Known to the interwebs only as “JStark 1809,” a pioneer in the field of 3-D printed firearms and promoter of free speech and the international unabridged right to keep and bear arms, has reportedly passed.
JStark sparked a thousand gun memes after he was featured in an eye-opening 30~ minute documentary last November from Popular Front entitled “Plastic Defence: Secret 3D Printed Guns in Europe” that has since topped over 2 million views and a 20:1 like/dislike ratio.
Via Popular Front:
At Popular Front, we got access to the network designing and building these downloadable rifles. It goes by the name “Deterrence Dispensed”. Its members are determined to give untraceable DIY firearms to the world. We spent time with the founder of the movement——a man known as JStark.
He showed us how he designs the firearms, builds them in his workshop, and even makes bootleg 9mm ammunition for them.
We also went out into the forests with JStark to witness how powerful 3D printed firearms have become, and to gauge how dangerous they could be for Europe.
JStark argues that his group is helping people living under authoritarianism fight back against their oppressors. Whilst this could be true, Deterrence Dispensed is sending their technology out into the world for free to anyone and everyone. It’s totally unregulated. If it gets into the wrong hands, which it easily could do, many innocent people could die.
JStark’s design, the FGC-9, was simple, and his FGC Mk II even more so.
While the full story behind the demise of the balaclava-clad freedom seeker is fuzzy, Popular Front says he died of a heart attack after an interaction with German police, who have never had reputation for being pushovers.