Deterrence Dispensed

Deterrence Dispensed or 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 freedom of speech and copyleft movements.

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,
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History

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

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.In the two weeks after Deterrence Dispensed joined Keybase, they became the sixth most popular team on the platform. 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. 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. The group has also used Signal, Discord, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC).

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.

Designs

Deterrence Dispensed is best known for developing and releasing the FGC-9, a 3D printed carbine requiring no regulated parts. The group also distributes blueprints for AR-15s, an AKM receiver called the "Plastikov", handgun frames, and a magazine for Glock pistols. 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. 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.

See also

* Gun control
* Improvised firearm
* Liberator (gun)
* List of notable 3D printed weapons and parts
* Right to keep and bear arms
* Crypto-anarchism

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