Originally Posted by
FromMyColdDeadHand
So the plans for the gun are not ITAR controlled, but all the MAGPUL stuff that goes on it is? The scope to go on it, and the mount for it are still ITAR controlled?
Not having seen the settlement, I assume so. This case was about the "expression" of things as it relates to the practice of 1st and 2nd Amendment rights. The big deal is that the government wanted to ban information (1) because of its content, and (2) before it had even been expressed publicly (prior restraint). None of this stuff was arcane, classified, or national security intensive; the government was attempting to stop Americans from communicating by what is now the usual form (i.e., Internet) because it might have resulted in an export of the information.
But, I imagine that if you wanted to send a bunch of actual parts (including Magpul plastic) or ACOGs to Syria, you better get a license under ITAR.
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