Export licences for Ukraine and Israel, as well as some other close allies, will be exempted from the temporary halt in exports

  • Hacksaw
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    1 year ago

    What the hell does this have to do with ITAR? Civilian firearms aren’t ITAR restricted.

    Specifically, firearms meant for commercial sale such as non-auto or semi automatic weapons under .50 cal or non “combat” shotguns are excluded from ITAR:

    “This final rule renames Category I as “USML Category I—Firearms and Related Articles” (formerly “Category I—Firearms, Close Assault Weapons and Combat Shotguns”) and amends the category to control only defense articles that are inherently military or that are not otherwise widely available for commercial sale. In particular, the amended category does not include non-automatic and semi-automatic firearms to .50 caliber (12.7mm) inclusive, formerly controlled under paragraph (a)…” https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/01/23/2020-00574/international-traffic-in-arms-regulations-us-munitions-list-categories-i-ii-and-iii

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      1 year ago

      I had to get an ITAR exemption approved to get 10mm brass shipped from Cali to Canada. It might include a lot more than you figure.

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        1 year ago

        Oh, I know, I work with ITAR, it covers a lot. It was updated a few years ago to exempt commercial firearms. I quoted the relevant section.

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          1 year ago

          Well, that a good change, because I thought it was fucking ludicrous that I was doing this for some empty shell casings.