The United Kingdom on Wednesday convicted for the first time a 26-year-old college student on the charge of printing a restricted firearm on a 3D printer.

Tendai Muswere pleaded guilty to manufacturing a handgun, according to The Guardian. He told police that he created the gun to be used as a prop in a “dystopian film” he was making for a student project, though he refused to further comment on the plot of the film to investigators.

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