Thanks for posting the reg. I read it, and to be frank I’m not seeing the leap of logic that the article is taking. It looks like this is simply clarifying who has the authority to put items on the list of items restricted for import/export. OK. So what? There is nothing in this reg that I see that expands the list of items restricted from import, or export.
BUT NOTE! The reg does mention the AG being authorized to make changes to the list, but that would be by separate rulemaking. Now THAT would bear some watching. Keep an eye out for any proposed changes to the USMIL list. To say that this reg in and of itself implements some sort of killswitch is a pretty big leap in my view.
I would also note that this does move some authority for maintaining the list from the SoS to the AG. But let’s face it: neither hillary clinton nor eric holder are friends of the RKBA, so I don’t see that as being all that big of a change in reality.
Correction. I’d forgotten that the new SoS is lurch. Same point, though. Neither lurch nor eric holder are friends of the RKBA.
Of course. If one wants water at point B from point A....one must first build the infrastructure before opening the flood gates.
I get the sense that this is what is being done with this regulation. But then, I trust no one.