The Ups and Downs of Firearms Export Control Reforms

The Good and the Bad of Reforms to Firearms Export Controls, Forbes, May 29, 2018. "In my last column, I summarized the origin of the proposed changes to the export controls on firearms, ammunition, and related materials, and dismissed some of the criticisms of these reforms as based on ignorance of how the system will work -- or on the presumption that if the Trump administration is doing it, it must be bad. In this column, I'll look at the up- and downsides of the proposed reforms."