New Obama Policy to Make “Merely Posting Firearm Information on the Internet” a Crime

[KeirAdish]

Okay, I was scrolling through my news feed on facebook and came upon this.
Do you think there's any legitimacy to it?
I personally doubt it due to who the person that shared it is but wanted to post it anyway and see.
Now the video was posted on June 8th of 2015 so after noticing that I'm even more skeptical but just wanna see what y'all think anyway.


http://www.redflagnews.com/headlines...ternet-a-crime

Applying issues related to “exporting” and “foreign nations” under an international treaty to individual on-line speech (under the guise of improperly sharing technical data about firearms) may seem like a stretch, but it is apparently what is happening, unless public opposition is voiced before this oh-so quiet regulation sets in towards the end of summer.

While it remains to be seen if such a policy would be enforceable, the mere redefinition of Internet activities – now under FCC regulation – is startling, suggesting that the “bark” about guns may be just as threatening to this anti-gun administration as the “bite” of ‘military-style weapons’ like the AR-15 that so frequently drives media coverage. According to theWashington Times:

The penalty? 20 years in prison plus a $1 million fine for each violation.Each time that any foreign national accesses the data is considered a separate violation.

https://youtu.be/_T-u_WQJPXc

[Independent voter]

redflagnews doesn't sound legit.

[Butler to Baby Sloths]

Find a source on a reputable site and we can have a discussion

[Vanyali]

Here's the blogpost that started that one, from washington times:

"Ernest Istook is a former Republican congressman from Oklahoma. Listen to Ernest’s broadcasts online at Washington Times Radio. Subscribe to his daily podcasts on iTunes:"

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...h-gun-control/

It's also from JUNE.

[KeirAdish]

redflagnews doesn't sound legit.

That's what I figured.

Find a source on a reputable site and we can have a discussion

Didn't see any source information on the link I provided, Kinda just assumed it was a case of people talking about it on reddit etc and then someone throwing that together.

Here's the blogpost that started that one, from washington times:

"Ernest Istook is a former Republican congressman from Oklahoma. Listen to Ernest’s broadcasts online at Washington Times Radio. Subscribe to his daily podcasts on iTunes:"

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...h-gun-control/

It's also from JUNE.

Aha!
Thank you!
I figured the original "article" would also be from June or May of last year.