Everytown, Moms Demand Action Applaud New Department of Commerce Rule Tightening Restrictions on U.S. Gun Exports Abroad

Changes Will Create a More Responsible Export System to Help Stem the Export of U.S. Gun Violence

WASHINGTON - Today, after the Department of Commerce announced an interim final rule to tighten restrictions on firearm exports to bolster U.S. national security and foreign policy interests, promote public safety in the United States, and reduce gun violence abroad, Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action released the following statements:

"The firearm industry has been raking in massive profits off gun exports, while doing virtually nothing to keep their weapons away from terrorists and traffickers," said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety. "With this rule, the Biden-Harris Administration is notching a national security win that will help prevent regional violence and human rights abuses with American guns."

"This new rule not only makes the world safer from gun violence, but it makes us safer at home," said Angela Ferrell-Zabala, executive director of Moms Demand Action. "We applaud the Biden-Harris Administration's work to hold the gun industry to higher standards and accountable when it fails to meet them, and urge the Department of Commerce to finalize this rule with the strength it deserves."