Sean

Behind the baffles podcast, discusses the change as official and explains manufacturer impacts.

So then I went and looked at ECFR 22 CFR 121.1, and it still explicitly includes silencers in the category.

The State Department,

itar page and recent revisions through 2025 there's no mention of suppressor delisting um in 2020 the state department explicitly explicitly kept silencers on the usml despite public comments suggesting transfer to the less restrictive ear uh we were obviously beginning of 2026 eliminated the 200 tax stamp there's ongoing lobby okay so

Let me finish.

I am going to land the plane, but I've got to put the fucking gear down first so we don't crash.

The point is, they're saying it like it's a done deal, and they probably have backroom information, so on and so forth, that we don't have.

But it hasn't been announced anywhere official, so no federal register rule, no DDTC, no Commerce Department, nothing.

But they're saying it as if it's a done deal.

And I wanted to get your thoughts on that.

Agreed.

Yeah.

Back to landing the plane and wrapping it up and disembarking is I assume that they have information that I don't have.

They are absolutely in the fight all the time.

So I think that that's a good thing.

I think it shouldn't be on ITAR.

I think it's good for the industry as well.

So, yeah.

Exactly.

So I thought that was interesting.