The police’s press department may have got a little trigger-happy.
According to the news today, Greater Manchester Police have seized the UK's first 3D printed gun.
That's a picture of a suspected 3D printed trigger for a gun, released by Greater Manchester Police.
Greater Manchester Police
"As part of Challenger, the largest ever multi-agency operation to target organised criminality in Manchester, officers from Greater Manchester Police executed a series of warrants in the Baguley area on Thursday 24 October 2013.
During the searches, officers found a 3D printer and what is suspected to be a 3D plastic magazine and trigger which could be fitted together to make a viable 3D gun.
It they are found to be viable components for a 3D gun, it would be the first ever seizure of this kind in the UK.
The parts are now being forensically examined by firearms specialists to establish if they could construct a genuine device."
Via gmp.police.uk
That lead to loads of headlines like this:
