INTL A first - Japanese man gets 2-years in prison for creating and printing 3-D gun

[mzkitty]

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Japanese man becomes 1st known person to be jailed for making a 3D-printed gun, given 2-year sentence from Yokohama District Court - @TelegraphNews

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Japanese man becomes first person to be jailed for making gun from 3D printer
Yoshitomo Imura sentenced to two years for creating a firearm from a 3D printer, in the first case of its kind

Saturday 25 October 2014

A Japanese man has become the first person to receive a prison sentence for designing and printing a 3D gun.

Yoshitomo Imura, 28, downloaded and printed five plastic guns, two of which could fire real bullets.

He was arrested in May at his home in Kawasaki and on Friday was given a two-year sentenced for creating a deadly firearm by the Yokohama District Court in Japan, a country with extremely strict gun laws.

The former employee of the Shonan Institute of Technology is believed to be the first person to serve jail time for printing 3D guns, which are a growing concern for police around the world.

He also released 3D design data for his guns in videos posted to YouTube, which the ruling Judge Koji Inaba described as “vicious,” according to The Japan News.

He added that he had “flaunted his skills and knowledge and attempted to make gun controls toothless.”

In one video posted last year, Imura assembles the .38-caliber handgun from plastic 3D printed pieces, a few metal pins, screws and rubber bands, then test fires it with blanks.

"Freedom of armaments to all people!!" he writes in the video's description. "A gun makes power equal!!"

It is thought Imura purchased the 3D printer for about $636.09 online.

Pictures and comments (scroll down) here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolo...be-jailed-for-making-gun-from-3D-printer.html

 

[batterbiscuts]

Wow so a dumb Japanese went to jail for making a normal gun.

The smart ones already have laser and plasma weapons in working order I bet. all 3d printed of course.

 

[EastWest]

No point in downloading a gun in Japan when there is no ammo available

 

[summerthyme]

In one video posted last year, Imura assembles the .38-caliber handgun from plastic 3D printed pieces, a few metal pins, screws and rubber bands, then test fires it with blanks.

RUBBER BANDS?!!!

Summerthyme

 

[Hognutz]

RUBBER BANDS?!!!

Summerthyme

I asume the rubber bands was a cheap alternative to the spring that would drive the hammer.

 

[Doc1]

We should all support Mr. Imura who was exercising a basic human right - the right to keep and bear arms - and one which we here at TB2K support. The Japanese judge described Mr. Imura's home-built firearm as "vicious." What really is vicious is a state's attempt to disarm its citizenry!

Best regards
Doc

 

[Housecarl]

We should all support Mr. Imura who was exercising a basic human right - the right to keep and bear arms - and one which we here at TB2K support. The Japanese judge described Mr. Imura's home-built firearm as "vicious." What really is vicious is a state's attempt to disarm its citizenry!

Best regards
Doc

What has to be remembered is that though Japan is a "functioning democracy" it is also a very repressive society where conformity is pushed over individuality and heavy handed laws and forced confessions are common place.

Industrialized feudalism in many ways fits as a description of the place.

 

[LightEcho]

How many went to jail for poisoning their country ala Fuku?

 

[RCSAR]

We should all support Mr. Imura who was exercising a basic human right - the right to keep and bear arms - and one which we here at TB2K support. The Japanese judge described Mr. Imura's home-built firearm as "vicious." What really is vicious is a state's attempt to disarm its citizenry!
Best regards
Doc

I disagree Doc.
Japan tried to take over the world and lost.
Not to mention the biological warfare crimes they did.

They are not free.
Since 1945 we own Japans ass and we paid a horrible price for it.

Yeah, I'm pissed at Japan.

 

[QWERT123]

I disagree Doc.
Japan tried to take over the world and lost.
Not to mention the biological warfare crimes they did.

They are not free.
Since 1945 we own Japans ass and we paid a horrible price for it.

