[14123] in Cypherpunks
Re: MIT has released PGP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Duncan Frissell)
Wed May 25 09:40:15 1994
Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 09:26:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
To: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
Cc: CYPHERPUNKS@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <9405251151.AA03879@snark.imsi.com>
On Wed, 25 May 1994, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>
> It does. It appears that under the ITAR, giving technical information
> on munitions to an alien in the U.S. is equivalent to export. I know
> its insane. Its an obvious violation of the first amendment. It is
> none the less in the regulations.
>
> Perry
>
So all those aliens who want to legally receive "munitions" within the US
can form a US "corporation, business association, partnership, society,
trust, or any other entity organization or group including governmental
entities" and have that institution which would legally be a "US person"
receive the "munitions."
In fact, I think that the multiplication of entities can be a useful
tool. Transfering your car or your assault rifles to corporations formed
in convenient jurisdictions can be a good way to dodge regulations that
apply to "persons" within a particular jurisdiction. Note that under the
current assault weapons control legislation you are supposed to record
the sale of your weapons over time. If they are owned by a corporation,
they need never be transfered. The corporation can be transferred instead.
DCF
"If I join the Haitian Legion will they let me keep my assault rifles."
