COMMERCE/GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is preparing to publish on Thursday [5-24-18] long-delayed proposed rule changes for the export of U.S. firearms, a State Department official said on Tuesday [5-22-18]. The rule changes would move the oversight of commercial firearm exports from the U.S. Department of State to the Department of Commerce. The action is part of a broader Trump administration overhaul of weapons export policy that was announced in April. Timing for the formal publication of the rule change and the opening of the public comment period was unveiled by Mike Miller the acting secretary for the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, the State Department’s body that currently oversees the bulk of commercial firearms transfers and other foreign military sales. He was speaking at the Forum on the Arms Trade’s annual conference at the Stimson Center, a Washington think tank.”
-Mike Stone, “Trump administration to publish proposed rule changes for gun exports: official,” Reuters, May 22, 2018 12:49 pm