UK Police Seize 3-D Printer Parts Instead Of 3-D-Printed Gun

3-D Printer Parts Compared On the left, the parts confiscated by Manchester police. On the right, parts found in other 3-D printers. Gigaom The United Kingdom has restricted gun ownership since a 1996 massacre at a school in Scotland. When Defense Distributed released the instructions for their 3-D printed pistol, there was a new way for weapons to sneak past borders. Nevermind that the gun broke when both German and Australian police tested it, or that the gun itself can only fire a single shot...