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2nd Generation night vision to France?
Grasshopper
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Is it against Fed law to ship night vision to France? I found a site 3 days ago saying its not, but can't find it again[?],, after I had ywo guys tell me IT IS against the law? any help?,,nambu
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I would not send anything outside of the US without:
1) an export permit, or
2) a letter from the US Dept of State saying I don't need an export permit for a specific item.
But, that's just me; I hate prison food.
Neal
Mark Christian said you can ship daylight use scopes - but even those are controlled and require a license for export (from Dept of Commerce BIS rather that Dept of State DDTC). And the ATF Form 4587 mentioned is only for export of NFA firearms.
http://www.atf.gov/forms/download/atf-f-5330-4.pdf
Mark Christian says that 4587 applies to any articles found under Section 38 of The Arms Export Control Act of 1976 and not solely to National Firearms Act weapons and the form is just one step in the process, not an end. The Department of Commerce issues export permits for certain sporting shotguns.
I always love a guy who joins the site today just to tell me that I am wrong.
Regarding Dept of Commerce jurisdiction over sporing (daylight) scopes, this page (http://www.bis.doc.gov/licensing/exportingbasics.htm) walks a person through this determination. It's a bit complex, but at the end of the day, unfortunately, all of my contact with BIS and research tells me that not only shotguns, but also sporting scopes, are regulated for export by BIS/DoC. If you have information to the contrary, I'd be very interested.
Regards.
Regards,
Joel VanderHoek
www.davessports.com/export