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Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
Originally posted by: Fern
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Never heard of the ATF? They make, interpret and enforce their own laws and rules.
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Yeah, they're fairly active here.

No, I wasn't aware that made laws about guns, I thought Congress did that and they were an enforcement agency.

Plus, the BATF operates throughout the USA territory, not just at the borders like the CBP. I don't see the BATF all that much differently than the FBI, and am under the general impression that the CBP mostly operates at just the borders (I'm aware of exceptions where they road block interstates etc in border states looking for illegal immigrants, and these roadblocks can be many miles from the actual border).

Anyway, still doesn't address my impression that we can own/buy these knives, just that they must be from domestic producers (foreign manufacturers can't get them across the border).

Fern
 
At some point this really needs to go to the Supreme Court... if legislators and government entities want to continue to contract gun rights they need to amend the Constitution... until then, they need to get the fuck out of people's business with regards to gun control, etc.

P.S. -- I don't own a single gun nor do I necessarily plan on owning one at any point in my life. But the right to bear arms is a constitutional right in this country and it needs to be defended from infringement until such time it is modified by amendment. All this reinterpretation and pairing down bullshit needs to stop.
 
Originally posted by: Fern
I saw this when first posted yesterday, I didn't understand it then and still don't

1. How can the Customs & Border Protection unilaterally decide what's legal and what isn't? To allow them to do so would seem to result in uneven enforcement of the law (disparate treatment of knife companies).

2. So CBP isn't going to let these types of knives into the USA anymore, can stores (Walmart etc) still sell what they have in stock?

3. What about US manufacturers who make these knives, can they contuinue to do so? (I don't see how CBP can stop them)

4. If US companies can make them, and we can buy them but foreign manufacturers can't ship their product here doesn't that amount to (unlawful) trade restrictions?

Can someone explain this, what am I missing?

Fern
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easy, Dept of Homeland Security.....
 
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