Not to raise a sore point, but where are the imports of M16icon part kits (less barrels and lowers)?

I am/was told that after 2012 there were no more M16 parts kits allowed in the US by dictate of the state department (Sandy Hook). Now we are 19 months into a supposed pro-gun administration and still no kits or parts of any kind, though I read around 18 months ago there were large amounts of surplus M16A1 rifles to be had on the international market. Certainly there is a market for said bits at around 500 retail, given the current fad for retro AR rifles.

Nor are any of the 970,000 M1 carbines from Korea on the market or any hint of same.

What gives, does anyone have a handle on this and why we have not seen a change? By this time in the George Bush II reign (mid 2002) we were seeing a bunch of US stuff on the market.
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