Last Chance to oppose new ITAR Regulations

[Brick]

Here's the GOA making its last plea:

Oppose Obama’s Proposal to Make Information-Sharing on Guns Illegal
​-- Today is the last day for submitting comments

Several weeks ago, GOA alerted you about the State Department’s proposed arms control regulations -- a rewrite which has been widely cited as an attempt to control gun-related speech on the Internet.

GOA believes that there is a real reason to be concerned about the implications of these regulations for gun-related Internet speech.

GOA has prepared comments for the State Department in opposition to these regulations -- comments that will be posted on the internet later.

But you can now see a detailed analysis of the regs by GOA’s Legislative Counsel here.

Bottom line: These proposed regulations would define an arms “export” -- which would require State Department permission and substantial fee -- to potentially include any gun-related communication on the Internet or social media.

With this final keystone in place, the Obama administration would have the regulatory framework to comprehensively regulate gun-related speech in cyberspace, to whatever extent it desires.

And those who violate this restriction on Internet “speech” are in danger of facing decades in prison (up to 20 years) and massive fines (up to $1 million).

It is imperative that Americans rise up in opposition to it. We’ve backed the President down before so that he’s pulled proposed regulations. (Remember the proposed ban on M855 ammo?)

But if the President persists and does not withdraw these regulations -- despite the outpouring of opposition from gun owners around the nation -- then we’ll work through the Congress to repeal/defund them on the annual funding bill.

There’s a lot of work still to be done. Please stay tuned ... and take action!

ACTION: If you haven’t done so already, please write the State Department by going here. Tell them that you oppose the proposed arms control regulations. You can see a proposed letter here.

Go here to use GOA's automated letter: http://www.gunowners.org/alert832015.htm

[buckengr]

I have written opposing comments. I hope all of those who frequent this forum, or watch gun videos on youtube, or read or research anything gun related on any other website or via email have written comments opposing these changes too! Our rights are being stolen and I fear we may be asleep at the wheel. It saddens me to see how quietly this is all occurring. Not to criticize those who run this site, but where was the PAFOA banner urging action on this one? It seems as though there is very little awareness of any of this happening, even among our ranks. God save the republic.

[Brick]

Well Buck just for the record there was a thread started covering this subject when the comment period opened. It was this one,

NRA: Gun blogs, videos, forums threatened by new regs
Started by middlefinger, June 7th, 2015 04:09 PM

I only hope that the State Dept. was so flooded with opposition to this that they couldn't get all the comment loaded into the system in time. But, at last count there's only 7,202 listed. In contrast a few years back EPA advertised proposed rules to ban lead ammunition of any type. Before the 90 day comment period was up they had so many letters of opposition they extended the comment period another month and finally withdrew the proposed regulation.

I sent messages to NSSF regarding this measure, they never bothered to respond.

[Brick]

It appears that the number of comments with the last posted to the site on 4 Aug was 9,985.

[Marius Titulescu]

Too many regulations.
They get more numerous every year... and to what purpose?
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[Yellowfin]

Too many regulations. They get more numerous every year... and to what purpose?

To make it more difficult and legally perilous for us and to make the law so vast that it is unknowable.