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3D-Printed Gun Earns Man Two Years In Japanese Prison

Posted by Soulskill on from the forgot-to-read-the-fine-3d-print dept.

jfruh writes: Japan has some of the strictest anti-gun laws in the world, and the authorities there aim to make sure new technologies don't open any loopholes. 28-year-old engineer Yoshitomo Imura has been sentenced to two years in jail after making guns with a 3D printer in his home in Kawasaki.

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  1. gun laws by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    but i was guaranteed that gun laws don't deter gun crime!

    http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/07/a-land-without-guns-how-japan-has-virtually-eliminated-shooting-deaths/260189/

  2. Maybe it's time... by gwolf · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    To stick the head out of a XVIII-century mindset and acknowledge the 2nd Amendment is a useless historic relic that nowadays only injures society?