it seems to be well established practice in the US that ITAR takes precedence over the 1st in the well defined by ITAR cases - for example, due to ITAR, Elon Musk just can't exercise his 1st by publishing Merlin's blueprints. The same is here - if plastic handgun falls under ITAR - qua. If not - qua for the State Department. It seems that instead of the 1st Amendment lawyer, here ITAR specialist lawyer would be more useful.
Of course, if it is a clear ITAR item, then the fight for the priority of the 1st Amendment is a noble, yet most probably destined to fail, endeavor.
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it seems to be well established practice in the US that ITAR takes precedence over the 1st in the well defined by ITAR cases - for example, due to ITAR, Elon Musk just can't exercise his 1st by publishing Merlin's blueprints. The same is here - if plastic handgun falls under ITAR - qua. If not - qua for the State Department. It seems that instead of the 1st Amendment lawyer, here ITAR specialist lawyer would be more useful.
Of course, if it is a clear ITAR item, then the fight for the priority of the 1st Amendment is a noble, yet most probably destined to fail, endeavor.