since Dec 2012

to develop and freely publish firearms-related design schematics that can be downloaded and reproduced by anyone

 

• December 2012 raised $20,000 via crowd-funding
  – confiscated their first 3D printer
• online open-source hardware organization
• develop digital schematics of firearms in CAD files
  – downloaded from the Internet and used in 3D printing or CNC milling
•  Cody Wilson founder and spokesperson
• December 2012 DEFCAD
• May 5, 2013, Defense Distributed made printable STL files public
  – Liberator, the world’s first completely 3D printed gun
  – the United States Department of State demanded they be removed from the Internet
• October 2014 Ghost Gunner
  – miniature CNC mill for completing receivers for the AR-15
• May 6, 2015, Defense Distributed, joined by the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), filed Defense Distributed v. U.S. Dept. of State in the Western District of Texas
• July 27, 2018, Defense Distributed released ten CAD files for download at DEFCAD

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