Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Yesterday the Yokohama District Court of Japan handed over a historic verdict when they sentenced former a former college employee to 2 years in prison for manufacturing guns using a 3-D printer.
This marks the first time in history that a prison sentence has been dolled out for the crime of using a 3-D printer to make guns. The 28-year-old Yoshitomo Imura made two guns in his own home using a 3-D printer, and was found to be in violate of Japanese law.
This is the revolver that Imura has been sentenced to prison for making:
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