FBI Director Kash Patel traveled to New Zealand in late July to open a new FBI office in the capital city of Wellington. But a report from the Associated Press explains how Patel broke the law in that country during his visit.

Patel reportedly gave 3D-printed pistols to at least three senior security officials in New Zealand. The guns were “inoperable” according to the AP , though it’s not entirely clear what that means. Rendering a gun “inoperable” often means temporarily removing a firing mechanism, but those guns are still tightly controlled in New Zealand ever since the country enacted stricter gun control laws in the wake of the Christchurch massacre of 2019.

Inoperable pistols that can be made operable through modifications are treated like operable guns in New Zealand and face

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