[triggerhappy]

But she was not able to provide a reference to Commerce Department Bureau of Export Administration or State Department Office of Defense Trade Controls regulations that require approval of shipments to U.S. customers. Dell's export forms apply only to out-of-country shipments.
Did you miss this part?

[blau993]

No, I read that part. What I took from this was that there was confusion within the company as to whether the export control regulations did or did not apply to this transaction. That is not an unknown phenomenon in any large organization. Ultimately they seem to have concluded (1) that the regulations did not apply, or (2) that the transaction would not have violated the regulations anyhow, or (3) both. Either way, I think my conclusion is still valid. Absent some repeat of the situation or some firm evidence that it is company policy not to sell to firearms-related entities, I think a boycott is an overreaction.