A little over two years ago I wrote an article for Recoil Magazine about President Trump continuing President Obama’s push to lower restrictions on the firearm industry when it comes to export controls.

Yes, you read that right: President Obama attempted to lessen restrictions on the firearms industry through his administration’s Export Control Reform (ECR) initiative but wasn’t successful. And, President Trump continued the push but hasn’t been successful… until now!

Firearms are finally being moved out from under ITAR and over to the Commerce Department!

The final rule is finally being published in the Federal Register as a final rule sometime this week and it’ll go into effect 45 days later.

Some of you may not understand why I’m so excited and why I think something like a change to export control regulations is such a big deal for the firearms industry. If that’s you, read on…

In this update on export controls for firearms, we’re going to cover:

As a quick summary on what the move of firearms from ITAR means:

Manufacturers will no longer have to pay a $2,250 annual registration fee

America can be more competitive internationally without undue burdens No long approval process No Congressional approval needed for deals over $1 million Easier sharing of technical information for designs/R&D Easier training of our foreign allies

Certain information can now be shared online (e.g. 3-D printed gun plans)

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