US Halts The Exports of Civilian Firearms For 90 Days

[Brians356]

So you do not issue new licenses, the existing will sooner or later expire and then no one has a license.

Eventually, perhaps. Nevertheless, I stand by my correction. Exports are continuing uninterrupted.
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[AccelR8]

To be fair, here, every headline I saw was exactly as OP quoted it - except The Guardian's. If we want to wring hands about something, how about the allegedly independent news outlets (AP, Reuters, Bloomberg, ...) all (by sheer chance!) agreeing on the same points of view and sharing, verbatim, the same phrases.
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The media articles I read did all have the distinct feel of a .gov agency statement, perhaps a press release, while not being identified as such by the media outlets.

 

[ebb]

Brian why does the administration that left 7.12 billion worth of the best military hardware available in the hands of the most ruthless criminals in the world care about suspending sales of civilian sporting arms? they certainly do not care about protecting people as they have proven in Afghanistan. Please help me understand this decision.

 

[FNSafari]

Brian why does the administration that left 7.12 billion worth of the best military hardware available in the hands of the most ruthless criminals in the world care about suspending sales of civilian sporting arms? they certainly do not care about protecting people as they have proven in Afghanistan. Please help me understand this decision.

IMO the admin is using the 3 month suspension to see if they can shut all export of us arms down completely...an effort to bankrupt some manufacturers and reduce the number of guns being made.

 

[ebb]

That was my point exactly. They have been shut down on many of the other restrictions they have preposed. This would be an easy victory.

 

[divingin]

Ukraine and Israel are good to go, but Canada has been restricted since 1998. It gets more restrictive each year. Getting to where I'm glad to be aging. WH

Regarding Canada, isn't that more an incoming restriction by their government rather than a US export restriction?

 

[Will Henry]

No, it is not. All roadblocks originate with the State Department. When it first started, the export licensing was inexpensive and not too onerous. Now it is very expensive and troublesome to the point that many companies simply gave up. Much like the FFL requirements in the states, the result has been the establishment of a secondary industry just to handle the paperwork. I believe it has reached the point that not only the exporter needs to be licensed, the manufacturer does as well. It is a classic example of bureaucracy run amok. Instigated by Bill Clinton's White House, the system has thrived and grown through three more presidents. WH