Japanese Man Arrested for Possessing Handguns Made By 3D Printer

The Guardian ^ | Thursday 8 May 2014

[smokingfrog]

From what I understand, the Gyrojets were only good at short range and not too accurate at that.

[from occupied ga]

From what I understand, the Gyrojets were only good at short range and not too accurate at that.

Biggest problem was that they exactly identified the position of the person firing them with smoke trail and cloud of smoke.

[PissAndVinegar]

“This is both a 2nd AND a First Amendment issue!”

Not in Japan ;)

[GeronL]

Molesting kids on video is okay if they blur out a tiny spot? That’s inhumanly sicko.

[smokingfrog]

LOL, yeah - that would be a slight problem!

[Brad from Tennessee]

[Japan’s low crime-rates have NOTHING to do with it’s gun laws —it’s a culture that largely polices itself.]

Confucian dogma says if children are raised in the correct manner social responsibility becomes almost instinctive.

[Nowhere Man]

In fact the Japanese case is exactly what the Founding Fathers were trying to avoid, quite apart from crime rates

Also, they are homogenious. Even so, I would not want to live like they do although I'd love to visit and go to the Akihibara district where they sell cool electronics.

[longtermmemmory]

they also require swords to be registered.