The action is ridiculous on the face of it.
that depends on who is looking at its face.
it has face value to the prison industrial complex in the U.S.
simply because people who break any laws associated with the 3d printers could become a source of income to the prison complex.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison%E2%80%93industrial_complex The term prison–industrial complex (PIC) is used to attribute the rapid expansion of the US inmate population to the political influence of private prison companies and businesses that supply goods and services to government prison agencies. The term is borrowed from the military–industrial complex President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned of in his famous 1961 farewell address. Such groups include corporations that contract prison labor, construction companies, surveillance technology vendors, lawyers, and lobby groups that represent them. Activists have argued that the Prison-Industrial Complex as perpetuating a belief that imprisonment is a quick yet ultimately flawed solution to social problems such as homelessness, unemployment, drug addiction, mental illness, and illiteracy.
