Obama gag order on Gun Blogs and Forums

mrerick · 06-08-2015, 10:59 AM

There is a followup at the NRA site with a recommended action to take now:

https://www.nraila.org/articles/2015...related-speech

I wrote them with this: (Feel free to copy as approprite... the address and required subject line is below... )

Addressed to: DDTCPublicComments@state.gov

Subject: ITAR Amendment—Revisions to Definitions; Data Transmission and Storage.

As a nationally certified firearms safety instructor and North Carolina state DOJ certified CCH instructor, I am very concerned about the State Department's intent to reinterpret the ITAR regulations to inhibit or prohibit online Internet based discussion of firearms or related ammunition.

At a minimum, specifications, techniques and designs which are related to Gun Control Act regulated products and services should be considered as exempt from any ITAR restrictions.

Gunsmiths, manufacturers, re-loaders, and do-it-yourselfers could all find themselves muzzled under the rule and unable to distribute or obtain the information they rely on to conduct these activities in a safe manner. Prior restraints of the sort contemplated by this regulation are among the most disfavored regulations of speech under First Amendment case law.

Regulation of this speech is a clear infringement of a citizen's rights as recognized and protected from government interference by our Federal constitution's Second Amendment.

I urge you to cease further efforts in this area.

06-08-2015, 10:59 AM	#7
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,925 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,140 Times in 1,520 Posts	There is a followup at the NRA site with a recommended action to take now: https://www.nraila.org/articles/2015...related-speech I wrote them with this: (Feel free to copy as approprite... the address and required subject line is below... ) Addressed to: DDTCPublicComments@state.gov Subject: ITAR Amendment—Revisions to Definitions; Data Transmission and Storage. As a nationally certified firearms safety instructor and North Carolina state DOJ certified CCH instructor, I am very concerned about the State Department's intent to reinterpret the ITAR regulations to inhibit or prohibit online Internet based discussion of firearms or related ammunition. At a minimum, specifications, techniques and designs which are related to Gun Control Act regulated products and services should be considered as exempt from any ITAR restrictions. Gunsmiths, manufacturers, re-loaders, and do-it-yourselfers could all find themselves muzzled under the rule and unable to distribute or obtain the information they rely on to conduct these activities in a safe manner. Prior restraints of the sort contemplated by this regulation are among the most disfavored regulations of speech under First Amendment case law. Regulation of this speech is a clear infringement of a citizen's rights as recognized and protected from government interference by our Federal constitution's Second Amendment. I urge you to cease further efforts in this area. __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.