The United States has settled a case with a guns rights activist that permits him to publish instructions for making guns with a 3-D printer. Activist Cody Wilson began legal action against the government in 2015 after it forced him to remove files he had placed on the internet. The files provided directions for making a handgun with a 3-D printer. Wilson had made such a gun himself and had successfully test-fired it in 2013. He named the gun the Liberator. Tens of thousands of people downloaded plans to make their own gun. Wilson has called such weapons downloadable guns. But the U.S. State Department said Wilson’s files broke laws on international gun trafficking. Wilson and his legal team argued in court that the State Department order violated Wilson’s right to free speech.