Deterrence Dispensed (DetDisp) is a decentralized, online collective that promotes and distributes designs for open-source 3D printed firearms, gun parts, and handloaded cartridges.[2] The group describes itself as aligned with the freedom of speech and anti-copyright movements.[3]
DetDisp is best known for developing and releasing the FGC-9, a semi-automatic 3D-printed carbine requiring no regulated gun parts.[4]
History
In February 2019, a group of 3D gun designers chose the name "Deterrence Dispensed" as a reference to Defense Distributed, the first 3D firearms organization.[2] By 2020 the group claimed thousands of members, many of whom lived in jurisdictions where unlicensed firearm production was illegal.[4] Prominent among the group's pseudonymous members was the late German-Kurdish gun designer "JStark1809".[2][4]Deterrence Dispensed has used multiple, alternative social networks and platforms due to suspensions from mainstream sites, including Tumblr and Keybase.[5][6] At one time, Deterrence Dispensed was the sixth most popular team on the Keybase platform, but by January 2021 they would be banned, a decision attributed to Keybase's acquisition by Zoom Video Communications.[5] [7]
The group has since published files and blueprints on file-sharing websites built by LBRY, including the website Odysee.[8][5]
Designs
Deterrence Dispensed is best known for developing and releasing the FGC-9, a 3D printed carbine requiring no regulated parts.[9] At the peak of its popularity, the group also distributed blueprints for AR-15s, an AKM receiver called the "Plastikov", handgun frames, and a magazine for Glock pistols named after New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez, who once pushed for crackdowns on the online sharing of 3D printable firearms designs.[9][5] 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.[10]
Criticism
Since the death of JStark, former members of DetDisp have been criticized for founding organizations in opposition to the original open source and anti-copyright values of the organization.[11]
