Below The Radar: HR 6110 – The Defective Firearms Protection Act
BY Herschel Smith
4 years, 7 months ago
This is why HR 6110, The Defective Firearms Protection Act, introduced by Representative Debbie Dingell, should be a very big deal. This very short bill, two pages long in its official form. It has two very short sections and counting the labeling of the section titles, it is all of 79 words long.
But these 79 words mark a monumental shift in power from elected officials that the American people can hold accountable to the administrative state, with grave implications for the ability of Americans to exercise their Second Amendment rights. It’s not what the law puts in place, it’s the restriction that it lifts which Second Amendment supporters should worry about.
Under 15 USC 2052, firearms of all types are not considered consumer products, and under 15 USC 2079, firearms are generally excluded from the jurisdiction of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
According to a release from Representative Dingell’s office, HR 6110 will give the Consumer Product Safety Commission power over our Second Amendment rights.
“Because the Consumer Product Safety Commission lacks the authority to recall firearms, faulty guns remain on the market and pose a risk to public and household safety,” said Dingell in the release. She went on to press the nonsense claim that more is done to regulate products like highchairs and bicycles than firearms.
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Imagine the CPSC telling Rock River Arms to stop making all of their modern multi-purpose semi-automatic firearms. The company would have to comply or face civil and criminal penalties. Litigation would also be much more difficult that in challenging a law.
I know folks at RRA and I don’t want them or anyone to have to go through this. The controllers never sleep. We can’t either. Oppose it by all means necessary.
On April 14, 2020 at 8:09 am, Fred said:
Precisely, from where in God’s economy, AND under what article of the now defunct constitution does the Consumer Product Safety Commission draw authority to tell anybody what they may and may not have?
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On April 14, 2020 at 12:42 pm, MTHead said:
Commerce Clause, Fred. All guns laws are derived from it. Thanks for the hemp idea!
On April 14, 2020 at 12:52 pm, Fred said:
It was rhetorical, but yeah. And in order properly configure that organic America grown small farmer supporting hemp; the rabbit goes around the mountain 13 times.