Number of posts : 1249 Age : 64 Location / Country : London Registration date : 2008-09-07
Subject: Arrest made for 3D gun Fri May 09, 2014 8:02 am
Apparently a man in Japan has been arrested for possesion of a 3d printed gun, first arrest for one it seems, he had no rounds for it. It seems he posted a vid of it on youtube, really!! but what makes this a gune surely they will need to test it and see if its capable of firing anything and if it can fire is it lethal? Lets be honest there are lot of plastic guns in Japan so what makes this more lethal than those? anyone know the capabilities of 3D printing.
broomie Modelgun Enthusiast
Number of posts : 92 Location / Country : United Kingdom Registration date : 2014-04-13
Subject: Re: Arrest made for 3D gun Fri May 16, 2014 3:08 pm
Apparently 3D computer generated/made guns have been all the rage lately I was told by a friend in the US the software and CNC machining alone to make a computer-made gun are quite prohibitive With the end product still requiring a lot of gunsmithing. It is believed to be cheaper & more cost effective to buy one off the shelf Of course, we are talking about the real thing here. I think the guy in Japan was trying to make a home-made imitation without a licence, the Japs have very strict rules about this for all sorts of reasons, and Japan is a very repressive country when it comes to anything looking remotely like a gun
JohnnyV Modelgun Perfectionist
Number of posts : 552 Location / Country : Cambridgeshire UK Registration date : 2009-08-24
Subject: Re: Arrest made for 3D gun Fri May 16, 2014 4:59 pm
Same as here, nothing special about Japan, it is manufacturing a realistic imitation firearm, if not VCRA covered it is illegal.
broomie Modelgun Enthusiast
Number of posts : 92 Location / Country : United Kingdom Registration date : 2014-04-13
Subject: Re: Arrest made for 3D gun Fri May 16, 2014 5:24 pm
Spot-on !!! I once read the UK is ranked only second to Japan (of the Free World , or not so Free ?) when it comes to replica guns Can we honestly call ourselves a democracy Nuff said ... Broomie
stumpy_ned Modelgun Enthusiast
Number of posts : 87 Location / Country : UK Registration date : 2012-04-21
Subject: Re: Arrest made for 3D gun Fri May 16, 2014 11:43 pm
All metal printed 1911.
broomie Modelgun Enthusiast
Number of posts : 92 Location / Country : United Kingdom Registration date : 2014-04-13
Subject: Re: Arrest made for 3D gun Fri May 16, 2014 11:46 pm
Yeah, I have seen this vid a few months ago ... As said previously, it would be cheaper & safer to buy a real one But where's the fun in that I hear you say Broomie
jim Modelgun Perfectionist
Number of posts : 988 Location / Country : Hong Kong / Sydney, Australia Registration date : 2008-09-07
Subject: Re: Arrest made for 3D gun Mon May 19, 2014 5:36 am
broomie wrote:
Spot-on !!! I once read the UK is ranked only second to Japan (of the Free World , or not so Free ?) when it comes to replica guns Can we honestly call ourselves a democracy Nuff said ... Broomie
How can you guys forget about Australia ...
broomie Modelgun Enthusiast
Number of posts : 92 Location / Country : United Kingdom Registration date : 2014-04-13
Subject: Re: Arrest made for 3D gun Mon May 19, 2014 3:50 pm
I hear you brother, you have my deepest sympathies However, with a new gov't do you think they might repeal some of the draconian laws put in place by the previous lot I have relatives Down Under and they too have suffered the same fate as we are in the "old country"
jim Modelgun Perfectionist
Number of posts : 988 Location / Country : Hong Kong / Sydney, Australia Registration date : 2008-09-07
Subject: Re: Arrest made for 3D gun Fri May 23, 2014 8:09 am
broomie wrote:
I hear you brother, you have my deepest sympathies However, with a new gov't do you think they might repeal some of the draconian laws put in place by the previous lot I have relatives Down Under and they too have suffered the same fate as we are in the "old country"
Not too likely...none of the politicians down under want to take these risks
Ozguns Modelgun Enthusiast
Number of posts : 333 Location / Country : Perth, Western Australia Registration date : 2008-08-21
Subject: Re: Arrest made for 3D gun Fri May 23, 2014 12:36 pm
We are more than Downunder. It should be changed to Downinthefardepths.
Fri May 09, 2014 8:02 am
I was told by a friend in the US the software and CNC machining alone to make a computer-made gun are quite prohibitive 
With the end product still requiring a lot of gunsmithing. It is believed to be cheaper & more cost effective to buy one off the shelf 
Of course, we are talking about the real thing here.
Yeah, I have seen this vid a few months ago ... As said previously, it would be cheaper & safer to buy a real one 
But where's the fun in that I hear you say 
