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Guns and the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission. [View all]
Just wanted to correct a mistaken understanding regarding guns and the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission that was posted in the other forum.
This was posted:
Guns, it's worth noting, are one of the only products not regulated by the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission.
This is the reality:
Products excluded from the CPSC's jurisdiction include those specifically named by law as under the jurisdiction of other federal agencies; for example, automobiles are regulated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, guns are regulated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and drugs are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Consumer_Product_Safety_Commission#Activities
The concept is simple - only one agency has the power to regulate any given product to ensure no conflicting regulations.
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