Posted on 08/13/2013 5:22:50 AM PDT by BulletBobCo
President Obama is quietly moving forward with gun control regulations.
A Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives(ATF) Final Rule published Tuesday in the Federal Register and a news release issued last Friday by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHS) are recent developments ignored by the mainstream media even though Vice President Joe Biden announced last week that the administration would be using executive orders to advance “gun control” goals following a Senate battle that could not muster the votes to do so legislatively.
President Obama has side-stepped Congress by implementing portions of the UN Small Arms Trade Treaty through an executive order which can be used to ban the import of all firearms, ammunition and related supplies and accessories.
While patriots across the nation rejoiced when the US congress rejected flat on its face an attempt to force the United States into the UN Small Arms Treaty just weeks later a more sinister ulterior motive has been revealed.
Today, President Obama by passed congress and signed an executive which gives the federal government a power to completely ban the importation of guns, ammunition and even parts and accessories related to firearms.
While the UN Small Arms Treaty would have prevented the United States from both importing and exporting weapons, Obama has effectively signed on to the treaty with his new executive order while allowing the United States to export weapons of deaths to covertly funded clandestine operations in overseas nations where it seeks to further its imperialistic agenda.
(Excerpt) Read more at the-american-journal.com ...
Most congress critters work for the same bosses (and that isn’t you and me) that little barry bastard boy works for, so don’t expect the republicants to defy the democrips as they remove your Constitutional world.
Some explanation:
Streamlining the System: More Baby Steps Toward Reducing Export Compliance Burdens by:
J. Scott Maberry
Reid Whitten
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP - Washington Office
April 3, 2013
Previously published on April 2, 2013
Since 2011, President Barack Obama’s administration has actively pursued export control reform designed to reduce the regulatory burdens on U.S. companies and enhance U.S. national security. On March 7, 2013, the Administration notified Congress of the first in a series of amendments to the U.S. Munitions List. The next day, March 8, 2013, the White House released Executive Order 13637 to update delegations of presidential authority over the administration of export and import controls. Also on March 8, the White House issued a fact sheet on the implementation of export control reform. These steps, though small, mark clear progress in the President’s Export Reform Initiative.
Background
U.S. exports are controlled primarily under two different systems with different purposes and different regulatory structures. Generally, the U.S. State Department regulates the export of goods, services, and technical data specifically designed or modified for military or satellite applications. Those items are controlled under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the United States Munitions List (USML). The U.S. Department of Commerce controls the export of virtually all other goods with primarily commercial uses but with potential security or defense applications. Those items are controlled by the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the Commerce Control List (CCL).
The existence of two regulatory schemes can create administrative burdens and unnecessary costs for U.S. exporters. The controls are vast and unwieldy and have not been comprehensively updated in nearly four decades. Therefore, many observers are looking forward to the President’s efforts to streamline regulations with keen anticipation.
One of the difficulties that manufacturers and exporters of defense items and technology face is that the ITAR restricts the export of all items on the USML equally. For example, a military helicopter and a tiny bolt designed or modified for that helicopter each typically requires an individual ITAR license from the State Department for export to any destination. This system has created significant burdens on U.S. exports. Moreover, as the White House fact sheet points out, these inefficiencies harm U.S. national security by creating “obstacles and delays in providing equipment to Allies and partners for interoperability with U.S. forces.”
The proposed changes are aimed at streamlining the system by transferring some less sensitive items from the USML to the CCL. As a result, the entire USML will be transformed from its current state of being a catchall list of military items in broadly worded categories to a more focused positive list of identifiable items.
Changes Created by Executive Order 13637
Elimination of Possible Double Licensing Requirements. The Department of State licenses entire systems on the USML, including any accompanying spare parts, accessories, and attachments. Many of those smaller items will be moved to the CCL (and Commerce jurisdiction), while the larger systems will remain on the USML. This may mean that an exporter of large systems would need two licenses instead of one. The Executive Order authorizes State to approve the export of parts or accessories on the CCL when it approves export of the system as a whole. Those parts and accessories licensed by State will nevertheless be subject to the jurisdiction of Commerce for enforcement purposes.