Yeah, I'm pissed at Japan.

- As opposed to the Nuclear war crime that America committed on them?

 

[Hognutz]

- As opposed to the Nuclear war crime that America committed on them?

This is gonna get good....

 

[tanstaafl]

You don't need a 3D printer to make an improvised firearm. Someone once told me about the "toys" they made as kids using those old mechanically extending car antennas. It seems one of the antenna parts was the perfect size for a .22LR cartridge. After they told me that I started looking and realized that virtually no vehicles have those old antennas anymore. Who knows, maybe because of the gun thing ... well, that and they made very good attack weapons to whip somebody with.

As to RCSAR's "we own Japan's ass" comment, I'm curious if RCSAR meant that literally (that is, the US today calls all the important shots in Japan) or that because of WW2 the US would be justified in owning Japan's ass? Because as far as I can tell, while Japan is an important US ally in the Far East, they are by no means a US puppet. But I'm willing to learn something new if that's not the case.

 

[Roscoe's Daddy]

This is gonna get good....

Is that the Felony or Misdemeanor War Crime...?

 

[Countrybumpkin]

- As opposed to the Nuclear war crime that America committed on them?

Nuclear war crime my ass...had we invaded the homeland to stop the war, millions would have died, seeing as Japanese would have fought with every man, woman, and child...we actually saved lives by going the nuclear route. They started the war, not us.

 

[RCSAR]

- As opposed to the Nuclear war crime that America committed on them?

Nuclear war crime ?!?!

Let me give you a clue, free, no charge.
If you are attacked you grab whatever you can find and bring the attack to a stop.

We made so many Purple Hearts in anticipation of the invasion of Japan that long after the Vietnam war we were still handing them out. All made pre Japans invasion.

Pick up a stack of WWII history books and tell me the number of lives projected to be lost or wounded during a physical invasion.

On another note, it would have been political disaster for Pres Truman to waste lives when he had the means to stop it.

They nuclear option was used for many very good reasons.

Even in todays political thinking of a "proportional response" using that option was earned.

 

[RCSAR]

As to RCSAR's "we own Japan's ass" comment, I'm curious if RCSAR meant that literally (that is, the US today calls all the important shots in Japan) or that because of WW2 the US would be justified in owning Japan's ass? Because as far as I can tell, while Japan is an important US ally in the Far East, they are by no means a US puppet. But I'm willing to learn something new if that's not the case.

Who ordered Japan disarmed?
Who has military bases in Japan?
Who is not allowed to have an army.....could it be Japan?

You may not call it owned but it sure looks and smells owned.
If it barks like a dog and looks like a dog, I assume it is a dog.

 

[Christian for Israel]

I disagree Doc.
Japan tried to take over the world and lost.
Not to mention the biological warfare crimes they did.

They are not free.
Since 1945 we own Japans ass and we paid a horrible price for it.

Yeah, I'm pissed at Japan.

i'm sorry but the right to bear arms is an inalienable human right. the US constitution may recognize that right for it's citizens but the right is from God and for ALL people, whether they live in the US or not.

 

[Doc1]

Thank you, CFI! Someone gets it.

Best regards
Doc

 

[RCSAR]

i'm sorry but the right to bear arms is an inalienable human right. the US constitution may recognize that right for it's citizens but the right is from God and for ALL people, whether they live in the US or not.

Yes and the right to swing my fist stops at your nose.
I do not have a right to deprive you of any rights until you create a victim.

Does a murderer have the right to take his guns to jail with him?


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[RCSAR]

I really want to know why folks think Japan needs to be armed?

I'm not trying to pick a stupid internet fight or insult you.
I'm just looking for an intelligent exchange of ideas and thinking.

 

[L.A.B.]

He should learn a real skill behind bars like forging beautiful Katana's as a intern under a master. Guns are humane compared to a sword in the hands of a skilled 'artesian' with a quirky personality.

