Now they want your knives.......

[VRM]

Originally Posted by 427sharpe

Second, the Feds do not have the power to ban a product - they can only limit the interstate sale of that product using the commerce clause.

A ban by any other name.....
By using the incredibly hyper-extended commerce clause, the federal government has gotten into areas completely out of their jurisdiction; including this one. As Ron commented earlier, the fact of knife regulations being entertained by the federal government is ludicrous. In actuality, the issue is and should be an import issue only. The remainder should fall into states rights as per the constitution:
Article one, section 8:
To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes [emphasis added]
And, of course, the 10th Amendment:
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
And there lies the rub...it's NOT the federal governments business to establish ANY state policy!

I agree 110%!

[turnpike boy]

VRM, in alignment with your tacit observations, I don't believe Obama is blameless; the policies he cleaves to are well-known and - by extension - handed down to those who work for him. Does this include Mr. McCray? We can deflect all we want, but coincidence frequently has its' basis in fact.

That the federal code began with Eisenhower and gained enforcement with Reagan is noted - that there appears to have been some regulatory slippage under the Bush regime is also. Enforcing essentially pointless laws shouldn't be observed as an acme of competency; on the contrary, eliminating them should. And Lord knows our government doesn't arbitrarily apply the laws on the books . That a useless law - as this one plainly is - got ignored for several years could be observed as pragmatic - but then, it could also be observed as slipshod and careless. All depends on your perspective of what's important, which is pretty interesting as it relates to Mr. Obama.

Nope - not gonna try to change the law; besides, there's plenty of time past those 10 days to make that change. In regard to the technical issues, surely there must not be a way past them, as you so cunningly observe .

However, the market......ahh, who knows.



-Roger