alt Hacker NewsSo someone could go and teach a class on how to build pipe bombs, refine ricin, shake-and-bake meth, 3D print guns, and all sorts of other things like that, and when the ATF looked into it, they’d just be like “well technically this is all out there on the Internet, in library books, etc. Guess it’s ok!”
The law doesn’t work like that.
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The law bans things, things aren't illegal by default. What laws does a class about 3d printing guns violate?
Im pretty sure thats all legal
Yes. Yes, it does work like that. Exactly like that.
There should be some SCOTUS case where this limitation on the First Amendment is defined if the law doesn't work like that.
I mean, back when Constitutional law meant anything to the government, of course. Nowadays who knows.
The Anarchist Cookbook is fully legal to possess and distribute in the United States: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anarchist_Cookbook
So yes. It is generally legal to provide information about making drugs, bombs, or guns.