Call of Duty fan charged over making guns from video games using 3D printer
A GAMING fan has appeared in court charged with using a 3D printer to manufacture guns from his favourite video games and TV shows.
A GAMING fan has appeared in court charged with using a 3D printer to manufacture guns from his favourite video games and TV shows.
Waverley Local Court heard Steven Sicen Sun, who is accused of using a 3D printer to manufacture six guns, tried to sell one of the weapons online for $1 million,
Sun, an accounts manager at major advertising company M&C Saatchi, applied for bail today after being charged with four weapons offences, including manufacture pistol without a licence after police found four imitation pistols, including a 3D-manufactured small Glock; a 3D-manufactured Glock; a 3D-manufactured Sig 250; two air pistols; computer equipment; and two 3D printers at his Eastern Suburbs home.
One of the offences attracts a prison sentence of up to 20 years.
Sicen Sun’s apartment was raided after he advertised one of the guns online for $1 million.
His lawyer Jason Keane said he had printed the firearms as a matter of “novelty”.
“He is something of a ‘fanboy’ in relation to war gaming, science-fiction and police shows,” Mr Keane said.
He said Sicen Sun particularly liked Call of Dutyand the TV show NCIS and had downloaded instructions on the internet on how to build the weapons using a printer.
The court heard police became aware of his unusual hobby when he advertised a fake weapon for sale on the internet.
When police went to his Waverley apartment yesterday, they found the replica weapons in plain view and he told them he had used a 3D printer to build them.
Mr Keane said his client “had been hammered at the pointy end of the firearms act”.
“He has been captured by provisions clearly designed to target far more serious activity,” Mr Keane said.
Police Prosecutor Sergeant Chris Davis opposed bail arguing the matter was serious and under the Bail Act, the defendant had to “show cause” as to why he should be released.
“Simply saying he is into science fiction and he is a fanboy … does not show cause as to why he should be released from custody,” Sgt Davis said.
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Magistrate Lisa Stapleton granted him bail saying Sun had “freely admitted” to police he had built the guns and it was “not a guileful offence”.
She ordered he provide $3000 surety, report every Saturday to a police station and surrender his Australian and Chinese passports.
Sun has yet to enter a plea.
His case is adjourned until April 27.
Originally published as Call of Duty fan charged over making guns from video games using 3D printer
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