Can you believe a 55 page document to make a proposal ?? My intrepretation is if this OSHA based proposal is adopted, it'll serve to eliminate all shipments of Black Powder by UPS, FedEx, DHL, etc. Only the common carriers that are already doing the bulk hauling will be available. There will be no Black Powder available at the gun shops, only direct from the distributors, unless you ship by the semi-load.

I posted it here due to my predominant interest in Flintlocks which require real black powder...BUT...this isn't just aimed at blackpowder...it has implications for all transported gun powders used by reloaders, etc.

Its all couched by OSHA in terms of being worried for the safety of employees involved in the transportation of such powders...which has never been an issue in the past, so the obvious conclusion is that this is another backdoor attempt to continue making forms of firearms shooting so aggravating and expensive to pursue that the average joe will discontinue the practice.

A member of another Forum has contacted the NRA and received a response confirming the OSHA proposal is true, and that they (NRA) are trying to get in front of it and get it killed.