OSHA to ban ammunition shipments
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Proposed changes by OSHA as listed in OSHA-2007-0032
Any action which causes any firm which now is able to deliver black powder and smokeless powder to cease such delievry to retail stores and to individual residences is of urgent concern to the 4,000,000 members of the NRA as well as unknown millions of other law abiding American sportsmen and women who buy, store and legally use small arms powder to make reloaded ammunition as well as in the use of muzzle loading firearms.
FedEx, UPS, DHL and other carriers are well aware of current Hazmat rules and already practice safe handling and compliance with those rules.
If OSHA imposes additional requirements on such delivery firms the costs of compliance will either force them to cease such deliveries to American citizens or may result in them delivering only in large quantities to those few retail outlets which are willing to store such large amount of powder (storage size limits exist already).
Only those citizens able to personally shop at those few retail stores would be able to purchase their reloading and shooting powder.
The political fall out of such a rule change will create a "bootleg market" and make lawful sportsmen and woman become law breakers, smilar to what was seen during the "prohibition" era.
Present powder users are well aware of the many "anti-gun" organizations who are trying to completely disarm Americans. OSHA action which results in gunpowder becomming non-available to honest law abiding Americans will be seen as a "win" for such anti gun groups and also viewed as evidence that OSHA officers were influenced by such groups.
Resulting anger and frustration among these millions of gunpowder users will also be reflected during election time and elected incumbents (and OSHA officers) who failed to prevent the situation will be rightly or wrongly blamed.
OSHA must not make it difficult or more costly for present gunpowder delivery firms to carry on with their present services to those Americans who participate in legal shooting sports of any type.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
full text of proposed regulation at
http://regulations.justia.com/view/75627/
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