Obama Administration Makes Underhanded Attempt To Drive Gunsmiths Out Of Business

By Bob Owens

Unable to ram unconstitutional gun control laws down the throats of American citizens, the Obama Administration has tried various stunts to hurt the gun industry, from an abortive ATF attempt to reclassify common training ammunition as “armor-piercing,” to banning the importation of historic American rifles and handguns from South Korea.

Their latest attempt is to try to extort gunsmiths of $2,250 via the U.S. Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) by redefining gunsmiths as “manufacturers” for doing work as simple as changing the sights on a pistol.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has issued a statement on this attempt at backdoor gun control which shows the industry isn’t going to accept this latest attempt by Barack Obama to undermine the Second Amendment.

On July 22 the U.S. Department of State – Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) issued “guidance” meant to clarify who is required under the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to register as a “manufacturer” of “defense articles,” which includes firearms and ammunition products (U.S. Munitions List Categories I – III), and pay an exorbitant annual $2,250 registration fee. Under the law, registration is required even if the manufacturer …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms