Federal Court clears Swiss journalist in 3D-printed gun case

The Federal Court has acquitted a journalist from Swiss public television, RTS, who had been fined over a TV investigation into the dangers of 3D-printed weapons. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In a press release published on Thursday, RTS welcomed the ruling handed down by the Federal Court over a TV investigation into a “Liberator”, a pistol made from plastic using a 3D printer. In 2019, the RTS journalist made a programme to demonstrate how easy it is to manufacture such a weapon in Switzerland and to highlight the dangers. The RTS investigation resulted in a court handing down a suspended 60-day fine for violating Swiss weapons law. The Federal Court ruled in the journalist's favour after five years of proceedings. According to the Geneva Attorney General, as well as the Police Court and the Court of Justice, the journalist knew that police authorisation was needed to obtain such a weapon but did not do so. 'Should set precedent' RTS contested the ...