If you didn’t watch the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Advancing National Security and Foreign Policy Through Export Controls: Oversight of the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), no one will blame you for missing out. I endured the pain for you. The spectacle was made more agonizing by antigun … Read more
By Larry Keane After a decade-long effort led by NSSF, the transfer of export licensing of sporting and commercial firearm and ammunition products to the Commerce Department from the State Department is now completed. The “Export Control Reform” (ECR) initiative, as it is known, benefits not just major manufacturers. The long-sought reforms are a win … Read more
By Larry Keane NSSF’s Intervention on Behalf of Industry Is Successful – Court Allows Export Rules to Take Effect After a decade long push by the NSSF, the final rules for the USML to CCL transition (formerly called Export Control Reform Initiative) took effect yesterday after a federal court in Seattle ruled in NSSF’s favor … Read more
This is TTAG’s weekly roundup of legal and legislative news affecting guns, the gun business and gun owners’ rights. For a deeper dive into the topics discussed here, check out the weekly roundup at FPC. New Hampshire Firearms Coalition attacked over political sign On Thursday, the New Hampshire Democratic Party (NHDP) filed an election law complaint … Read more
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