TV crew sneaks 3D printed gun within touching distance of PM

[The Straight Story]

Channel 10 report shows how easily Knesset security can be breached with 3D printing technology; crew printed plastic gun, carried it into Knesset unhindered

How difficult is it to assassinate a prime minister within the highly-secured Knesset compound? Not too difficult, it appears, as new technology enables one to sneak inside with a 3D-printed hand-gun.

A Channel 10 camera crew tested the theory – and managed to walk in to the Knesset twice, carrying a plastic pistol printed according to easily downloadable blueprints.

An investigative report by the Tzinor Laila program with Guy Lehrer aired on Wednesday showed how easily a gun, on all its parts, can be printed and assembled.

The gun was then tested in a professional shooting range under the supervision of police Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Dan Ronen, and successfully fired a live bullet at a cardboard target.

The crew was ready to test how prepared security arrangements are for this new kind of threat. The first time, the plastic gun was snuck by the show's reporters into the offices of the Knesset Interior Committee Chairwoman Miri Regev.

The second, reporter Uri Even managed to carry the gun into an event in the Knesset compound, attended by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4400750,00.html

[GreenStormCloud]

1. Was the gun loaded?

Bullets are still made of metal and can be detected. Without the bullets a gun is just a strangely shaped club.

[uponit7771]

2. This was a really stupid thing to do

[Buns_of_Fire]

3. Unbelievably stupid. That sort of thing can get you shot.

But on the plus side (if there is one), at least those charged with the responsibility of protecting high-level officials have a little heads-up on such possibilities.

[PoliticAverse]

4. Didn't anyone see _In The Line of Fire_ ?... n/t

[Jenoch]

5. So they got the bullet through security

inside a rabbit's foot? Is that a thing over there?