Article: https://tg.la7.it/cronaca/bolzano-coltelli-stampante-3d-a-scuola-denunciato-minore-26-01-2026-251562
Local student arrested for ‘manufacturing weapons.’ In reality, he printed some PLA shivs that would probably shatter if they hit a piece of parmesan cheese. The police seized the printer like it was a meth lab. 10/10 for the dramatic crime scene photo, though.
(Backstory: a few weeks ago a student in another city/school was stabbed with a (iron) knife and died so now politicians need to show that zero tolerance policies are successful.)
I don’t get it, are knives illegal in Italy? What if I want to cut my spaghetti?
What if I want to cut my spaghetti?
This is the really weird thing. If these knives were made of metal and in a kitchen drawer, nobody would think of them as being weapons. But since they are 3d printed, that’s novel enough to warrant some panic or something…
You break spaghetti in Italy. Trust me they’ll appreciate it.
That’s performative. Sucks to be the student who will have his life ruined to be made “an example” out of.
Poor guy even got his ams with four rolls of pla confiscated ☠️
I can’t imagine getting a search warrant for toys in a teenager room.
he printed some PLA shivs that would probably shatter if they hit a piece of parmesan cheese.
How big of a piece of parmesan are we talking? Ever tried to cut into a wheel of cold parmesan? It’s pretty tough. Meatbags are a lot less tough.
That being said, we learned how to make knives by smashing a couple of rocks together like a thousand years ago, this ain’t stopping nobody.
I can confirm it’s much harder to stab a wheel of parmesan cheese than a person, but at least the cheese doesn’t scream
Ok, I’m stabbing the cheese wrong then I guess.
But they didn’t confiscate his kitchen knives?
Those probably have serial numbers and a whole tracking system lol
Did they take away his rocks too?
People who 3D print anime weapons replicas:
Hopefully someday these places make murder illegal so people can’t kill others without violating the law.
Wow. Going after letter openers now, are they?
Those knives sure are dangerous
Hope they will soon ban these too and put their manufacturer in jail:
