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Last fall the Biden administration announced a 90-day “pause” on approving most new export licenses for firearms manufacturers while the Commerce Department reviewed its current policies and practices. Now the administration is expected to release 150 pages of new regulations later today dealing with firearm exports and cracking down on shipments to three dozen countries across the globe.
AstheNSSFpointedoutearlierthismonth,the90-day“pause”hasnowstretchedoutformorethan150days,andsofartheCommerceDepartmenthasyettoidentifyany“examplesofmisconductbyanylegitimatefirearmbusinesses.”
TheinstancesBIShighlightsareallcasesofindividualsattemptingtoillegallysmugglefirearms.ContrastthatwithreportsthatU.S.armsleftbyPresidentJoeBiden’srushedAfghanistanwithdrawalleftthe“motherlode”ofsmallarmstobeseizedbyTalibanterrorists.ThosewerereportedlybeingseeninGazawhenterroristsattackedIsraelonOct.7.
ThereportdefieswhatBISofficialshavepubliclystatedandtestifiedthattherewasaneedtostopfirearmexportstoconductasecurity
