It could, though. Right now, we in the US pro-gun camp are fighting some newly proposed ITAR regulations which, while probably aimed at the 3D/80% AR-15 receiv

It could, though. Right now, we in the US pro-gun camp are fighting some newly proposed ITAR regulations which, while probably aimed at the 3D/80% AR-15 receiver camps, would criminalize unlicensed disclosure of the sorts of basic data about weapons that's been freely published since forever. See e.g. this http://weaponsman.com/?p=23824 http://weaponsman.com/?p=23824 Note the relatively innocuous data discussed (inner and outer machine gun barrel heating), and then skip to the bottom "A Note To Our Readers", these guys have consulted their lawyer on the matter. And the NRA (lobby for gun owners) take on it, which seems to be accurate: https://www.nraila.org/articles/20150605/stop-obamas-planned-gag-order-on-firearm-related-speech https://www.nraila.org/articles/20150605/stop-obamas-planned...