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State Capitol Report: Schimel On 3D Printed Guns

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Cody Wilson, with Defense Distributed, holds a 3D-printed gun called the Liberator at his shop, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, in Austin, Texas. A federal judge in Seattle has issued a temporary restraining order to stop the release of blueprints to make untraceable and undetectable 3D-printed plastic guns. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) 

Attorneys general across the country last week sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging against allowing 3D printing of guns. Other state AGs sued the Trump administration over the issue. Here’s what Wisconsin AG Brad Schimel has, and hasn’t, said about the issue.

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