the thing is that there are laws about some of these sorts of things, they applied before 3D printing came along, and they usually apply to 3D printing too. I

the thing is that there are laws about some of these sorts of things, they applied before 3D printing came along, and they usually apply to 3D printing too. I help run a Makerspace, a couple of times a year I get a teenage boy (and it is always a boy) come thru the door wanting to print a gun .... after I've given him the lecture about how stupidly dangerous that is, I then remind him that a) here in NZ hand guns are illegal, and b) he would still need to be police vetted and obtain a firearms license - the law doesn't change because you used a 3D printer