This loaded 3D printed gun was found on a Fresno bicyclist. Here’s why it’s called an FGC

Fresno County sheriff’s deputies early Thursday arrested a bicyclist carrying a homemade firearm as he passed through Fig Garden. The weapon was marked with initials that mean (expletive) gun control, according to the website AmmoLand.

The so-called FGC is described as a 3D-printed polymer 9 mm carbine that can be constructed at home for about $600.

Sheriff’s spokesman Tony Botti said deputies arrested Fresno’s Michael Barner, who was booked on felony charges of illegally carrying a loaded firearm and a high-capacity magazine.

Botti said a deputy saw Barner, 29, riding in an unsafe manner near North Palm and East Ashlan avenues, and made a traffic stop. Barner told deputies that he was returning from a day of fishing at the San Joaquin River. In the backpack, deputies found the short-barreled carbine. It was loaded with six cartridges.

Anyone with information on the case is asked to contact deputies through Crime Stoppers at 559-498-7867.

This story was originally published August 5, 2021 at 4:46 PM.