{"id":1994986,"date":"2023-08-09T03:19:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T07:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-2024-defense-bill-threatens-the-future-of-3d-printed-firearms-and-basic-gun-rights\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T03:24:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T07:24:40","slug":"the-2024-defense-bill-threatens-the-future-of-3d-printed-firearms-and-basic-gun-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-2024-defense-bill-threatens-the-future-of-3d-printed-firearms-and-basic-gun-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2024 Defense Bill endangers 3D-printed firearms and gun rights."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-2024-defense-bill-threatens-the-future-of-3d-printed-firearms-and-basic-gun-rights%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1994986&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>For 63 years, the \u2063United States Congress has drafted and passed the National Defense Authorization Act. The purpose of\u200c this \u200dact: to \u2062pass the country\u2019s defense budget for the following fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p>While Americans are focused on\u2063 inflation and\u2062 other trending \u200dtopics, this bill passes every year under\u200d the radar. It\u2019s Congress\u2019s way of slowly chipping away at the constitutional rights of millions of Americans without any pushback \u2014 \u200bmainly\u200c because people \u200ddon\u2019t know about it. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1428795478\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-0dd33fda478b42540fde48c3d55d5fa1 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-0dd33fda478b42540fde48c3d55d5fa1\"><\/div>\n<p>However, the 2024 NDAA (passed in July 2023) includes all sorts of new provisions, laws, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kennedy-introduces-bill-to-cut-off-dictators-funds\/\" title=\"Kennedy Introduces Bill To Cut Off Dictators\u2019 Funds\">pork-barrel spending<\/a>. \u2063But it also includes something slightly more sinister than redefining copyright infringements (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/7900\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a provision in the 2023 NDAA<\/a>) and allocating billions of taxpayers\u2019 dollars to defense spending. Hidden deep within the pile of obligatory \u2064spending requirements, between the veterans\u2019 housing budget and a plan to rebuild a hospital \u2064in Vieques (a 21-mile-long island part of Puerto Rico), studious readers will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democrats.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/transcript-and-fact-sheet-leader-schumer-remarks-at-a-press-conference-on-passage-of-bipartisan-ndaa-senate-democrats-deliver-in-the-ndaa-make-critical-down-payment-on-competition-with-chinese-government-ai-9\/11-survivors-fund-and-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">notice<\/a> \u2064 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/118\/crec\/2023\/07\/13\/169\/120\/CREC-2023-07-13-pt1-PgS2736.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">single paragraph<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p><em>Section 2(f) of the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 (18 U.S.C. 922 note;\u2062 Public Law 100\u2013649) is amended\u2014 (1) by \u200bstriking \u2018\u2018EFFECTIVE \u200dDATE AND SUNSET PROVISION\u2019\u2019 and all that follows through \u2018\u2018This Act and the amendments\u2019\u2019 and inserting the following:\u200b \u2018\u2018EFFECTIVE DATE.\u2014This Act and the amendments\u2019\u2019; and (2) by striking paragraph (2).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The provision \u2063looks harmless enough \u2063at first glance. However, to fully understand how this paragraph further infringes the Second Amendment, one must understand what the \u200c1988 Undetectable Firearms Act says, and \u2063why striking \u200bthe effective date puts our rights \u200din jeopardy.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The \u2064Undetectable Firearms Act<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/100th-congress\/house-bill\/4445\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Passed by Congress in 1988<\/a>, the federal government made it illegal to manufacture or possess undetectable firearms. No, we aren\u2019t talking about serial numbers. We\u2019re talking about the\u2062 basic \u2064composition of \u200cfirearms. Under this law, every firearm produced, transported, received, shipped, or delivered must contain a detectable metal consistent with \u2064common metal detectors and\u2062 X-ray machines.<\/p>\n<p>Although this has been the \u200blaw for some time, Congress has now made the provision permanent. Because of this \u2014 \u200dcombined with new technology such \u2063as 3D printers and plans circulating the internet for a fully working <a href=\"https:\/\/ammo.com\/articles\/3d-printed-firearms-defense-distributed-ghost-gun-guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">3D-printed firearm<\/a> \u2014 citizens may unknowingly succumb to harsh sentences of up to five years in federal prison. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-56ab823eaf2e9a5f79a5c4244969316e fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-56ab823eaf2e9a5f79a5c4244969316e\"><\/div>\n<p>Fortunately, the Gun Owners of\u200c America caught the provision:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"zOIrXNZ3SwCm1JKcvVAfPMknl5Ti7Haqs94GLtBubDWjp\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UPDATE\ud83d\udce2Senate Leadership has agreed to sneak the Reed Amendment 636 into the National Defense \u2062Authorization Act to:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc4e \u2064Reauthorize the Undetectable Firearms Act \u200cFOREVER<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc4e Let \u2064Joe\u200b Biden potentially enact a ban\u200b bigger than pistol \u200cbraces<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc4e Eliminate \u200daccountability if the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xPpCe1PQpR\">https:\/\/t.co\/xPpCe1PQpR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nQy5R1Meyl\">pic.twitter.com\/nQy5R1Meyl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gun Owners of America (@GunOwners) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GunOwners\/status\/1681393432663556096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>There is much debate \u200dabout\u200c whether\u200c 3D-printed firearms \u200dare the \u200cway of the future. However, they do \u2064give many Americans hope for the possibility of undetectable firearms that are easy to access with little interference from the government \u2014 and the government hates it.