Proposed OSHA Regulation Threatens Firearm and Ammunition Industry

YIKES! Coming back from camping with Scouts and finding THIS was a rude re-awakening to the reality of contemporary bureaucracy at its worst.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the government agency charged with assuring the safety and health of America’s workers, is proposing a regulatory rule affecting the manufacturing, transportation and storage of small arms ammunition, primers and smokeless propellants.

Warning – If you go to look at the proposed rulemaking, be prepared for a masochistic immersion in bureaucratic legalese at its worst.)

As written, the proposed rule would force the closure of nearly all ammunition manufacturers and force the cost of small arms ammunition to skyrocket beyond what the market could bear—essentially collapsing our industry. This is not an exaggeration. The cost to comply with the proposed rule for the ammunition industry, including manufacturer, wholesale distributors and retailers, will be massive and easily exceed $100 million. For example, ammunition and smokeless propellant manufacturers would have to shut down and evacuate a factory when a thunderstorm approached and customers would not be allowed within 50 feet of any ammunition (displayed or otherwise stored) without first being searched for matches or lighters.

This is just nuts! Imagine too, if they are doing this with a semi-Rebublican in the White House, what will they be going for if a Donk were there? (Shudder!)