Deterrence Dispensed
Deterrence Dispensed (DetDisp) is a decentralized, online collective that promotes and distributes open-source 3D printed firearms, gun parts, and handloaded cartridges. The group describes itself as aligned with the freedom of speech movement.[2]
DetDisp is best known for developing and releasing the FGC-9, a semi-automatic 3D-printed carbine requiring no regulated gun parts. Despite being recognized as a threat by various law enforcement agencies,[3] the group has to date been unchallenged in national or state courts.[4][5]
History[edit]
In February 2019, a group of 3D gun designers chose the name "Deterrence Dispensed" as a reference to the 3D printed firearms company Defense Distributed.[4] The group has claimed thousands of members since then, many of whom live in jurisdictions that ban unlicensed firearm production.[3] Prominent among the group's pseudonymous members was the late German-Kurdish gun designer "JStark1809".[4][3] Deterrence Dispensed has had to use multiple, alternative social networks and platforms because of suspensions from several mainstream networks. After multiple bans, Deterrence Dispensed migrated to Tumblr and Keybase, but even these platforms eventually banned them.[6][7] In the two weeks after Deterrence Dispensed joined Keybase, they became the sixth most popular team on the platform.[6] However, in January 2021 they would be kicked off of Keybase as well, which was attributed to policy changes after Keybase's acquisition by Zoom Video Communications.[8] In 2019, the group also began sharing its blueprints on spee.ch, a now-defunct file-sharing website built by the LBRY team; the site was later replaced by LBRY.tv.[9][6] The group has also used Signal, Discord, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC).[4]
The majority of these files are now hosted on thegatalog.com, although the files themselves are hosted on Odysee which, like spee.ch, was built by the LBRY team.
In 2021 Deterrence Dispensed changed their name to The Gatalog to prevent further confusion with the company Defense Distributed. They also host their own team chat replacement via thegatalog.com, along with all the files they release.
Designs[edit]
Deterrence Dispensed is best known for developing and releasing the FGC-9, a 3D printed carbine requiring no regulated parts.[10] The group also distributes blueprints for AR-15s, an AKM receiver called the "Plastikov", handgun frames, and a magazine for Glock pistols.[10][6] The group named the Glock magazine design the "Menendez mag" after New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez, who has pushed for crackdowns on the online sharing of 3D printed firearms designs.[6] In 2019 the group released a design called the "Yankee Boogle", which is an auto sear that converts a semi-automatic AR-15 into a fully automatic one. The name is a possible reference to the Boogaloo movement.[11]
See also[edit]
- Gun control
- Improvised firearm
- Liberator (gun)
- List of notable 3D printed weapons and parts
- Right to keep and bear arms
- Crypto-anarchism
References[edit]
- ^ "Defense Distributed – Come And Take It 2.0 Patch". 2018-08-26. Archived from the original on January 20, 2023. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
- ^ "det_disp". Keybase. Archived from the original on April 7, 2023.
Code is free speech. Copyright is theft.
- ^ a b c Simpson, John (November 23, 2020). "Militant network pushes homemade assault rifles". The Times. Archived from the original on 23 November 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)( - ^ a b c d Hanrahan, Jake (20 May 2019). "3D-printed guns are back, and this time they are unstoppable". Wired UK. Archived from the original on April 5, 2023.
- ^ Kelly, Kim (23 August 2020). "The 3D-Printed Gun Isn't Coming. It's Already Here". GEN. Medium. (archive)
- ^ a b c d e Barton, Champe (July 25, 2019). "As Social Networks Crack Down, 3D-Printed Gun Community Moves to New Platforms". The Trace. Archived from the original on March 8, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- ^ Barton, Champe (August 27, 2019). "3D-Printed Gun Group Moves to Tumblr". The Trace. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- ^ "Keybase, a Platform Owned by Zoom, Will Ban Groups Sharing Blueprints for 3D-Printed Guns". The Trace. 2 February 2021.
- ^ Zarebczan, Thomas (December 8, 2019). "lbryio/spee.ch@ad87e2b". GitHub. Archived from the original on December 3, 2022. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
- ^ a b Kelly, Kim (May 21, 2020). "The Rise of the 3D-Printed Gun". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Archived from the original on December 5, 2022. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- ^ Greenberg, Andy (November 4, 2020). "FBI Says 'Boogaloo Boys' Bought 3D-Printed Machine Gun Parts". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
