Last year, just before an agreement between the US State Department, the Second Amendment Foundation and Defense Distributed to settle a pending lawsuit that stopped distribution of DefDist’s 3D gun plans went into effect, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit. Along with 20 other attorneys general, they claimed that distribution of 3D gun files would give criminals easy access to firearms. No, really.

Anyway, a US District Judge issued a nantion-wide injunction against the federal government’s settlement in order to block the agreement and prevent DefDist from making their plans available. (If you’ve been looking for downloadable 3D files, they’re widely available, including here).

But that wasn’t enough for AG Ferguson. With the injunction firmly in place as the lawsuit plays out, he then filed requests for discovery against SAF and Defense Distributed. It was basically a giant fishing expedition designed to tie up SAF and DefDist.

But the judge’s injunction was directed at the federal government, not SAF or DefDist. So there’s no reason for the court to compel either of them to produce anything for Ferguson and his fellow anti-gun AGs. Now District Court Judge Robert Lasnik has told Ferguson to pound sand.

Here’s the SAF’s press release . . .