s ppl.

To: Hardraade

To: marktwain; All

I think it’s a prank. Netcraft.com shows that the site hosting (DNS) was changed on 1-Apr-2013.

To: marktwain

See for yourself: www.defcad.com

Maybe you can get a moderator to put "April Fool!" or similar in the title - not today, of course.

To: marktwain

I would not be surprised if it is real. The “undetectable fireams act” is real and any lower receiver printed via 3d may be in violation of that act. Plus, the government wants this shut down!

To: Cboldt

DefenseDistributed is also their site. The associated Wiki has also disappeared.

To: marktwain

“There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.” ― Ayn Rand

To: Cboldt

The links to the file packs at Defcad.com are also pointing to the same USC jpeg. Hmm...

To: marktwain

Looks like a April Fool’s joke. The pic’s info says it was made 8 minutes in to April 1st on Photoshop.

To: struggle

Looks like it was modified again Monday, April 01, 2013 11:24:55 AM to address the spelling issue.

To: struggle; All

“Looks like it was modified again Monday, April 01, 2013 11:24:55 AM to address the spelling issue.”

I think Copy is having a good laugh. It is certainly driving up hits to the web site and generating interest...

Not that they needed more hits!

To: marktwain

>>>Not that they needed more hits!

Yeah, it’s a win/win for Cody. The DoJ are probably flipping out right now.

1. Cody gets more publicity.2. The large mag issue seems more meaningless.3. He has the excuse of April Fool’s day.4. If the gov actually arrests him and closes the site, people will be shocked.5. Proponents will be more likely to mirror his site.

To: struggle

This also helps drive home the apparent ultimate objective of the anti gunners. Know the guts were churning all around.....

YMMV

To: marktwain

Anti-Entitites. I am one.

;^)

To: struggle; All

“Yeah, it’s a win/win for Cody. The DoJ are probably flipping out right now.”

Cody is a very smart young man. He needs to move toward minarchy from anarchy. Then he will be an incredibly valuable member of society, instead of merely a very valuable one!

To: Disambiguator; All

What is it about people who are a bit cavalier about spelling? So many of them seem to be absolutely brilliant!

Didn't Thomas Jefferson say: "It is a poor mind that cannot think of more than one way to spell a word."?

To: marktwain

Without misspelled words, the Freeper Lexicon would be woefully bereft of material. No Stuned Beebers...

To: marktwain

To: marktwain

Well, I went to DefenseDistributed.com and the DoJ logo is definitely there...which tells me this is probably a April Fools Day hoax. If DoJ really seized the place we’d get a “404 not found” error.

To: marktwain

www.defcad.com

To: Cyber Liberty

Defense Distributed is back up now. It was April Fool’s day after all.

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Breaking: Defense Distributed website seized, Cody Wilson arrested on conspiracy charges!Gun Watch ^ | 2 April, 2013 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 04/01/2013 7:47:44 AM PDT by marktwain

Unknown details at this time. Defense Distributed website now displays the logos of Department of Justice and Homeland Security Investigations, and the following information:

This domain name associated with the website DefenseDistributed.com or Defcad.org has been seized pursuant to an order issued by a U.S. District Court.

The webpage goes on to say that several individuals and entities have been indicted and charged with federal crimes including conspiracy to violate the Arms Export Control Act, the Undetectable Firearms Act, and others.

At this time, I have no other confirmation of these arrests or actions.

There is some doubt about this action as the word "entities" is mispelled as "entitites" on the page.

If this is confirmed, it is a major chilling of free speech and net freedom. Defense Distributed had just obtained a federal license to make firearms.

Cody Wilson and Defense Distributed have been primary promoters of the concept of 3D printed firearms and magazines. There are obvious political motivations for the Obama administration to stop their activities, which have often been cited as showing how it would be impossible to enforce a federal magazine ban or ban on semi-automatic modern sporting rifles.

Cody Wilson had always said that they would be careful to follow federal law.

This may be a case of "three felonies a day" where the federal government is able to find that anyone has committed felonies every day, under broad and vague federal statues.

Link to seized webpage

Link to article on Defense Distributed federal license

©2013 by Dean Weingarten Permission to share granted as long as this notice is included.

TOPICS:Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Government; PoliticsKEYWORDS:3dprinting; banglist; codywilson; defensedistributed

Is this real? Would the Department of Justice mispell "entitites" on a web page?

Is this type of seizure notice familiar to anyone?

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To: marktwain

My hope would be that it’s not an April Fool’s joke.

There are somethings that you don’t joke about and seizure by the feds is one of them.

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(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)

To: marktwain

Check out the date - both the date of the article and today's date.

