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The Miami police handed over 101 units of confiscated firearms to Ukraine (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] TIEPilot 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I bet this is an ITAR violation...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Looking over this list, only if they’re full auto or have silencers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Seems like ITAR applies to companies or individuals. I'd bet that the Miami gov't went through the State Department and it's not an issue.

[–] TIEPilot 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So, is anyone going to go after the Miami Police for this? I'm guessing probably not.

[–] TIEPilot 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

ATF will, they love screwing over police depts that illegally SBR rifles. Also the State Dept, this is their privy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Okay, since we're working from a photo and one unverified sentence, I looked this up:

From July 20th,

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article263607253.html

Officials on Tuesday said that the city has cleared the plan with the U.S. State Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Miami’s city government has not yet signed an agreement with a licensed exporter but hopes to ship the guns within a few weeks, said Miami Police Chief Manny Morales.

https://www.businessinsider.com/miami-police-offer-to-buy-guns-and-ship-them-ukraine-2022-6?op=1

The resolution said that the weapons would be shipped with the help of the nonprofit Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA). Commissioner Russell told Insider: "We are in contact with a licensed gun exporter who has the ability to ship the guns."

So, looks like they thought of this already.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

LMAO, I didn't take a close look at the photo and thought that was Zillensky posing with the guns. But your comment made me double check since it was all in the uncertain future tense.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I was only able to find articles from about 2 weeks ago. I think I said something suggesting they completed it, but I’m not sure. This entire discussion is based on a photo of some random guy with guns and one sentence… not super reliable.