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NRA: Gun blogs, videos, web forums threatened by new Obama regulation
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Commonly used and unregulated internet discussions and videos about guns and ammo could be closed down under rules proposed by the State Department, amounting to a "gag order on firearm-related speech," the National Rifle Association is warning.
In updating regulations governing international arms sales, State is demanding that anyone who puts technical details about arms and ammo on the web first get the OK from the federal government or face a fine of up to $1 million and 20 years in jail.
According to the NRA, that would include blogs and web forums discussing technical details of common guns and ammunition, the type of info gun owners and ammo reloaders trade all the time.

Comment by: Millwright66 (6/8/2015)

IMNSHO this isn't another cry of "Wolf" ! We already know our President's stance on private firearms ownership. And we've seen just how "transparent" his campaign promise of a "new level of transparency in government" is. He told the absolute truth, and never again visited it.

ITAR proscriptions span everything from antiques to commonplace sporting arms to anything that might be characterized as a "military weapon". Since that encompasses muzzle loaders to .22RF to just about every caliber and cartridge ever created, and the wording is so vague, gun owners are left with scraps.

Comment by: teebonicus (6/9/2015)

I don't think it will withstand SCOTUS scrutiny if/when it gets there.

The information at issue is not privileged, classified or secret in any way, nor is it seditious, so the "national security" dog won't hunt.

As well, "export" under commerce clause powers means actual commerce, i.e. monetary transactions or activity that materially affects commerce per se under Wickard v. Filburn. Communal conversations on public forums in no way can be stretched to fit that definition.