230RN
2A was "political" when it was first adopted.
Quite some time ago, .cheese. started a thread questioning whether or not failing to place that little warning sticker that comes with laser sights on your gun was a Federal offense. It should be noted that the manuals for these sights (at least for my Crimson Trace sights) give stern warnings about having to stick this little label on your gun, citing federal law, etc.. See:
http://thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=284002&highlight=FDA
for the complete thread, if you're interested. (Most of the comments are quite amusing.)
Opinions abounded both ways, and of course some of the questions were whether or not you had to change the label from one gun to another, wouldn't gun cleaning solvents destroy the adhesion, "But I've never seen one of those labels on a gun, so it must be legal," etc.
All of the responses were uncited and unsupported.
So in May 2008 I decided to write to the proper government authority to determine "from the horse's mouth" what the story was on these labels.
The authority was the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
I sent them a detailed questioning letter, return receipt requested. I got the return receipt a couple of days later.
In early August, I figured my letter had fallen behind someone's desk, so I wrote them again.
I got an answer last week, see attached.
You will note the gentleman's sig line, quoting G.W.
I am sending him a thank-you e-mail.
230RN, AKA "Doubting Thomas", AKA "Stubborn SOB"
http://thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=284002&highlight=FDA
for the complete thread, if you're interested. (Most of the comments are quite amusing.)
Opinions abounded both ways, and of course some of the questions were whether or not you had to change the label from one gun to another, wouldn't gun cleaning solvents destroy the adhesion, "But I've never seen one of those labels on a gun, so it must be legal," etc.
All of the responses were uncited and unsupported.
So in May 2008 I decided to write to the proper government authority to determine "from the horse's mouth" what the story was on these labels.
The authority was the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
I sent them a detailed questioning letter, return receipt requested. I got the return receipt a couple of days later.
In early August, I figured my letter had fallen behind someone's desk, so I wrote them again.
I got an answer last week, see attached.
You will note the gentleman's sig line, quoting G.W.
I am sending him a thank-you e-mail.
230RN, AKA "Doubting Thomas", AKA "Stubborn SOB"
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