Trump Opens Door For U.S. Gun Industry To Sell More Firearms Abroad
Source: Huffington Post
05/24/2018 06:25 pm ET
Senators and human rights groups worry the proposed rule changes will export the U.S. gun violence epidemic.
By Travis Waldron and Nick Wing
The Trump administration is forging ahead with a previously sidelined plan to allow U.S. gun manufacturers sell their products abroad more cheaply and easily.
The proposed rule, published Thursday in the Federal Register, would shift control of U.S. firearm exports from the State Department to the Commerce Department, in a move the regulatory language said is aimed at reducing procedural burdens and costs on American gunmakers doing international business.
The plan would also save the U.S. government money by simplifying the licensing process, according to the proposal.
As a result, gun companies would likely be able to expand foreign sales of popular civilian firearms and accessories that have attracted controversy in the U.S. These include semi-automatic military-style guns like AR-15s, .50 caliber rifles, scopes and certain high-capacity ammunition magazines.
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Alethia Merritt
(147 posts)for violators.
EX500rider
(10,856 posts)jodymarie aimee
(3,975 posts)he wants other countries as fucked up as us RE: murders.
pazzyanne
(6,556 posts)I agree that countries over seas should pass laws against gun imports from the US. Day after Day the corruption and poor morals just keep piling up. I don't believe in hate, but I'm standing at that fence on a daily basis. Hope is becoming harder to hang on to.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)mountain grammy
(26,648 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)paleotn
(17,956 posts)Possibly the prime reason the NRA spent more money on Dumpster than any candidate they've ever supported.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)will get a "donation" from the firearms manufacturers for his help in exporting their tools of death? Everyone else was giving Cohen money just for access to Trump. Something like this should pay off very nicely for the Orange Shit Stain.