Ammunition as explosives?

In another fit of ignorance, The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), has come up with a proposal to completely re-classify ammunition... as explosives.

Quoting from the NRA's website, "The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed new rules that would have a dramatic effect on the storage and transportation of ammunition and handloading components such as primers or black and smokeless powder. The proposed rule indiscriminately treats ammunition, powder and primers as “explosives.”"

The proposal continues to stipulate a prohibition on "delivery drivers from leaving explosives unattended—which would make it impossible for delivery services such as UPS to deliver ammunition or gun powder" and also "require evacuation of all “facilities containing explosives”—even your local Wal-Mart—during any electrical storm."

I am personally opposed to any kind of backdoor regulation, which to me is what this proposal seems to be designed for. There are no specifics in what needs to be regulated in this proposal, and no reasons why there needs to be a change in the existing laws governing ammunition and powder sales. So why make this a law?

Mandating the evacuation of facilities containing explosives is a great way to kill off any ammunition sales at any major retailer too. No manager of any store is going to stock ammunition if it means they have to close their entire store during a electrical storm. And no major retailer is going to want to face the wrath of the federal government if they accidentally disobey the law a few times.

And what would happen to those people who keep a box of ammunition at home for their firearms? Are they going to be classified as the same kind of people who have access things like C-4 or hand grenades? There is a slight difference between them!

You can see the whole article and proposal at

http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Federal/Read.aspx?id=3145

The NRA has a link to the OSHA website and how and where to comment on this proposal. Even if you put in a simple one paragraph comment to OSHA, they need to know there is no need for this proposal to become law, and even less of a need for proposals like this in the future.

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