“Even if there was no government telling me I couldn’t do this, I think that I would still do it,” Ivan says. They’ve made their own 3D-printed gun designs, modified old ones, and are keeping all the Defence Distributed ones available for free too.

They’re uploading these files individually on services such as Spee.ch, a media-hosting site underpinned by the LBRY blockchain, and they aren’t waiting for anyone to give them permission. (New York State has just passed a law to ban 3D-printed guns).įor Ivan’s group, Deterrence Dispensed, none of this is relevant. Their headaches are long, drawn out, and ongoing. Attorney generals from more than 20 US states are currently in the process of suing the company – which has countersued – in a bid to reverse a court win that momentarily allowed Defence Distributed to upload and share 3D-printed gun blueprints online. Wilson was released on a $150,000 bail, but has remained silent since.ĭefence Distributed has many other ongoing legal battles. He stepped down from Defence Distributed, which was before seen as the driving force behind 3D-printed guns since it launched in 2012. Many of the people who looked up to him were either disgusted or realised that his time was up.

Needless to say, this arrest effectively took Wilson out of the 3D-printed gun world entirely. He is alleged to have paid $500 to have sex with a 16-year-old girl in his home city of Austin, Texas. In September 2018, Wilson, 30, was arrested and charged with sexual assault against a minor.

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