Consolidation of Brokering Regulation Responsibilities with State. A “broker” is defined to include a person or entity that acts as a paid agent for others in transactions involving defense items. Currently, responsibility for registration and licensing of brokers is shared between the State Department (for exports) and the U.S. Department of Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (for imports). The Executive Order consolidates and delegates that responsibility to the Secretary of State.
Congressional Notification Process. The Order directs that, although a certain subset of items are moved from the USML to the CCL, the Executive Branch will continue to notify Congress about those export licenses that, though no longer subject to the statutory notification requirement, warrant continued transparency and notification to Congress.
USML Changes
The March 8 notification to Congress is the first in a series of changes to the USML. The first proposed changes are related to State Department controls on Aircraft and Gas Turbine Engines. The Arms Export Control Act requires that a 30 day notification period elapse before publication of the changes. When the changes are published (presumably on or about April 8, 2013) they will have an effective date of 180 days after publication (or about October 5, 2013). Further changes to the USML will be published on a rolling basis throughout 2013.
The White House states that the revised USML will “enable the United States to better focus its resources on items that deserve the highest levels of export protection and on destinations of concern, while providing American companies with a streamlined export authorization process for thousands of parts and components.”
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However, it was signed on March 8th, 2013. Not recently. As I am at work, I'll leave it up to you folks to read it an verify if it is what Alexander Higgins says it is.
They’re to busy to worry about the people.... as long as they get their kick backs, premium healthcare, huge retirement, and
all the perks that the ruling class has,the world is wonderful.
http://beforeitsnews.com/international/2013/04/obama-signs-firearm-and-ammo-killswitch-2456326.html
This article was posted April 23rd, so it appears that EC 13637 is the one that Higgins is referring to.
DC is corrupting even some conservatives who've been lifted up by the wings of the tea party movement. If you're calling yourself a Republican but are disgusted by their lack of will to fight and even capitulate, then become this Third Party Movement... doesn't mean you can't vote for a Cruz for prez, but what it does mean; it will consolidate real political power for conservatism. As it is, conservatism's power is watered down and made ineffectual when deposited in the GOP. Just call it, The Conservative Party; youth fortified, more diverse, but wholly conservative, and upholding the Judeo-Christian beliefs as sacrosanct... with freedom from the tyranny of the Federal, State and Local governments, by limiting Gov powers, by restoring property rights and reforming taxation.
Among our FIRST acts will be to limit the number of terms a member of congress can stay in DC. No man has the capacity to resist the corrupting influence of the seat of power in Federal Government. SECOND will be the deconstructing of Federal Bureaucracies. THIRD will be to eliminate the IRS, ridding ourselves of the tyrant's hunting dogs.
What else could the next American Revolution be?... Hey Mark Levin, love ya brother, but if you want to real real change, ya gotta lead the next American Revolution, if you won't, someone else surely will!
Revolt is coming down the road.
The next American revolution is coming and I predict it will happen in the next few years.
The first President Bush banned import of “assault weapons” by executive order in, as I recall, 1988.
I had a semi-auto RPK on order with magazines and drum. It was canceled because of President Bush’s EO.
Statists are going for their agenda, and the Republicans are embracing The Tao of Republican Orthodoxy.
NSA backdoor rejection?
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Another reason to never elect a gop e
Sadly, such an EO would be absurdly easy to enforce. Customs will simply reject shipments of arms and ammunition from foreign sources, and BATFE will deny import permits for new shipments. Both would be considred administrative or policy actions.
This is not even remotely funny. That Bestid needs to be impeached immediately. And I have no clue how that is even started...
Shame on the LameStreamMedia.
When are businesses going to start ignoring his “orders”? JUST SAY NO!
Well, we still have two sources. American manufacturers, and Mexican drug cartels.
5.56mm
The little dictator hates the entire concept of Congress. He hates the judicial branch, too except he can more easily control them. He was a spoilt brat as a kid and hasn't grown up.
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.
He hasn't even signed it yet.
While patriots across the nation rejoiced when the US congress rejected flat on its face an attempt to force the United States into the UN Small Arms Treaty just weeks later a more sinister ulterior motive has been revealed.
I warned FReepers about this in 2009, with not a few denials and a good many deaf ears. That the Senate refused to dispose of this treaty with a ratification vote, has allowed the President to implement it pending ratification, pursuant to the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, a treaty we have kept for nearly 35 years, yet it too was never ratified.
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