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(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)

To: marktwain

Chilling. Absolutely chilling to the bone.

That website looks like something out of the movies.

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(It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)

To: rarestia; All

Good chance this is an April Fools joke. I hope so.

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(The MSM must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)

To: marktwain

With the spelling of entities, I would say a joke....

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To: marktwain

One of the most popular webs site I vist does this on april 1st every couple of years

To: marktwain

I don’t know if it is real or not. The source of the page is pointing here:http://defcad.org/usc_domain.jpgThe DNS entry points to here:50.63.48.1And the WHOIS info on that IP block is stating GoDaddy.com.

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(Obamaa+ Downgrade)

To: marktwain

Wow!The only thing that they weren’t charged with was spitting on the sidewalk.

Just go’s to prove the point that when the government wants to persecute you,it can.

If your on that jury Nullifye the charges as a Second Amendment violation.

This is a method the government will use to steal our guns.

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(The World is going to the dogs.)

To: marktwain

who sez federal employees can spell

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To: t1b8zs

DHS is mostly low-information and high-fat.

Holder’s ppl.

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(http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Vendetta))

To: Hardraade

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(Sen Ted Cruz, Sen Mike Lee, and Sen Rand Paul are my adoptive Senators)

To: marktwain; All

I think it’s a prank. Netcraft.com shows that the site hosting (DNS) was changed on 1-Apr-2013.

To: marktwain

Not for real. The real website is a dot-COM domain, not a dot-ORG.

See for yourself: www.defcad.com

Maybe you can get a moderator to put "April Fool!" or similar in the title - not today, of course.

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To: marktwain

I would not be surprised if it is real. The “undetectable fireams act” is real and any lower receiver printed via 3d may be in violation of that act. Plus, the government wants this shut down!

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(The Voters stole the election! And the establishment wants it back.)

To: Cboldt

DefenseDistributed is also their site. The associated Wiki has also disappeared.

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(The Voters stole the election! And the establishment wants it back.)

To: marktwain

“There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.” ― Ayn Rand

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(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed &water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW & FOREVER!)

To: Cboldt

The links to the file packs at Defcad.com are also pointing to the same USC jpeg. Hmm...

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(The Voters stole the election! And the establishment wants it back.)

To: marktwain

Looks like a April Fool’s joke. The pic’s info says it was made 8 minutes in to April 1st on Photoshop.

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(http://killthegovernment.wordpress.com/)

To: struggle

Looks like it was modified again Monday, April 01, 2013 11:24:55 AM to address the spelling issue.

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(http://killthegovernment.wordpress.com/)

To: struggle; All

“Looks like it was modified again Monday, April 01, 2013 11:24:55 AM to address the spelling issue.”

I think Copy is having a good laugh. It is certainly driving up hits to the web site and generating interest...

Not that they needed more hits!

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(The MSM must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)

To: marktwain

>>>Not that they needed more hits!

Yeah, it’s a win/win for Cody. The DoJ are probably flipping out right now.

1. Cody gets more publicity.2. The large mag issue seems more meaningless.3. He has the excuse of April Fool’s day.4. If the gov actually arrests him and closes the site, people will be shocked.5. Proponents will be more likely to mirror his site.

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(http://killthegovernment.wordpress.com/)

To: struggle

This also helps drive home the apparent ultimate objective of the anti gunners. Know the guts were churning all around.....

YMMV

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(It's a fabian thing.....how do you boil a frog? How's that water feelin right about now?)

To: marktwain

Anti-Entitites. I am one.

;^)

To: struggle; All

“Yeah, it’s a win/win for Cody. The DoJ are probably flipping out right now.”

Cody is a very smart young man. He needs to move toward minarchy from anarchy. Then he will be an incredibly valuable member of society, instead of merely a very valuable one!

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by

(The MSM must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)

To: Disambiguator; All

What is it about people who are a bit cavalier about spelling? So many of them seem to be absolutely brilliant!

Didn't Thomas Jefferson say: "It is a poor mind that cannot think of more than one way to spell a word."?

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(The MSM must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)

To: marktwain

Without misspelled words, the Freeper Lexicon would be woefully bereft of material. No Stuned Beebers...

To: marktwain

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(Those of us who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.)

To: marktwain

Well, I went to DefenseDistributed.com and the DoJ logo is definitely there...which tells me this is probably a April Fools Day hoax. If DoJ really seized the place we’d get a “404 not found” error.

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(I am a dissident. Will you join me? My name is John....)

To: marktwain

They put their stuff on defcad, which still seems to be there.

www.defcad.com

To: Cyber Liberty

Defense Distributed is back up now. It was April Fool’s day after all.

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(http://killthegovernment.wordpress.com/)

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