UK University Student Jailed After 3D Printing Guns

By Tom Knighton

Gun control has always been a losing proposition. The truth of the matter is that from the moment governments started trying to ban guns for civilian use, someone immediately went to work trying to circumvent those laws. In an era where people have large amounts of free time that allow them to accumulate expertise on various subjects for fun, it’s not hard to circumvent those laws.

Perhaps the best example is the backyard submachine gun that sprang up after the UK banned private ownership of firearms.

However, even that gun required skills that some people don’t have.

With the rise of the 3D printer, however, making guns is even easier. Which is probably why a university student in the UK was making them.

A university student in the U.K. has been jailed after successfully creating handguns using a 3D printer, in the country’s first prosecution of its kind.

Tendai Muswere, 26, was jailed for three years on Thursday following a court case in central London. The media student, described by his lawyer as a “loner,” claimed that he built the weapons to serve as props in a sci-fi film he was making, the BBC reported.

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Source:: Bearing Arms