Trump Administration Publishes Historic Rulemaking to Modernize America’s Firearm Export Regime
MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2020

On Jan. 23, the Trump administration published rules that will be a boon to the United States firearms industry and all who utilize its products. The new regulations will become effective March 9, 2020.

The rules update America’s regulatory regime for the export of firearms, as well as related parts, components, and accessories. They are the result of an intensive, years-long interagency review process, as well as consideration of thousands of public comments.

No more will small, non-exporting businesses – including gunsmiths – be caught up in an expansive regulatory scheme for manufacturers of “munitions” and their parts that requires a $2,250 annual registration fee with U.S. State Department.

And Americans temporarily traveling overseas with their own guns and ammunition won’t have to register them in a government database or deal with the complexities of completing lengthy forms in commercial exporting software.

Hopefully this means I will be able to get some more magazines for my Ruger MK3 22LR pistol, which is obviously a massive risk to international security.

This is a huge win for US hunters temporarily exporting their firearms for personal use while hunting abroad.

The 4457 will now finally and clearly be all that is needed by way of documentation.

And we have President Trump to thank for this excellent and long overdue regulatory reform.

Definitely good news and a win for traveling sportmen and women. Kudos to all involved in helping clear this impediment to flying with firearms!

And people wonder why democrats should be flogged. This is a reversal of the absurd policy under clinton that ostensibly made private citizens obtain import/export licenses to purchase guns overseas. In the Navy, we used to be able to buy say, Beretta shotguns on cruise and bring them homw, not after clinton. anyway, good news

I felt betrayed by President Trump’s Administration and the President individual on his handling of Hunting issues. In fact, I felt down right deceived.

I have to hand it to him and all the power brokers behind the scenes; NRA, DSC, whoever else. SCI if you helped, then thank you too.

I greatly appreciate this development.

that will be great to get back some bullets and stocks without paying the fees to export from USA very good news. if any firearms privilege left to canadians ...

Does anyone know whether you can ship a firearm to South Africa in the mail under this new legislation?