The Judges know only conformity, Bushido is a lost art and discipline.

 

[L.A.B.]

I really want to know why folks think Japan needs to be armed?

I'm not trying to pick a stupid internet fight or insult you.
I'm just looking for an intelligent exchange of ideas and thinking.

If for no other reason to maintain 'benevolent' dictators. Neither nature nor politicians actually abhor the vacuum that sucks people into the dirt.

 

[Doc1]

I really want to know why folks think Japan needs to be armed?

I'm not trying to pick a stupid internet fight or insult you.
I'm just looking for an intelligent exchange of ideas and thinking.

RCSAR,

I really think you (and some other folks) are missing the point of this thread. It has nothing to do with arming the state of Japan. It is about a single Japanese citizen being arrested and jailed for the crime of building his own, personal firearm. It is no different in any important respect from an American building an AR from a partially finished receiver. Why are so many people of the opinion that the right to keep and bear firearms should be an exclusively American right instead of a universal franchise? Do you believe that Americans should enjoy freedom of speech, but everyone else should STFU? Do you believe that Americans should have freedom of religion, but everyone else should be forced to worship - or not - as the current dictator demands?

Trust me, our right to keep and bear arms will be much more secure when more of the world embraces it as a basic human right.

Best regards
Doc

 

[Hognutz]

RCSAR,

I really think you (and some other folks) are missing the point of this thread. It has nothing to do with arming the state of Japan. It is about a single Japanese citizen being arrested and jailed for the crime of building his own, personal firearm. It is no different in any important respect from an American building an AR from a partially finished receiver. Why are so many people of the opinion that the right to keep and bear firearms should be an exclusively American right instead of a universal franchise? Do you believe that Americans should enjoy freedom of speech, but everyone else should STFU? Do you believe that Americans should have freedom of religion, but everyone else should be forced to worship - or not - as the current dictator demands?

Trust me, our right to keep and bear arms will be much more secure when more of the world embraces it as a basic human right.

Best regards
Doc

Hey! Nicely said! It's a Human Right!

 

[Christian for Israel]

I really want to know why folks think Japan needs to be armed?

I'm not trying to pick a stupid internet fight or insult you.
I'm just looking for an intelligent exchange of ideas and thinking.

amen Doc1.

i'm not talking about japan the nation, but about individual human beings.

btw, everyone who committed those atrocities you keep mentioning are either dead or extremely old. probably time to let it go, don't you think? and before you think me a hand wringing liberal, i fully support the actions we took (including using multiple nukes) in defeating the japanese when they were the aggressors, but they haven't been that in a LONG time.

 

[RCSAR]

amen Doc1.

i'm not talking about japan the nation, but about individual human beings.

btw, everyone who committed those atrocities you keep mentioning are either dead or extremely old. probably time to let it go, don't you think? and before you think me a hand wringing liberal, i fully support the actions we took (including using multiple nukes) in defeating the japanese when they were the aggressors, but they haven't been that in a LONG time.

probably time to let it go, don't you think?
CFI, uuhhh no!

I'm still mad about the War of Northern Aggression esp Sherman.


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[Faroe]

amen Doc1.

i'm not talking about japan the nation, but about individual human beings.

btw, everyone who committed those atrocities you keep mentioning are either dead or extremely old. probably time to let it go, don't you think? and before you think me a hand wringing liberal, i fully support the actions we took (including using multiple nukes) in defeating the japanese when they were the aggressors, but they haven't been that in a LONG time.

I don't think Japan "needs" to be armed, but I think the US is too broke to continue to provide defense for them.

Here is something I don't understand. Why is nuclear taboo? Suppose we had carpet bombed Nagasaki and Hieroshima (spell?), like Dresden got bombed, and killed just as many or more people that way. We would NOT still be hearing about what a terrible crime that was. Nukes are just another tool of war. That is all.

 

[Faroe]

probably time to let it go, don't you think?
CFI, uuhhh no!

