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3ders.org has an article on the conclusion of a trial in Japan of a man for making a 3D printed gun.
Earlier today, a verdict was reached in the infamous 3D printed gun trial that was being held in the Yokohama District Court in Tokyo, Japan. Presiding Judge Koji Inaba found the 28-year-old Yoshitomo Imura, a former teacher at a local college, guilty of violating laws controlling firearms and swords. For printing at least two workable guns using a 3D printer, Imura was sentenced to two years in prison.
Since Imura's arrest in May, a number of Japanese distributors of 3D printing technology have organized a '3D printer Promotion Council' to both educate people about the possibilities of this technology, but also to warn consumers of its dangers. They are currently looking into possibilities to avoid such events in the future, including better cooperation between the industry and the government and a blacklist of design data.
(Score: 1) by Mr. Slippery on Tuesday October 21 2014, @03:48AM
Criminals and crazy people should be under supervision by prison guards, parole or probation officers, or psychiatrists. Not by gun store clerks.
If you can't trust someone to have access to guns, you can't trust them to be living unsupervised. Background check schemes are predicated on the idea that we have a list of people we don't trust. Ok, fine. Why are these people walking the streets? Either they should be locked up, or someone with the appropriate training and legal authority should be checking up on these folks regularly, not just to see that they aren't planning crime but to help them with the skills to build a non-criminal life.
It's absurd to put that on Grandma Alice when she puts an ad on Craigslist to sell Grandpa Bob's old hunting rifle. It's asinine -- indeed, violently insane -- to suggest that the state should force her into a cage at gunpoint for not filing the right paperwork in doing so.