That is the purpose of this and most laws/legislation. To keep things ambiguous so that they may apply the laws to those of their choosing rather than to apply them fairly & justly.
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Time to write the letter and make the phone calls
Went through something similar over the last year with the FAA (federal Aviation Administration. They were trying to enforce requirement that they alone had come up with. We bombarded all of our Congressmen and Senators nationwide and gave them a clear, concise, explanation as to what was occurring, and our objections and reasons why we wanted action from them.
It finally came to a vote in the senate and one in the house, the two bills were merged and new reasonable requirements were issued. it doesn't do much good to sit here and complain. Pick up the phones and write letters to you representatives, remember they have to get your votes to get elected, when they realize you will possibly work for their defeat, you usually get a positive reaction. Hit the phones and mailbox!
Went through something similar over the last year with the FAA (federal Aviation Administration. They were trying to enforce requirement that they alone had come up with. We bombarded all of our Congressmen and Senators nationwide and gave them a clear, concise, explanation as to what was occurring, and our objections and reasons why we wanted action from them.
It finally came to a vote in the senate and one in the house, the two bills were merged and new reasonable requirements were issued. it doesn't do much good to sit here and complain. Pick up the phones and write letters to you representatives, remember they have to get your votes to get elected, when they realize you will possibly work for their defeat, you usually get a positive reaction. Hit the phones and mailbox!
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Color me cynical, but I suspect FAA regs, arbitrary though they are, generally garner more scrutiny than gun regs when it comes to avoiding needless burdens on law-abiding citizens and taking corrective action when the regs do have negative impacts. The FAA doesn't exist to discourage the flying and the aviation industry as a whole, the way the ATF does guns (don't blame me, it's on their website). The FAA wouldn't require aircraft go without a proven safety feature the way the ATF has forbidden safety sears, for example.
Were the ATF concerned about promoting safe gun design, or making sure folks weren't running afoul of the laws (vs. trying to ensare them with contradictory and confusing rulings) in a generally beneficial manner like the FAA does, I might have more hope that anything but a severe bureaucratic paper cut (budget slash) would be helpful in reigning them in. And that's coming from a guy who has to work around FAA regs & stubborn approval officers daily; they're annoying, but do generally work on logic & experience, and do generally contribute to a safer aircraft (even though said additional safety is sometimes redundant or unnecessary)
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Were the ATF concerned about promoting safe gun design, or making sure folks weren't running afoul of the laws (vs. trying to ensare them with contradictory and confusing rulings) in a generally beneficial manner like the FAA does, I might have more hope that anything but a severe bureaucratic paper cut (budget slash) would be helpful in reigning them in. And that's coming from a guy who has to work around FAA regs & stubborn approval officers daily; they're annoying, but do generally work on logic & experience, and do generally contribute to a safer aircraft (even though said additional safety is sometimes redundant or unnecessary)
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