Posted on 10/26/2013 9:01:18 AM PDT by smokingfrog
Sometimes a 3-D printer part is just a 3-D printer part.
Police thought they had seized the UKs first 3-D-printed gun on Thursday when they raided a local model-making shop, arrested its 38-year-old owner, and confiscated a 3-D printer and a number of parts they believed were for a 3-D printed gun.
However, it now appears the parts are likely just replacement components for the 3-D printer itself.
Officers suspected one piece was a 3-D-printed plastic magazine and the other a 3-D-printed trigger. The seizure was part of a larger raid targeting organized crime by the Greater Manchester Police.
"If what we have seized today can, as we suspect, be used to make a genuine firearm then today will be an important milestone in the fight against this next generation of homemade weapons," said detective inspector Chris Mossop in a statement announcing the raid.
Photos of the parts were quickly picked apart online by the 3-D printing community, including GigaOm, and identified as pieces for a 3-D printer.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Another innocent dog shot by the SWAT team.
What do you expect from cops that don’t carry guns.
Another article with same headline but entirely different story line.
Police seize parts for ‘Britain’s first 3D gun’ in raid
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3083809/posts
I’m glad you posted this. The one last night is a fun comparison.
the headline is slightly different . Sorry
Shop owner to police- “April Fool”
I liked the part where u dont have to buy the parts for the machine itself, which should revolutionize the car, printer, computer parts industry. Loved the part where those idiot limey cops raided the place due to false info.
Pretty soon it is going to require a frontal lobotomy to be hired as a police officer.
worse it’ll require a frontal lobotomy to be a law abiding dumb down citizen
3D for you!
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