I don&#x27;t see any comments on the question of whether a commercial entity has legal standing to control the use of products it sells. A commercial entity relies on the legal system to enforce any restrictions, so this amounts to a question of whether the public should facilitate and subsidize the political wishes of a commercial entity. I think not, just as the taxpayers should not be subsidizing inadequate wages paid by companies like Walmart.<p>Export laws, being enacted and enforced by a government, are a different matter, of course.<p>I&#x27;m strongly opposed to the death penalty, for both moral and practical reasons. This story is another reminder for me on how the functions of government have been co-opted for private gain. This kind of thing makes everyone poorer.