Are the laws on exporting firearms ammunition or components clear of not? I thought it was clear that any ammo or components required an export license for each shipment.
I would believe that a company in the business of selling ammo and components would know and adhere to having the right paperwork on exporting.
Did I miss some part of the story? Are obsolete or rare ammunition exempted and I did not know it?
While no-one honestly believes what these guys shipped was a terrorist. It is unclear in the articles if the charges were based on a good intention misunderstanding of the rules; or if there were previous warnings prior to the raft of charges?
While the BATF does have a well deserved bad rep, before I hear more details I am not ready to throw them under the bus
I know I have had challenges trying to get reloading components from Italy (like number overshot cards) as I cant get anyone willing to ship them to me.
US sourced ammunition through the mail is an actual security issue in some countries (like mexico, not canada or new zealand)
Every Canadian gun owner I know, knows it is a real problem trying to bring ammo back from the US, and the problem lies in exporting from the US, not importing into Canada. In fact there are countless, credible reports of Canadians attending meets/gun and hunting stores in the US border states and having their license numbers taken by US border patrol so they can be checked when they go to exit the country.
As much as we don't like the law, it is impossible these guys didn't know that what they were doing was illegal.