I'm still mad about the War of Northern Aggression esp Sherman.

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Well, I'm still pissed at the British.

 

[Roscoe's Daddy]

What many younger people don't realize, is that they look on WW2 with very modern eyes. In reality, we were NOT winning that conflict for the first six months. Not only were we losing, we were getting our a_ _'s handed to us all over the pacific. The possibility of losing was real. I saw some WW2 film footage with a narrator remarking on how the tenacity of American forces finally beat back the Japanese onslaught at Pearl Harbor. We didn't beat back anything! The Imperial Japanese simply ran out of ammunition, torpedoes, bombs and aviation fuel! Things changed, but it took a long while to gear up. My father fought in the Pacific including Iwo Jima and Guam. His unit was later slated for the proposed invasion of of Japan. In his words, "...we were gonna be murdered..." By that time, everybody knew the Japanese mindset did not include the concept of surrender. The Marines knew the taking of the Japan mainland would be a ditch-to-ditch, room-to-room, and street-to-street utter bloodbath. IMO, Nuclear option-HELL YEAH!

 

[BetterLateThanNever]

Nuclear war crime my ass...had we invaded the homeland to stop the war, millions would have died, seeing as Japanese would have fought with every man, woman, and child...we actually saved lives by going the nuclear route. They started the war, not us.

Yes.....they started it and we definitely finished it.

 

[Wolfcreek Farm]

- As opposed to the Nuclear war crime that America committed on them?

Tragic as it may have been...would you have been happier if we invaded the country and an estimated 1,500,000 more people would have died on both sides? This was the tally that was envisioned if we had to physically invade mainland Japan. ........The only thing "new" in the world, is the history you didn't know.

 

[Blacknarwhal]

Tragic as it may have been...would you have been happier if we invaded the country and an estimated 1,500,000 more people would have died on both sides? This was the tally that was envisioned if we had to physically invade mainland Japan. ........The only thing "new" in the world, is the history you didn't know.

I thought they were ready to surrender BEFORE we dropped the nuclear weapons, and that we only did so as part of the Illuminati's instructions to Roosevelt to do so as a massive blood sacrifice. Course, who knows how much of what you read is actually true any more?

 

[RCSAR]

If we dropped 2 more for a total of 4 "just to be sure" I could live with that.

So could my dad who had a bunch of ships shot out from under him.
He did live through the war.

 

[Christian for Israel]

probably time to let it go, don't you think?
CFI, uuhhh no!

I'm still mad about the War of Northern Aggression esp Sherman.


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well that's an ENTIRELY different situation...

 

[Last Resort]

My grandfather fought in North Africa and Italy, and was slated for the invasion of Japan. He had his fricking ORDERS to go.

He never spoke much about the war, aside from shooting a Kraut out of a tree and only getting a lousy 4x scope from the corpse because his squaddies beat him to the guy, and about Japan. He said the nukes were a f@cking blessing 'cause his Top told him we were expecting 1 million dead just on our side.

Japan has kept their peasants disarmed for centuries. Well before we kicked their asses. A guy with technical training and a 3d printer is still a peasant in their culture and not allowed to own arms. He wasn't put in jail because he used a 3d printer, he was put in jail because he HAD A GUN.

 

[Kook]

Nuclear war crime ?!?!

Let me give you a clue, free, no charge.
If you are attacked you grab whatever you can find and bring the attack to a stop.

We made so many Purple Hearts in anticipation of the invasion of Japan that long after the Vietnam war we were still handing them out. All made pre Japans invasion.

Pick up a stack of WWII history books and tell me the number of lives projected to be lost or wounded during a physical invasion.

On another note, it would have been political disaster for Pres Truman to waste lives when he had the means to stop it.

They nuclear option was used for many very good reasons.

Even in todays political thinking of a "proportional response" using that option was earned.

We are still using PH medals off of that same batch.