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The Come and Take It (Folder) flag is commonly associated with this organization.[1]

Deterrence Dispensed or DetDisp is an online group that promotes and distributes open-source 3D printed firearms, gun parts, and handloaded cartridges. The group strongly supports freedom of speech applied to computer code and blueprints, as well as the copyleft movement.[2]

The group is best known for developing and releasing the FGC-9, a semi-automatic 3D-printed carbine requiring no regulated parts. Despite being recognized as a threat by various law enforcement agencies,[3] no specific legal challenges have been launched against the organization as of August 2020[4][5] owing to the group's anonymous and decentralized nature.

History

Deterrence Dispensed is a loose group of 3D-printed gun advocates. Among members of the group are an American who goes by the pseudoname "Ivan the Troll", and a Kurd "JStark1809".[4][3] In February 2019, the group chose the name "Deterrence Dispensed" as a reference to the 3D printed firearms group Defense Distributed.[4] The group says it has thousands of members, many of whom are in jurisdictions that ban unlicensed firearm production.[3]

Deterrence Dispensed has moved towards alternative social networks and platforms because of suspensions from several mainstream networks. The group maintained an active presence on Twitter and YouTube until both platforms banned them in May 2019. The day after the YouTube ban, Deterrence Dispensed instead began sharing their videos on GunStreamer, which is a video sharing site dedicated to firearms topics. Additionally, Reddit banned a subreddit focused around the group in July of that same year. After the Reddit ban, Deterrence Dispensed migrated to Tumblr and Keybase. But, Tumblr shut down their account the following month.[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]

Designs

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

References

  1. ^ "Defense Distributed – Come And Take It 2.0 Patch". 2018-08-26. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  2. ^ "det_disp". Keybase. Code is free speech. Copyright is theft.
  3. ^ a b c Simpson, John (November 23, 2020). "Militant network pushes homemade assault rifles". The Times. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d Hanrahan, Jake (20 May 2019). "3D-printed guns are back, and this time they are unstoppable". Wired UK.
  5. ^ Kelly, Kim (23 August 2020). "The 3D-Printed Gun Isn't Coming. It's Already Here". GEN. Medium.
  6. ^ 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. Retrieved January 31, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Barton, Champe (August 27, 2019). "3D-Printed Gun Group Moves to Tumblr". The Trace. Retrieved January 31, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "Keybase, a Platform Owned by Zoom, Will Ban Groups Sharing Blueprints for 3D-Printed Guns". The Trace. 2 February 2021.
  9. ^ Zarebczan, Thomas (December 8, 2019). "lbryio/spee.ch@ad87e2b". GitHub. Retrieved January 29, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ a b Kelly, Kim (May 21, 2020). "The Rise of the 3D-Printed Gun". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved January 31, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ Greenberg, Andy (November 4, 2020). "FBI Says 'Boogaloo Boys' Bought 3D-Printed Machine Gun Parts". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved January 31, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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