CFA & VPC Support New Regulations
for Gun Makers
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"...what VPC presented would best be described as
amateurish propaganda masquerading as research..." |
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The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and the radical, gun-ban
extremists at the Violence Policy Center (VPC) - the same group that
launched a virulent attack on NRA's Eddie Eagle® GunSafe Program in a
"study" widely condemned, even by anti-gun members of the media - are the
latest groups to join in the effort to promote attacks on the firearm
industry.
The Center to Prevent Handgun Violence (CPHV) - HCI's
"educational" arm - began its latest attack on the firearm industry in
March, with an attempt to urge the attorneys general of at least 20 states
to contort and abuse consumer protection laws. Now CFA, a group that has
advocated that all homes with children be gun-free, and VPC, which
supports a complete ban of handguns in America, are promoting a vast
expansion of the laws regulating firearms.
VPC released a document this
week that it intended to support its call for more regulations on firearm
manufucaturers. However, what VPC presented would best be described as
amateurish propaganda masquerading as research. Both VPC and CFA attempt
to further the lie (also promoted by CPHV) that firearm manufacturers are
not already subject to countless regulations.
In fact, the manufacture, distribution, and sale of firearms are strictly
regulated.
- Gun makers are subject to numerous national regulations
promulgated by BATF, which are detailed in 152 pages of very small type,
and the firearm industry must comply with countless federal, state, and
local laws.
- Manufacturing standards are reviewed by the FBI, the U.S.
Customs Service, other public and private agencies, and even the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police.
- Industry standards are set by the Sporting Arms
and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute (SAAMI), an organization that was
created at the request of the federal government in 1926. SAAMI, an
accredited standards developer for the American National Standards
Institute (ANSI), currently publishes more than 700 standards related to
firearm and ammunition safety and quality which are reviewed by outside
parties.
- All told, there are about 20,000 laws currently in effect that
regulate firearms.
Anti-gun U.S. Senator Robert Torricelli (D-N.J.) has introduced S. 330,
the Firearms Safety and Consumer Protection Act of 2001, which seeks to
expand the power of the BATF to the point where unelected bureaucrats
would have the power to ban guns by imposing design standards that are
impossible to meet. Urge your federal lawmakers to oppose S. 330.
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