<\/p>\n<p>So much so, in fact, that other bills\u2064 are \u2062being passed to committees like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/senate-bill\/1819?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Undetectable+Firearms%22%5D%7D&#038;s=3&#038;r=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">3D-Printed Gun \u200dSafety Act of\u200d 2023<\/a>, which\u2062 makes it illegal to share printer plans for firearms. It\u2019s\u2064 a well-known fact that Congress will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-forecasts-republicans-taking-back-house-with-231-204-balance-of-power\/\" title=\"Fox News Forecasts Republicans Taking Back House With 231-204 Balance of Power\">continue introducing legislation<\/a> \u2064to restrict firearms manufacturing and possession. But most don\u2019t understand how these restrictions are actually being\u200b passed, below the\u200b radar, in large spending bills.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3D-Printed Firearms and\u200c the Law<\/h2>\n<p>One of the more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-backed-states-attorney-kim-foxx-announces-she-isnt-seeking-re-election\/\" title=\"Soros-Backed State\u2019s Attorney Kim Foxx Announces She Isn't Seeking Re-Election\">pressing questions surrounding<\/a> the government\u2019s limitations on 3D-printed firearms is whether it \u2064actually matters. But in reality, it\u2019s the slippery slope that matters most.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-87a8b96a01d754928e1f248ff656cc89 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-87a8b96a01d754928e1f248ff656cc89\"><\/div>\n<p>New firearm technology has been on the horizon since before 1791 when the second amendment was ratified. It has been a constant, and 3D-printed firearms are no different. Today,\u2063 anyone can build a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bat-bombs-over-tokyo-the-hits-and-misses-of-the-oss\/\" title=\"Bat Bombs Over Tokyo: The Hits and Misses of the OSS\">single-shot pistol<\/a> using nothing but \u200cPLA, a 3D printer, and some plans from the internet. But a decade from now, a 3D-printed firearm will almost certainly be more advanced. <\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, a bill \u2062to fund the defense of \u2063this country has now snuffed out any hope of seeing how far this new technology\u2063 can \u200cgo. Similar \u200bto the ATF\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-2024-defense-bill-threatens-the-future-of-3d-printed-firearms-and-basic-gun-rights\/\" title=\"The 2024 Defense Bill endangers 3D-printed firearms and gun rights.\">recent overreach banning pistol braces<\/a>,\u200b the 2024 NDAA is now playing its \u2062part to ban simple homemade firearms, forever. <\/p>\n<p>What our\u200d congressmen make apparent, and most citizens ignore, is that permanently enacting\u2063 older legislation will result in dire future consequences. 3D printers were once a faraway technology that some only \u2063dreamed about.\u2064 What\u2019s on the horizon now is more effective and sustainable firearms \u2062\u2014 future technology is now banned before it can even come to fruition.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An Egregious Practice<\/h2>\n<p>We rarely see legislation pass through \u2063the halls of Congress in the\u2063 form \u200cof standalone\u200c bills. Packed \u2063away in these seemingly necessary bills are tons of fluff, funding for pet projects, and new restrictions on\u2062 American taxpayers\u2019 freedoms. <\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, it\u2019s\u200c likely that your representatives in Washington, D.C., \u200daren\u2019t reading the must-pass bills due to their size and nature. The 2024 \u2063NDAA not only permanently restricts \u200dyour ability to possess firearms that the government deems to be dangerous, but \u200dit \u2064also enacts this legislation on behalf of the states as well. What will the 2025 NDAA hold in store for our constitutional rights? At this time it is\u200d unknown. But it will most certainly include other seemingly harmless restrictions that lead to larger problems.<\/p>\n<p>What the future will hold for\u2063 this \u2062legislation is unclear. What we do know is this practice is sinister, it happens every year, and unsuspecting citizens will pay for it in\u200c the years to come.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ee0b3d4242b07d7e59e714e3955d0880 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ee0b3d4242b07d7e59e714e3955d0880\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For 63 years, the US Congress has quietly approved the National Defense Authorization Act, ensuring the defense budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Amidst concerns over inflation and popular issues, this bill consistently slips under the public&#8217;s radar. Congress subtly progresses towards its goals through this annual legislation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2268,"featured_media":1994987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1994986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2268"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1994986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1994987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1994986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1994986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1994986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}