A quick lesson
Dear alleged journalists,
You have, I presume, at your disposal a wealth of resources for research. You have google, interns, books, public records, investigators and so forth. I know this because I have seen them leap into action whenever an affluent white girl goes missing or when you’re trying to destroy a celebrity. Remember the good old days of digging through Sarah Palin’s trash? So, you have it in you.
So, I would think you could figure out that a dealer who ships firearms magazines to someone in another country is already breaking the law. Calling for another one isn’t going to help. I mean, unless you’re motivated by something else.
Oh wait.
Love,
Me
August 11th, 2011 at 9:42 am
*you’re
August 11th, 2011 at 10:01 am
All journalists today are some combination of lazy, stupid, ignorant and biased.
Still, it’s rare to see all four in one article.
August 11th, 2011 at 10:11 am
I clicked the link to see the idiocy for myself. But when I saw it trying to load WaPo’s url, I frantically hit the stop button. I refuse to let WaPo think they are a trusted news source by providing them with more advertising revenue by visiting their site.
August 11th, 2011 at 10:30 am
Quite possibly the dealer has an export permit.
August 11th, 2011 at 10:57 am
No way, ParatrooperJJ.
Not an internet vendor. Getting ITAR cert to move any arms is an absolute PITA. Only professional exporters, and once in a blue moon, someone who needs to move an expensive collectable, will go through that paper chase.
You need to have paperwork from both countries for each shipment that goes abroad.
August 11th, 2011 at 11:17 am
Yeah, and try importing anything. I’m trying to import bullets from another country, plain old ordinary well made hunting bullets that can’t be had anywhere else. Not loaded ammo mind you, just boolits, and it is a PITA.
August 11th, 2011 at 2:05 pm
MattW, I was’nt aware that there was such a thing as a “trusted” news source anymore.
August 11th, 2011 at 2:15 pm
It appears that 22 CFR 123.17 suggests that non-receiver/barrel exports under $100 to non-prohibited countries don’t need a license, just need to be declared.
Norway is not a prohibited country… yet.
So if the dealer declared the shipment and the wholesale value was under $100 (possible, though unlikely) he’d actually be off the hook.
(Now, it might well have violated Norwegian law for the guy to import it, but that’s Norway’s problem, and his.)
August 11th, 2011 at 2:54 pm
Odds are the exporter is sweating bullets right now, unless, of course, the export was encouraged through Fast and Furious.
The 10 magazines were reported to be $550, well above the exception. Even if the exception was applicable, given what happened, they would crawl all over the exporter looking for anything and everything in all his transactions.
August 11th, 2011 at 5:04 pm
Sigvald: That is a personal baggage exemption. Read the act. Transfers of ownership are specifically excluded.
August 11th, 2011 at 8:48 pm
I thought the shooter in Norway had a Mini-30, firing the 7.62 x 39 cartridge.
August 11th, 2011 at 9:49 pm
Typical of the WaPo anymore… I now just call it ‘fishwrap’
August 12th, 2011 at 1:33 am
Interesting. The law as usual is confusing as hell. I was not entirely correct.
If he had purchased one magazine, then exporter would not have violated US law, apparently. Of course, he may have still been on the hook for violating Norwegian law.
But they exported 10, so they did commit a violation.
I guess this was put into ITAR to allow foreigners to buy small repair parts easily.
August 17th, 2011 at 12:12 am
agreed with Chris L.
btw, kristopher is a fucktard