[(Title)]Americans Can Legally Download 3-D Printed Guns Starting Next Month

Gun-rights activists have reached a settlement with the government that will allow them to post 3-D printable gun plans online starting August 1.

枪支维权人士已与政府达成和解协议，允许他们从8月1日开始在线发布3-D可打印枪支。

The settlement ends a multi-year legal battle that started when Cody Wilson, who describes himself as a post-left anarchist, posted plans for a 3-D printed handgun he called “The Liberator” in 2013.

和解结束了一场多年的法律斗争，当时描述自己是左后无政府主义者的科迪威尔逊在2013年发布了他称为“解放者”的三维印刷手枪的计划。

The single-shot pistol was made almost entirely out of of ABS plastic — the same stuff they make Lego bricks out of — that could be made on a 3-D printer.

这个单发手枪几乎完全由ABS塑料制成，这些塑料块也是由3D打印机制成的。唯一的金属部件是射击销和一块金属，都遵守《不可探测枪支法案》。

The only metal parts were the firing pin and a piece of metal included to comply with the Undetectable Firearms Act.

The US State Department told Wilson and his non-profit group Defense Distributed to take down the plans.

美国国务院告诉威尔逊和他的非营利组织防御分布公司取消了这些计划。它说这些计划可能违反国际武器贸易条例（ITAR），该条例规范了国防材料，服务和技术数据的出口。

It said the plans could violate International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), which regulate the export of defense materials, services and technical data.

In essence, officials said someone in another country — a country the US doesn’t sell weapons to — could download the material and make their own gun.

官员说，从本质上讲，其它国家的人，也就是不从美国购买武器的国家，也可以下载这些材料并制造自己的枪。

Wilson complied, but said the files already had been downloaded a million times.

威尔逊遵守了规定，但说文件已经下载了100万次。他于2015年起诉联邦政府。

He sued the federal government in 2015.

The settlement, which is dated June 29, says that Wilson and Defense Distributed can publish plans, files and 3-D drawings in any form and exempts them from the export restrictions.

6月29日达成的协议称，威尔逊和国防部可以以任何形式公布计划、档案和3D图纸，并免除其出口限制。

The government also agreed to pay almost $40,000 of Wilson’s legal fees and to refund some registration fees.

政府还同意支付近40,000美元的威尔逊法律费用，并退还一些注册费。