Game over for gun controls in any country in the world

A man suspected of possessing a 3D printer with component parts to make a gun said the seized equipment had "nothing to do with a gun whatsoever".

It follows police raids in Greater Manchester on Thursday, in which officers seized computer equipment.

The arrested man said the suspicious parts were simply parts for the 3D printer.

Experts have also cast doubts on the claims, saying the parts were not sophisticated enough to make a gun.

I can confirm that there were experts talking about metal printers on the BBC today.
The military have been using them for some time apparently.

I have no doubt that 3D printers will pump out huge volumes of AK47 submachineguns for the household,
to the consternation n frustration of supporters of victim disarmament.

A much better weapon for clandestine production under an unfriendly government would be the equivalent of a sawed-off double-barreled shotgun.

During the US civil war period there was one hell of a weapon that was a revolver with a shot gun build in.

If you can not deal with the problem with 6 or so rounds of handgun bullets you still have one shot gun blast.

OmSigDAVID wrote:

I have no doubt that 3D printers will pump out huge volumes of AK47 submachineguns for the household,
to the consternation n frustration of supporters of victim disarmament.

Full auto weapons require a certain degree of precision. But perhaps that could be achieved by 3-D printers.

AK47s?? Kiddest thou me???
Thay have a reputation; very ruff fit; rugged and cheap. RELIABLE!!
I understand that thay have been selling in Arab bazaars for $12 for years.

That leaves us with the issue of powder; any ideas ?

http://bluesky.chicagotribune.com/chi-arrest-3d-printed-guns-bsi-news,0,0.story


A 27-year-old Japanese man was arrested on Thursday for illegally possessing handguns made by a three-dimensional printer, media said, marking the first such case in Japan, a country that takes pride in its low crime rate.

Police in April found five plastic guns and a 3D printer at the suspect's home in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo.

Two of the handguns were later proved capable of killing or wounding people, although no bullets were found at his home, public broadcaster NHK said.

Police also found blueprints for manufacturing guns stored in the suspect's personal computer. The blueprints were believed to have been downloaded from the Internet, NHK said.

"I made the guns by the 3D printer at home. I did not think it was illegal," the suspect, a college employee, was quoted by NHK as telling police.

A spokesman at Kanagawa Prefectural Police, which covers Kawasaki, declined to comment.

The suspect has frequently made Twitter entries aimed at justifying possession and manufacturing of guns and once said on the Internet "Gun restrictions are violation of human rights," NHK said.

Jiji news agency reported the suspect also possessed 10 toy guns.

(Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka; Editing by Nick Macfie)

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