US halts exports of most civilian firearms for 90 days
reuters.com
Export licences for Ukraine and Israel, as well as some other close allies, will be exempted from the temporary halt in exports
Export licences for Ukraine and Israel, as well as some other close allies, will be exempted from the temporary halt in exports
Sounds like they’re prioritizing exports to Ukraine and Israel, and/or keeping opposing groups and international criminals from purchasing them
Gotta think an Iran-backed group close to the Gaza conflict is somehow getting US guns. Hamas or Hezbollah or somebody.
Only other possibility is Russia but they famously don't use US-standardized weapons and it would be pretty coincidental timing.
The gun lobby would never let this happen, so it’s definitely to prevent an imminent national security issue